Here you will find the most up to date mortgage information for consumers. Updates on buying a home, refinancing, and state of the market.

Protect Your Real Estate Transaction from Hacker Wire Scam

Recently in the last few months we have seen a ramp up of hacking attempts to steal money from homeowners trying to close on their real estate transaction. This hacker wire scam is fairly savvy and has worked on a few occasions. Most notably, last week in the Washington DC area, a family wired [...]

2022-06-08T09:16:54-04:00August 10th, 2017|0 Comments

A Bridge Loan Explained – The Secret Weapon for Home Sellers

Have you heard of a "bridge loan?"  Many people have, but don't know exactly what it does or how to get one. A bridge loan product is designed to help people “bridge” the equity from their current home to the next.   Not all mortgage lenders offer residential bridge loans because of risk, and the fact they [...]

2022-06-08T09:17:50-04:00April 19th, 2016|0 Comments

Top Mortgage Questions and Answers Consumers Need to Know!

Today I’m doing something I don’t normally do, and that is have a “guest blogger” on the website.  There are a lot of consumers out there looking for specific mortgage information when it comes to buying a home or refinancing.  I reached out to my buddy Jay Richardson with MVB Mortgage in Fairfax, VA [...]

2022-06-08T09:18:39-04:00July 31st, 2015|0 Comments

CFPB Information – Will the New Mortgage Disclosures Delay my Closing?

Getting up to date CFPB information is a good thing, especially when it comes from your trusted Title Company partner. Stewart Title has taken the lead in our industry at educating our Realtor and Lender partners on this issue that will effect everyone starting October 3rd 2015.  Usually on this website I'm creating all [...]

2022-06-08T09:18:45-04:00June 5th, 2015|0 Comments

Top 3 Traits of a Good Loan Officer in Northern Virginia

I'm just going to come right out and say it...I feel bad for Loan Officers.  Why you ask?  Well, many people blame them directly for our Foreclosure and Short Sale crisis that has plagued our great country for the past 5 years or so.  There were thousands of people out there that did a [...]

2022-06-08T09:25:07-04:00September 20th, 2013|0 Comments

Rising Interest Rates-Should I Buy a Home Now?

In today's market we have seen a shift with rising interest rates. This rise has occurred over the last 30 days or so due to the Federal Govt deciding to "taper" off the bond buying program that has caused rates to remain below 4% for much of the last 12 months.  The rising interest [...]

2022-06-08T09:25:30-04:00June 12th, 2013|0 Comments