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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…
Read MoreCompliments 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. …
Read MoreCompliments 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…
Read MoreCompliments 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…
Read MoreCompliments 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…
Read MoreCompliments 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…
Read MoreCompliments 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…
Read MoreCompliments 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…
Read MoreCompliments 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. …
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