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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…
Read MoreCompliments 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. …
Read MoreCompliments 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,…
Read MoreCompliments 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:…
Read MoreCompliments 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…
Read MoreCompliments 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…
Read MoreCompliments 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…
Read MoreCompliments 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…
Read MoreCompliments 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. …
Read MoreCompliments 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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