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May 23, 2013

Avoid These Common Mistakes When Pricing Your Home To Sell

It can be very difficult to determine what your property is worth in the current marketplace, because you are likely biased by what the property is worth to you. These emotions can get in the way of impartially evaluating a property and often cause sellers to overprice their home. When pricing your property, you need [...]

May 22, 2013

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FHA Mortgage Insurance And What You Need To Know About It

Apparently, most Floridians prefer FHA-backed loans over conforming loans and jumbo mortgages for reasons such as: FHA allows a 3.5% downpayment FHA allows refinances without appraisal FHA mortgage rates are usually really low Mortgage insurance is the only area where FHA mortgages are relatively disadvantageous. FHA Mortgage Insurance Premiums tend to be a real pain—they [...]

May 22, 2013

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Simple Tips To Help Your Flowerbeds Flourish This Spring

Flowerbeds can be a very attractive addition to any Orlando home — if you have the time to set up and maintain them. Flowerbeds don’t necessarily require a profusion of costly flowers that need to be fertilized, mulched, covered during severe weather, and possibly re-planted on a yearly basis. So put on your green thumb [...]

May 22, 2013

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FHA Mortgage Insurance And What You Need To Know About It

May 21, 2013

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What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week – May 20, 2013

Last week was jam-packed with economic news; here are some highlights with emphasis on housing and mortgage related news: Monday: Retail sales for April increased to -0.1 percent from the March reading of -0.5 percent and also surpassed Wall Street’s downward forecast of -0.6 percent. Retail sales are important to economic recovery as sales of goods [...]

May 21, 2013

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Rates Keep Falling for Tampa First Time Home Buyers

Mortgage rates have slipped for the sixth week in a row, and that’s good news for first time home buyers in and around Tampa, FL. The most up to date numbers, based on data compiled by government backed Freddie Mac, shows that rates for a 30-year fixed mortgage are now as low as 3.35%. What [...]

May 19, 2013

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7 Tips To Make Your Living Room More Appealing To Home Buyers

Everyone knows that first impressions are important. By carefully staging your home, you can positively influence the feelings your potential buyers have when they are viewing the property. Staging is the art of decorating and arranging the spaces within your house to make it more appealing to buyers. If you can adapt the rooms to [...]

May 19, 2013

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Know Your Real Estate Disclosure Laws Before You Sell Your Home

When deciding to sell a piece of Orlando real estate, there are certain things you must disclose about the property to the buyer before the sale can go through. Disclosure laws are put in place to protect the buyer from unknowingly purchasing defective property. Not disclosing certain information about the property can jeopardize the sale, [...]

May 11, 2013

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Orlando, Florida Harp 2.0 Success Story – Family saves $500+ a month

HARP Refinances are helping investors improve cash flow and buy more property. Chris Brown Mortgage Review Casey and Jen save almost $600 per month! Casey and Jen were turned down by their loan servicer and bank due to having low credit scores. Luckily, Casey heard me on the radio stating credit is a factor, but NOT a disqualifier. Therefore, [...]

May 11, 2013

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May 2013 RealtyTrac Foreclosure Report Shows Strength For The US Housing Market

RealtyTrac recently reported that national foreclosure filings are down while foreclosure filings are seeing marked increases in some states. There are two systems for foreclosing residential real estate in the United States; judicial and non-judicial foreclosure. The states individually decide which foreclosure process will be followed in their state. Judicial foreclosure requires action by the [...]

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Chris Brown Chris is a Team Leader at Certified Mortgage Planners. He is also a published mortgage and real estate author, a frequent contributor to the local Fox News affiliate and AM radio stations in Orlando, a fledgling philanthropist, and was recently voted as a Top 40 Mortgage Professional Under 40 by National Mortgage Professional Magazine for the 3rd time. He is one of less than 25 Certified Mortgage Planning Specialists in the state of Florida, a nationally recognized HARP expert, the NAIFA Technology Chairman and he still makes his living by helping one family at a time finance and refinance real estate. Lake Mary, Florida
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