Bay Area Weekly Mortgage, Interest Rate and Real Estate News
May 8, 2009 | Brian Lebars | Comments: (0)
This weeks trend,
Rise in mortgage rates:
Freddie Mac has announced that the mortgage rate (30-year fixed rate) for the week ending May 7 rose to 4.84%, from 4.78% for the earlier week. Incidentally, 4.78% was an all-time low. The rise in rate is significant more from a directional perspective than from the point of view of [...]
Viral Marketing and Single Property Websites- Reaching the end goal…CONSUMERS
May 3, 2009 | Brian Lebars | Comments: (0)
The Internet has become the primary shopping tool for would be home buyers in the Bay Area. Now more than ever property websites and Viral Marketing make up the most important tool to marketing and selling your Real Estate listing. It is the job of a Realtor to represent the property and market it to [...]
FHA Down Payment Assistance Program gets new legs-
January 20, 2009 | Brian Lebars | Comments: (0)
Recently it was brought to my attention that FHA Down Payment Assistance may have a possibility to come back. FHA Seller-Financed Down payment Reform Act of 2009, was created by Representative Al Green (D-TX). H.R. 600 is the 2009 version of last year’s bill (H.R. 6694) that would restore seller-funded down payment assistance (DPA).
Reformed [...]
