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Buying a Second Home or Investment Property
– Posted by The Upfront Mortgage Broker in Florida –
If you were planning to convert your primary residence into or buy/refinance a second home or investment property, the rules became a little tougher in August 2008.

Fannie Mae is cautious of homeowners that plan on converting [...]

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Does the new Housing Bill contain a hidden tax trap? You decide, but I am not so sure that the new Housing Bill is in my best interests.
On Monday July 28, 2008, President Bush signed the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 into law [...]

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Why should a person use a registered Upfront Mortgage Broker?
Great question and to find one answer read an article by Bob Tedeschi, a New York Times writer. Bob offers a clear, concise and to the point reason on why people should use the Upfront Mortgage Broker [...]

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The Advantages of FHA Loans
In many areas of the U.S., FHA loans have not been utilized for years, so a lot of real estate agents and borrowers aren’t familiar with this great resource. The following are a just a few of the recent changes that have made [...]

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Mortgage Rates Rise due to Cost of Living
Inflation is causing mortgage rates to rise lately. Day after day, we see a new piece of inflationary data being released and the damage it does is now being felt in the mortgage industry.
Case in point, June’s Consumer Price [...]

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Posted by The Upfront Mortgage Broker - Joe Bartolotta
Watch the video below to see where the market may be headed for the week of Monday July 14th through Friday July 18th, 2008. If you are looking at buying a home or refinancing your current loan, give me a call. As The Upfront Mortgage [...]

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Through the eyes of an expert…
Today’s post is from Hojin Chang of Coldwell Banker. Hojin writes a very interesting blog on SW Orlando communities and real estate news for Dr. Phillips, Windermere, Gotha, Celebration, Winter Garden, Ocoee, Clermont, Metrowest, when you have a moment please visit his blog.
The real estate market statistics for the [...]

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