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1/25/2025 – Mural Art

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 have a complaint-free history.  We make sure our clients are happy! Mortgage Market News and Insight For the Weekend of January 25th, 2025   Is This…

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1/18/2025 – Medical Collections & Dumb Data

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 18th, 2025   Medical Collections Removed…

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1/11/2025 – Effects & Lessons from the LA Fires

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 11th, 2025   Effects &…

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1/4/2025 – One Heck of a Year! (Part 2)

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 4th, 2025   One Heck…

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12/28/2024 – One Heck of a Year! (Part 1)

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 December 28th, 2024   One Heck…

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12/21/2024 – Why are Real Estate Transactions Public?

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 December 21st, 2024 Why Are Real…

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12/14/2024 Hawaii’s Tax Cut Shell Game

Compliments of President | NMLS #: 297154 Company NMLS #: 232582 Mortgage Market News and Insight For the Weekend of December 14th, 2024 Tax Cut Shell Game I’ve used the saying “there’s no free lunch” repeatedly over the years in this newsletter.  You don’t hear it used much any longer, and I sometimes wonder if…

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12/7/2024 – Hard-Pull vs. Soft-Pull Credit Reports

Compliments of President | NMLS #: 297154 Company NMLS #: 232582 Mortgage Market News and Insight For the Weekend of December 7th, 2024 New Loan Limits What’s one of the good things about Hawaii’s sky-high home prices?  Higher maximum loan limits!  Hawaii is one area of the country that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac designate…

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11/23/2024 – When Your Mortgage Gets Transferred to Another Servicer

Compliments of President | NMLS #: 297154 Company NMLS #: 232582 Mortgage Market News and Insight For the Weekend of November 23rd, 2024 When Your Loan Gets Transferred Today, let’s delve into loan servicing!  My clients Matt and Lydia received a notice that their loan, just three months old, was being transferred to another company. …

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11/16/2024 – What is a Mortgage Consultant?

Compliments of President | NMLS #: 297154 Company NMLS #: 232582 Mortgage Market News and Insight For the Weekend of November 16th, 2024 A Mortgage Consultant? I received a call this week from a person on the mainland inquiring about getting a mortgage for one of his clients.  He gave me a somewhat sketchy story…

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