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Compliments of President | NMLS #: 297154 Company NMLS #: 232582 Mortgage Market News and Insight For the Weekend of August 31st, 2024 Hedging Your Bet on Your Mortgage We’ve all heard the term “to hedge one’s bet” but do you know what that means? I’ve received a lot of calls recently from people…
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Compliments of President | NMLS #: 297154 Company NMLS #: 232582 Mortgage Market News and Insight For the Weekend of August 24th, 2024 Governor’s Insurance Emergency Proclamation I’ve written extensively about the horrific insurance problem affecting just about every person that owns a home or condo here in Hawaii. Renewal rates, if your policy is…
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Compliments of President | NMLS #: 297154 Company NMLS #: 232582 Mortgage Market News and Insight For the Weekend of August 17th, 2024 Paying the Buyer’s Agent The changes dictated by the lawsuit and settlement by the National Association of Realtors will go into effect this weekend. If you are a buyer and engage the…
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Compliments of President | NMLS #: 297154 Company NMLS #: 232582 Mortgage Market News and Insight For the Weekend of August 10th, 2024 Can Someone Steal Your Title – An Update I wrote an article last year after being bombarded by commercials on radio and TV, advertising a service to help prevent property title theft. …
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Compliments of President | NMLS #: 297154 Company NMLS #: 232582 Mortgage Market News and Insight For the Weekend of July 27th, 2024 Hawaii’s Most Read Mortgage Publication for 16 Years Volume 16 – Issue 44 Maui Vacation Rental Update The Maui Planning Commission this week succumbed to the loudest voices in the room and…
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Volume 16 – Issue 43 President | NMLS #: 297154 Company NMLS #: 232582 Who Owns the Strip? Readers always ask how I come up with content each week. Some weeks are more difficult than others, but this week a run-in with a neighbor was all I needed to answer a question a lot of…
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Mortgage Market News and Insight Compliments of President | NMLS #: 297154 Hawaii Mortgage Company, Inc. Company NMLS #: 232582 Phone: 808.988.6622 alan@hawaiimortgage.net Splitting the Baby Means Every Side Comes Out a Loser I wrote recently about the intriguing story of a developer that hired a contractor to build a house for him in Puna…
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Mortgage Market News and Insight Compliments of President | NMLS #: 297154 Hawaii Mortgage Company, Inc. Company NMLS #: 232582 Phone: 808.988.6622 alan@hawaiimortgage.net Short-Term Vacation Rentals – Vital Economic Contributor The Travel Technology Association and Hawaii economic consultant Kloninger & Sims released the results of a study they conducted on the economic impact short-term vacation…
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Mortgage Market News and Insight Compliments of President | NMLS #: 297154 Hawaii Mortgage Company, Inc. Company NMLS #: 232582 Phone: 808.988.6622 alan@hawaiimortgage.net Condo Insurance Issue Hit Home I received a letter this week from the Board of the Association for an investment condo I own. It seems that our project in East Oahu has…
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Mortgage Market News and Insight Compliments of President | NMLS #: 297154 Hawaii Mortgage Company, Inc. Company NMLS #: 232582 Phone: 808.988.6622 alan@hawaiimortgage.net Something’s Funny with the Employment Numbers The Bureau of Labor Statistics released their much-anticipated Jobs Report this past Friday. The Jobs Report, along with the two inflation reports (CPI and PCE) tell…
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