LA Real Estate Advice: Southern California Median Price and Sales Volume Up

LA Real Estate Advice: Southern California Median Price and Sales Volume Up

Posted by Clinton Wade on Mar 16, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: Southern California home sales in February were above year-ago levels for the 20th month in a row as buyers continued to snap up bargain properties with government-backed Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: Nabbing a Bargain-Basement Mortgage Before Rates Rise

LA Real Estate Advice: Nabbing a Bargain-Basement Mortgage Before Rates Rise

Posted by Clinton Wade on Mar 15, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: Is it time to rush out and buy a house before mortgage rates go up? As the Federal Reserve winds down its intervention in the mortgage market, rates on home loans are generally Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: Jumbo Mortgage Market Beginning to Thaw

LA Real Estate Advice: Jumbo Mortgage Market Beginning to Thaw

Posted by Clinton Wade on Mar 14, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: Phil Kelly had 18 more months to go before the fixed rate on his $2.5 million mortgage became adjustable. But when Kelly, a former computer executive living in Rancho Santa Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: FHA Head- Don’t Raise Down Payments

LA Real Estate Advice: FHA Head- Don’t Raise Down Payments

Posted by Clinton Wade on Mar 13, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: Now is not the time to raise the downpayment requirement on a Federal Housing Administration loan, warns FHA Commissioner David Stevens. Stevens, testifying before a committee Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: Mortgage Rates Start the Year Slightly Lower

LA Real Estate Advice: Mortgage Rates Start the Year Slightly Lower

Posted by Clinton Wade on Jan 09, 2010

Westside LA Real Estate Advice: McLean, VA – Freddie Mac (NYSE:FRE) today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey (PMMS) in which the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 5.09 Read More >

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LA Real Estate Advice: Mortgage Rates Remain Below 5 Percent

LA Real Estate Advice: Mortgage Rates Remain Below 5 Percent

Posted by Clinton Wade on Dec 18, 2009

Westside LA Real Estate Advice for Buyers: Mortgage rates rose for the second consecutive week but the number of homeowners who applied for refinancing remained strong. The average fixed rate on a 30-year Read More >

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