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3/2/2024 – Roofs & Ruffs – More Insurance Info

Compliments of President | NMLS #: 297154 Company NMLS #: 232582 Hawaii Mortgage Company, now in our 25th year of providing mortgages to the people of Hawaii, is proud to continuously earn an A+ rating from the BBB of Hawaii. Mortgage Market News and Insight For the Weekend of March 2nd, 2024   Roofs &…

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2/24/2024 – More Bad News on Condo Insurance

Compliments of President | NMLS #: 297154 Company NMLS #: 232582 Hawaii Mortgage Company, now in our 25th year of providing mortgages to the people of Hawaii, is proud to continuously earn an A+ rating from the BBB of Hawaii. Mortgage Market News and Insight For the Weekend of February 24th, 2024   I recently…

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2/17/2024 – Now is Never the Wrong Time to Buy

Compliments of President | NMLS #: 297154 Company NMLS #: 232582 Hawaii Mortgage Company, now in our 25th year of providing mortgages to the people of Hawaii, is proud to continuously earn an A+ rating from the BBB of Hawaii. Mortgage Market News and Insight For the Weekend of February 17th, 2024   Now is…

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2/10/2024 – More Insurance Woes

Compliments of President | NMLS #: 297154 Company NMLS #: 232582 Hawaii Mortgage Company, now in our 25th year of providing mortgages to the people of Hawaii, is proud to continuously earn an A+ rating from the BBB of Hawaii. Mortgage Market News and Insight For the Weekend of February 10th, 2024   More Insurance…

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2/3/2024 – Update on Condo Insurance Issue

Compliments of President | NMLS #: 297154 Company NMLS #: 232582 Hawaii Mortgage Company, now in our 25th year of providing mortgages to the people of Hawaii, is proud to continuously earn an A+ rating from the BBB of Hawaii. Mortgage Market News and Insight For the Weekend of February 3rd, 2024   Update on…

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1/27/2024 – I Don’t Recognize This Place Any Longer

Compliments of President | NMLS #: 297154 Company NMLS #: 232582 Hawaii Mortgage Company, now in our 25th year of providing mortgages to the people of Hawaii, is proud to continuously earn an A+ rating from the BBB of Hawaii. Mortgage Market News and Insight For the Weekend of January 27th, 2024   I Don’t…

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1/20/2024 – New Wrinkle for Underinsured Condos

Compliments of President | NMLS #: 297154 Company NMLS #: 232582 Hawaii Mortgage Company, now in our 25th year of providing mortgages to the people of Hawaii, is proud to continuously earn an A+ rating from the BBB of Hawaii. Mortgage Market News and Insight For the Weekend of January 20th, 2024   New Wrinkle…

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1/13/2024 – Condo Hurricane Insurance Problem is a Major Issue

Compliments of President | NMLS #: 297154 Company NMLS #: 232582 Hawaii Mortgage Company, now in our 25th year of providing mortgages to the people of Hawaii, is proud to continuously earn an A+ rating from the BBB of Hawaii. Mortgage Market News and Insight For the Weekend of January 13th, 2024   Volume 16…

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Condo Financing Issues

Considering that horrific condo building collapse in Florida last year, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have issued new guidance to lenders. Today we’ll explain the implications of that new directive. In most mortgage transactions, after you close on your loan with your lender, that lender will “package” your paperwork and “sell” your loan to Fannie…

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Changes from Fannie and Freddie

Former President Obama once said “elections have consequences”. President Biden’s team that oversees the two mortgage clearing houses Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac put in place new directives that change the focus of who these two giant Government Service Enterprises (that’s what Fannie and Freddie technically are) serve. Before we dive into today’s topic, I…

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