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view post First it was the fax machine.

view post Mortgage advice 101 — Shopping for a mortgage.

view post Congratulations homeowner . . . hello junk-mail.

view post “I can’t be beat . . . I won’t be beat!”

view post The Feds raise rates by 0.25%; mortgage rates go down?

view post Adjustable rate mortgages . . . OOhhhh . . . . AAhhhh

view post “To pre-pay (your mortgage) or not to pre-pay . . . ”

view post If your house could talk.

view post How to get the cheapest mortgage in town.

view post The builder-directed financing hook – ouch!

view post Property Taxes — what you need to know.

view post An MTA loan (sing), “More than meets the eye.”

view post It’s just a little-white-lie, right? wrong.

view post 0% origination fee — deal? or no deal?

view post The loan process — can you handle the truth?

view post The “secret recipe” for getting a mortgage.

view post The problem with being “Ok”

view post You give [my good faith estimate] a bad name.

view post Could you please just “show me the money?”

view post Get your money for nothing – $0 closing costs.

view post US Economy — too hot? too cold? or just right?

view post  Setting a budget (and keeping it).

view post  The bottom-dwellers of the mortgage business.

view post  “Do you understand . . . ”

view post   A Christmas Eve Closing.

view post   “Your loan request has been approved” and other incredibly annoying mortgage junkmail.

view post  Reading the small print.

view post  Finally, the truth about MTA loans.

view post  More on small print . . .

view post  Only you can help stop email spam.

view post  Shopping for the best . . . (blank). 

view post  Some not-so-good fruit and a $10 haircut.

view post  There’s no place like Home(stead).

view post  Understanding your credit score.

view post  The Sub-prime Mortgage Meltdown.

view post  Tickle-down-sub-prime-mortgage-melt-down-nomics

view post  A Tremor in the Market.

view post  A strange feeling . . .

view post  Surprise, surprise, surprise . . . builder directed financing creates eithical questions

view post  the greatest iPhone in the world

view post  “So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, good night” (for the sub-prime market)

view post  The most important part of the loan process.

view post  Times . . . they are a’changin’.

view post  Collateral damage — Homebanc bouncing checks.

view post  Is the (mortgage) sky really falling?

view post  Free credit report dot com is not a free credit report.

view post  Down means down, but down means up; up means up, but up means down.

view post  A half down.  A quarter up.

view post  Another Fed move.

view post  What has NOT changed in the mortgage business.

view post  This day in history . . . November 13th.

view post  It’s time to make the refinance.

view post  Should I lock or should I float?

view post  ARMs . . . back then, very cool.  Now, not so cool.

view post  Cuts like a knife . . . 0.75 point Fed rate cut.

view post  Mortgage rates DOWN, then UP in a hurry.

view post  Feds cut rate by 0.5%.

view post  Waiting on a Big Rebound.

view post  Uh oh . . . effects of the trickle-down.

view post  The Great Mortgage Coaster

view post  100% Financing Gone?!?

view post  Should I refinance my mortgage?

view post  Thinking inside the box.

view post  Declining Value Markets . . .