Austin loan officer John Schutze shares his weekend mortgage rate update: œMortgage rates end the week with little change. Mortgage rates are under pressure to increase. These two primary factors are the cause: First, the hot stock market (sparked by higher than expected earnings from several major companies and banks) Read more…
Selling your home as a For Sale By Owner (FSBO) in Austin may seem an attractive option. The idea of paying a real estate agent to sell your home might not appeal, and you may feel that you might net more from the sale if you market it yourself. Here Read more…
Austin loan officer John Schutze shares his weekend mortgage rate update: œMortgage rates hold steady after a light economic calendar this week. Next week will be much more interesting as the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for June is released on Wednesday. The CPI is a measure of the price change Read more…
The $8000 first time homebuyer tax credit can be used as part of your downpayment and closing costs if you buy a home in Austin before November 30th 2009. I’m tired of lenders telling people that it can’t be done. It can, but not all lenders are approved for the Read more…
Austin loan officer John Schutze shares his weekend mortgage rate update: œMortgage rates relaxed this week, down about .375% from the previous week. The Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) met this week. In its press release, they noted that the U.S. economy is not slowing with the same Read more…
It’s true that the location of your home in Austin has a huge bearing on it’s desirability. An important part of marketing your home is putting the right information where people are looking, and the Austin Multiple Listing System has just been upgraded to get more info in front of Read more…