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11/9/2024 – Election Impact

Compliments of President | NMLS #: 297154 Company NMLS #: 232582 Mortgage Market News and Insight For the Weekend of November 9th, 2024 Election Impact Now that Donald Trump has won the election and the Senate has flipped back to the Republicans, until actual policy is put in place, investor perception of that future policy…

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11/2/2024 – The Election and Mortgage Interest Rates

Compliments of President | NMLS #: 297154 Company NMLS #: 232582 Mortgage Market News and Insight For the Weekend of November 2nd, 2024   The Election and Mortgage Interest Rates I’m going to try my best and give you an unbiased explanation of what to expect depending on who wins the election next week.  To…

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10/26/2024 – The Perils of Paradise

Compliments of President | NMLS #: 297154 Company NMLS #: 232582 Mortgage Market News and Insight For the Weekend of October 26th, 2024 The Perils of Paradise We are all feeling the effects of rising insurance rates for homes and condos throughout the state.  The insurance companies claim they have had to reevaluate the associated…

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10/19/2024 – Taxing Vacant Homes

Compliments of President | NMLS #: 297154 Company NMLS #: 232582 Mortgage Market News and Insight For the Weekend of October 19th, 2024   Volume 17 – Issue 7 Taxing Vacant Homes Oahu is no different that its neighbor island counties when it comes to having a shortage of homes for its residents.  The news…

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10/12/2024 – Rates Never Move in a Straight Line

Compliments of President | NMLS #: 297154 Company NMLS #: 232582 Mortgage Market News and Insight For the Weekend of October 12th, 2024 Never a Straight Line A few weeks ago, I shared a strategy for those thinking of refinancing on how to get the best rate possible in a downward trending market.  The primary…

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10/5/2024 – Paying for Natural Disasters

Compliments of President | NMLS #: 297154 Company NMLS #: 232582 Mortgage Market News and Insight For the Weekend of October 5th, 2024   Paying for Natural Disasters Insurance companies have been hit hard after a slew of costly natural disasters these past couple of years.  That has resulted in them having to reevaluate risk…

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9/28/2024 – Maui Council Pushes Back Against Rent Control

Compliments of President | NMLS #: 297154 Company NMLS #: 232582 Mortgage Market News and Insight For the Weekend of September 28th, 2024 Maui Council Pushes Back Against Rent Control Maui County Council’s Housing and Land Use Committee met this week to further discuss rent control as a means to stop the county’s skyrocketing rents. …

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9/21/2024 – Rent Control in Hawaii?

Compliments of President | NMLS #: 297154 Company NMLS #: 232582 Mortgage Market News and Insight For the Weekend of September 21st, 2024 Rent Control? Let me start by saying, as I have for the last 13 months, my heart goes out to the people of Maui.  And not just to the people of Lahaina,…

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9/14/2024 – Setting a Refinance Target Rate

Compliments of President | NMLS #: 297154 Company NMLS #: 232582 Mortgage Market News and Insight For the Weekend of September 14th, 2024 Setting a Refinance Rate Target Rates are finally going in the right direction.  When you should refinance and how to capture the lowest rate is what we’ll discuss today.   Rate Delta:…

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9/7/2024 – Do We Need Government Incentives to Sell More Homes?

Compliments of President | NMLS #: 297154 Company NMLS #: 232582 Mortgage Market News and Insight For the Weekend of September 7th, 2024 Welcome to Year 17 of My Newsletter Wow!  Where has the time gone?  My goal has always been to help educate people about real estate and finance.  My goal was a little…

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