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Conforming loan limits are getting their first increase in ten years.
Conforming high balance areas for King, Snohomish and Pierce counties have have higher limits for 2017 as well.
San Juan County’s high balance conforming loan limit is unchanged from 2016. [Read more…]
Conforming loan limits have been increased for 2017. The last time conforming loan limits were raised was in 2006. Conforming loan limits for the last ten years for a single family dwelling have been limited to $417,000, unless the home was located in a county with a high balance conforming loan limit. High balance conforming loan limits for the greater Seattle area have been raised as well to $592,250 for a single family dwelling. [Read more…]
The graph from this morning’s PMMS report illustrates the dramatic jump in mortgage rates that happened following last week’s Presidential election. Mortgage rates, although still low, haven’t been in this range since January 2016.
Yesterday morning, the Jobs Report was released with data for the month of October. The report gave an overall healthy picture of the economy and came in slightly stronger than expected with 161,000 jobs added in October and positive revisions made to August and September. [Read more…]
Wells Fargo has been in the media quite a bit recently for terrible things the bank has done to their consumer clients and employees. It will be interesting to see how this all plays out…this is another example of how a powerful large bank has taken total advantage of consumers. [Read more…]
Rhonda Porter is a Licensed Mortgage Originator MLO121324 living in the greater Seattle area. Rhonda began her career in 1986 in the title and escrow industry and began her mortgage career in 2000. She enjoys helping people understand the mortgage process and started writing The Mortgage Porter in late 2006. Read More…
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