Who Is the Best Mortgage Lender or Loan Officer Near Me?

Who is the best lender near me for a mortgage

Finding the Best Lender for Your Needs

If you’re buying a home in Seattle, Bellevue, Tacoma, Everett, Kirkland, Redmond, Renton, Issaquah, Bothell, Shoreline, or anywhere in Washington State, you’ve likely typed something like: [Read more…]

Tips for Lowering Your Mortgage Payment

Tips to Lower Your Mortgage PaymentYour total mortgage payment consists of the principal, interest, property taxes, homeowners insurance and mortgage insurance (if applicable). If you’re considering buying or refinancing your home, there are some ways that you may be able to lower your total mortgage payment.

Here are some tips to help you lower your monthly mortgage payment:

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Mortgage Market Update for the week of February 5, 2024

Mortgage rates have been “bouncing” around a bit. Check out more on my quick video below.

If you’re considering a mortgage, please reach out to me – I’m happy to help you!

Happy 2014

IMG_20131230_205252Earlier this week I met with my team at Mortgage Master to review goals for this year. This past year at the company has been great. I added a Loan Officer Assistant, Crystal and our main office moved to a beautiful new office in a more central location. Mortgage Master has also added to their management team, which has been beneficial by providing extra support to our mortgage originators. I’ve added additional tools to what I offer clients as well and I’m eager to start better implementing them into our services. I am constantly reviewing and trying new programs with the goal of helping clients have better tools and information to help make informed decisions for their mortgage needs.

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Mortgage Interest Rate Locks 101: UPDATED

MortgagePorterHourGlassHouseEDITORS NOTE: One of the joys of writing a mortgage blog is that guidelines and procedures change…and change often.  This gives me a great opportunity to provide you with an updated post.  With HUD’s creation of the 2010 Good Faith Estimate, a lot of the information in the original post is no longer relevant (relating to the GFE) from the original article I wrote on locking back in 2007.  With that said, here’s my updated post…we’ll see if we need to revise this again once CFPB issues their version of the Good Faith Estimate! 

I love it when I’m asked an excellent question from a potential client. This person is still shopping for his next home and who the lender will be to provide financing.   At this point, I have provided several good faith estimates and a total costs analysis to compare possible scenarios side by side along with how the mortgages may be working for him in 5 and 10 years.

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