Purchasing your first home is a very exciting time, but also a very stressful time. Here we offer some tips to take some of the stress out of situation. 1.  Know you entire budget. Often times you will be "pre-qualified" by a lender to pay a mortgage payment that is far more than you can...

Freddie Mac today announced that it will request additional funds from the Federal Government   The McLean, Va.-based mortgage finance company has been effectively owned by the government after nearly collapsing in September 2008. The new request will bring the total tab for rescuing...

  Lenders Refuse To Finance Condo Sale Where 15%+ Of Members Delinquent On HOA Fees, Leaving Unit Owner Unable To Unload Apartment In Baltimore, Maryland, WBAL-TV Channel 11 reports: The tightening of the mortgage industry is keeping one Glen Burnie man from selling his home. Dave...

FREE LOCATION SURVEY.pdf (88,4 kB)   FREE LOCATION SURVEY WITH EVERY CONTRACT PRESENTED BETWEEN MAY 1, 2010 and MAY 31, 2010. Submit the attached authorization form with your contract of sale and received ABSOLUTELY FREE a location survey for the property you are purchasing.

Please follow the link to see the full article as reported at MSNBC.com this morning. According to this article more than one million homes will fall into default this year.  www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36547572/ns/business-mortgage_mess RealtyTrac Inc. said Thursday that the number of U.S....

 www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36547572/ns/business-mortgage_mess   Today on MSNBC there was a report that just did not surprise me at all.

    In recent weeks I have been putting the word out that Anne Arundel County, Maryland is trying to collect transfer taxes and stamps on short sale transactions.  In a short sale transaction the lender will agree to take an amount less that what is actually owed to allow the seller...

    MSN reported today that the cost of acquiring a home under FHA financing will soon become dramatically costlier. Please link to the above for the full article by Maryilyn Lewis.  articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Banking/HomeFinancing/fha-loans-get-dramatically-costlier.aspx

In spite of an up-tick of homesales over the last month or two, realtor commissions are still well below what they had been previously.  See the full article below.   Budding Housing Recovery Fails to Bolster Broker Commissions

  Guidelines Aim to Ease Short Sales The Wall Street Journal | December 1, 2009 The Obama administration laid out final guidelines on Monday that should make it easier for some financially troubled borrowers to sell their homes. The guidelines are designed to encourage the use of short sales,...

Purchasing your first home is a very exciting time, but also a very stressful time. Here we offer some tips to take some of the stress out of situation. 1.  Know you entire budget. Often times you will be "pre-qualified" by a lender to pay a mortgage payment that is far more than you can...

Freddie Mac today announced that it will request additional funds from the Federal Government   The McLean, Va.-based mortgage finance company has been effectively owned by the government after nearly collapsing in September 2008. The new request will bring the total tab for rescuing...

  Lenders Refuse To Finance Condo Sale Where 15%+ Of Members Delinquent On HOA Fees, Leaving Unit Owner Unable To Unload Apartment In Baltimore, Maryland, WBAL-TV Channel 11 reports: The tightening of the mortgage industry is keeping one Glen Burnie man from selling his home. Dave...

FREE LOCATION SURVEY.pdf (88,4 kB)   FREE LOCATION SURVEY WITH EVERY CONTRACT PRESENTED BETWEEN MAY 1, 2010 and MAY 31, 2010. Submit the attached authorization form with your contract of sale and received ABSOLUTELY FREE a location survey for the property you are purchasing.

Please follow the link to see the full article as reported at MSNBC.com this morning. According to this article more than one million homes will fall into default this year.  www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36547572/ns/business-mortgage_mess RealtyTrac Inc. said Thursday that the number of U.S....

 www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36547572/ns/business-mortgage_mess   Today on MSNBC there was a report that just did not surprise me at all.

    In recent weeks I have been putting the word out that Anne Arundel County, Maryland is trying to collect transfer taxes and stamps on short sale transactions.  In a short sale transaction the lender will agree to take an amount less that what is actually owed to allow the seller...

    MSN reported today that the cost of acquiring a home under FHA financing will soon become dramatically costlier. Please link to the above for the full article by Maryilyn Lewis.  articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Banking/HomeFinancing/fha-loans-get-dramatically-costlier.aspx

In spite of an up-tick of homesales over the last month or two, realtor commissions are still well below what they had been previously.  See the full article below.   Budding Housing Recovery Fails to Bolster Broker Commissions

  Guidelines Aim to Ease Short Sales The Wall Street Journal | December 1, 2009 The Obama administration laid out final guidelines on Monday that should make it easier for some financially troubled borrowers to sell their homes. The guidelines are designed to encourage the use of short sales,...