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Equifax uncovers $400M in mortgage fraud. That’s why underwriters are sticklers

February 23, 2012 Current News

When I saw this article about how Equifax uncovered $400M in mortgage fraud. I see why underwriters are so picky when it comes to loans. Underwriters get scored on how many loans they approve go bad. To many they can lose their underwriting ability. Then they don’t work. Looking at things from that prospective I [...]

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Unemployed Need Not Apply

February 22, 2012 Current News

This past week I saw on 60min. a segment about the unemployed it made me think for a minute. There are plenty of good people that want to work but got downsized. It goes to show this is a supply and demand economy. When there are more people looking for jobs employers can be picky. [...]

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Changed server

February 13, 2012 Current News

For the last couple of days I haven’t written anything on my blog. I changed servers now everything is up and running again. Starting tomorrow I’ll have a new post. Tweet This Post

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The day of the Super Bowl

February 6, 2012 Current News

Yesterday made me realize how big the Super Bowl is. People who never talk will meet at a party and get along and make new friendships. Around 3pm I looked outside my front door and saw some New York Giant fans playing football in the street. I thought I was at a tailgate. After living [...]

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O’Malley would like to change the mortgae interest deduction

January 30, 2012 Current News

An overlooked feature in Maryland Gov. O’Malleys proposed budget would change the tax benefit homeowners currently receive. According to the Maryland Association of Realtors, “Under the Governor’s proposed Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2012 (BRFA, HB 87/SB 152), Maryland would be the first state to scale back the most important tax benefit that homeowners [...]

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Watch your property taxes go up

January 19, 2012 Current News

If the governor gets his way with shifting the cost of the teaches pension to the counties. The main way for the counties to raise money is to raise property taxes. Some people are wondering if the property values have gone down. How could your property taxes go up.?That is what will probably happen. There [...]

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I’ll be back Jan 3rd 2012 Enjoy the rest of 2011

December 27, 2011 Current News

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Merry Christmas

December 23, 2011 Current News

I wish everybody a Merry Christmas. I hope all your shopping is done, if not go to Amazon and finish up. It’s not the political correct thing to say but if it wasn’t for Christmas people wouldn’t be acting crazy during the last two weeks of December. Tweet This Post

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The VA Funding Fee is set till 2016

November 30, 2011 Current News

Military homebuyers finally got some clarity this week regarding the VA Funding Fee, a mandatory governmental charge applied to all VA loans that has been in a legislative limbo. The fee helps fund the VA Loan Guaranty program and ensures this long-cherished lending mechanism remains outside any Congressional appropriations process. Confusion took root this fall when [...]

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