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Minnesota Veterans Passing Mortgage Windfall
We hope for the sake of Minnesota veterans seeking to refinance or purchase a home with a VA Loan that the headline “Borrowers Pass Up Mortgage Windfall”…is inaccurate. We may not be doing a sufficient job of convincing our veterans that now be a waning time to buy or refinance using your VA loan at these historic rates.
What Realtors Don’t Know About Mortgage Rates
The Realtor questioned the rate her client was receiving on the VA loan….We’ve also seen the ads for houses selling for half off the asking price or for pennies on the dollar. We would never call a Realtor and question the price you’ve negotiated for a client or the homes they’ve shown.
Median Home Prices in Minnesota Buck National Trend
We have several people waiting to refinance using a VA Loan if only their homes would return to values sufficient to allow a new mortgage. In other words, they owe more on their mortgages than their homes are worth…we wish today’s news on median home prices was better.
Minnesota VA and FHA Mortgage Rates to Rise
And the survey says: Minnesota and Midwest mortgage rates for buying or selling homes are ready to rise. We’re talking about VA Loans, FHA and conventional mortgage loans, we’re talking about the ability to buy or refinance a home with any mortgage. Yikes! Not the results we wanted. But here it is, and we’re going [...]
Tax Credit Extended for Some Active Duty Military
Our active duty soldiers may have another full year to take advantage of the $8,000 tax credit. We want you to know if you qualify.
Minnesota Veteran Avoids Foreclosure
How could I possibly qualify Dan for a VA mortgage since he had no job, no income and was late on his current mortgage? Truth is, I couldn’t. But we were able to save his home from foreclosure.
Use your Minnesota VA Loan Now
Use your Minnesota VA home loan now for added home buying benefit. This may be a once in a lifetime opportunity for Veterans.
Why Women Buy Homes
Realtors and Lenders may not be listening to the most powerful buyers in today’s market: Women!
WOMEN VETERANS ARE BUYING HOMES WITH VA LOANS IN MN
The word “homemaker” may be taking on new meaning. Traditionally, it stood for a woman who spent time in the home raising children, cooking and cleaning. Today it may be coming to mean the person who makes the home possible. Women are becoming a powerful force in housing. Strike that, women are becoming the [...]
Perfect Time for MN Veterans to Buy a Home
Gazing into crystal balls is dangerous in this business but it’s hard not to be bullish at this time for a few reasons.
Interest Rates
Housing Prices
Free Money
Interest rates remain near their historic lows. Here in Minnesota and nationwide housing prices have dropped considerably in the last few years. The National Association of Realtors reports housing [...]
