2013 1st Week In Review
Updated Oct. 9, 2013
2013 !! Time will tell. And as 2013 marches along, time will tell us what impact avoiding the Fiscal Cliff had on our economy...and if our labor market will continue to improve. Read on for details, and what they mean for home loan rates. On Friday, the Labor Department reported that 155,000 jobs were created in...

Uncertainty Remains
Updated Oct. 27, 2017
All's quiet on the economic report front. And while there was little economic report news during the first full week of January, the markets still had plenty of other news to digest. Read on for details:The only economic report to note last week was Thursday's Weekly Initial Jobless Claims Report....

Market Movers 1-16-2013
Updated Oct. 9, 2013
TAMPA, Fla. - Jan. 16, 2013 - The November Mortgage Monitor report released by Jacksonville-based Lender Processing Services (LPS) finds that the national foreclosure inventory dropped to 3.51 percent in November - an almost 10 percent decline from September 2012, when National Mortgage Settlement...

The Pros and Cons of Flipping Houses in the Tampa Bay Area
Updated Oct. 24, 2014
<p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;">If you have watched countless shows on television about flipping houses and making tons of money in a very short amount of time you've probably thought to yourself that you could do that and possibly wondered why you...

This Week & The Week Ahead
Updated Oct. 27, 2017
Last Week in Review:. There was good news on the housing front, plus inflation remains tame.. Forecast for the Week:. It's a holiday-shortened week and while the economic calendar may be quiet, earnings season heats up.. View: Writing articles for local papers or newsletters is a great way to show your...

Florida mortgage lender provides creative legal financing of homes
Updated Oct. 9, 2013
Tampa, FL -. Double A Mortgage comes to the rescue of seemingly unsellable homes and unloanable buyers. Double A makes use of some powerful attorneys to transfer mortgages and deeds to and from unsellable homeowners to unloanable buyers. The company, owned by Andrew Alfonso, is helping the public by providing...

MID WEEK MARKET HAPPENINGS!
Updated Oct. 27, 2017
Here we go again........................You Ready? Let's pick it up at 4:30 pm Eastern Daylight Time;. 4:30 pm: Equities finished today's session on a mixed note. The Dow and S&P 500 gained 0.5% each, while the Nasdaqunder-performed, and ended flat. However, looking below the surface revealed the sector rotation which took place...

Week in Review
Updated Oct. 9, 2013
Take two steps forward and one step back.. That popular catchphrase is a good description of our economy of late, as good economic news continues to be tempered by some negative reports. There was mixed news in the Jobs Report for January: 157,000 jobs were created, which was below expectations, while the...

Brokers are not a Dying Breed Thanks To:
Updated Oct. 27, 2017
Ladies and Gentleman; I know exactly what I wish to say, but I am not 100% sure you will hear the huge potential meaning - so listen up! Email and text written testimonial's such as this one are inherently impersonal. They keep you, the audience, at an emotion distance and can easily seem to lack that "human...

My MTG Recap Today!
Updated Oct. 9, 2013
Bond markets continued to heal after dodging a few of the same old bullets from FOMC Minutes. This time around, ongoing QE expectations were called into question by some FOMC members' contentions that QE3 might have to be ended before labor markets realize the stated goal of a "substantial recovery." This...

Will Rates Stay Low?
Updated Oct. 9, 2013
Mortgage rates will remain low, getting a home loan will continue to take a long time and refinancers will be tempted by zero-closing-cost mortgages. Those are some of the trends that mortgage industry insiders predict as the year ends. Here are their predictions. Mortgage rates will stay low.. Mortgage rates have...

Don't Retreat; RELOAD!
Updated Oct. 9, 2013
<span style="text-align: justify;">If you are trying to get a home loan but do not have good credit, know that you still have a chance of getting the loan you want. You just might have to impress the bank with details other than your credit score. Before you give up on the idea of owning a home, you should learn a...

Cyprus To Congress
Updated Oct. 9, 2013
Markets finally snapped their winning streak on concerns of Eurozone trouble with Cyprus. Despite the early sell-off, markets rose later in the week to erase most of the losses. For the week, the S&P500 lost 0.24%, the Dow slid just 0.01%, and the Nasdaq trimmed 0.13%. Equities began the week with a broad sell-off...

Mortgage Rates
Updated Oct. 9, 2013
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">Rates moved lower and higher in fits and starts from the onset of the financial crisis in 2008. Until then, 3% had been the lowest 10yr yield seen since the 1950's. The apex of the panic in 2008 crushed 3% and took 10yr yields...

NEW FHA LENDING
Updated Oct. 27, 2017
Here We GROW again!Listen Up - Because Hollywood couldnt have writte a better sequel to this crisis for sure!! For extremely intense details - visit www.ccfunding.net or call 800-813-3291 and ask for Andrew Alfonso. FHA has announced The "Back to Work" Program is available as of August 15th from the Federal...