by Athena Paquette | November 17, 2022 | Blog | 0 Comments

A mortgage is a loan or debt that is secured by real estate. In some states it is also the word used for the lien that is put on the property to secure the debt. Normally this loan is paid back over a specific time , like 30 years or 15 years, until the entire...

How raising the prime rate makes mortgage rates go down

by Athena Paquette | September 26, 2022 | Blog | 0 Comments

I have talked about this before but I think it is worth revisiting after our talk last week about the prime rate. The Federal Reserve raised the Fed Funds rate (often confused with the prime rate) by 0.75% this week.to 1.75% it was 0.25% a year ago. The highest 1-day...

Mortgage Minute – ARMS and HYBRIDS

by Athena Paquette | September 19, 2022 | Blog | 0 Comments

What do you do when mortgage interest rates jump up 2% in 4 months? Don’t go LONG, go SHORT use a HYBRID ARM loan ARM means adjustable-rate mortgage. But some people are not comfortable with the idea that their mortgage payment and that the interest rate will start...

Mortgage Minute – Adjustable rate mortgages or ARMS

by Athena Paquette | September 12, 2022 | Blog | 0 Comments

When rates go up, we usually see a switch over from the 30 year fixed to ARM loans. Why go LONG at a high rate when you can go short at a lower interest rate and get the upfront savings? People do this to help ease the payment shock of rates going up and to help them...

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Economic News: Fairly Quiet with a Slight Dip in Rates

Apr 2, 2017 | Realtors

This week was another quiet week in economic news. On Thursday the government revised their Q$ GDP number from 19 to 2.1 – meager but still a light indication of inflationary pressure, which means bad news for fixed rate mortgages. Friday we got the personal income...

“Oh, I’ll just AirBNB it!” Investor Lessons from Real Life

Apr 2, 2017 | Blog, Featured

I had a client who was in for a rental property coaching session. They had found a condo in a nice beachside location. The Price was $600,000 and HOA dues were $400 per month. Based on the due diligence we did for market rents, it seemed that they could rent it out...

Economic News and Rates for 3.26.2017

Mar 26, 2017 | Realtors

This week was a fairly quiet week in economic news. On Wednesday, March 22nd the existing home sales slipped 3.7% for the month of February. Speculation is the lower inventory and the higher prices caused the number of sales to go down. Wait until we have rising...

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