Posts By Shashank Shekhar


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The Real Estate Market Trends in March2011-San Francisco Bay Area

On May 1, 2011, in Mortgage News, by Shashank Shekhar

March-2011, the Best in 4 Years for San Francisco Bay Area Real Estate: In the month of March-2011 a total of 7,051 real estate properties comprising new and re-sale houses, condos were sold in the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area. According to San Diego-based DataQuick, this was an increase of 41.3% over the figures in [...]

Free Web Class – Financing Options for Bay Area Home Buyers

On April 21, 2011, in Home Buying Process, by Shashank Shekhar

As part of our Home Ownership Workshop of free Web Classes, Shashank Shekhar Mortgage Broker/Banker with Arcus Lending and author of the book “First Time Home Buying 101″ will talk about: What are the different financing options for Home Buyers? When should you pick an Adjustable Rate Mortgage (ARM) vs Fixed Rate loan? What are [...]

SF Bay Area FHA Mortgage Insurance Premium Going Up in April, 2011

On February 24, 2011, in Mortgage News, by Shashank Shekhar

According to the FHA statements the Annual Mortgage Insurance Premium has recently increased on standard SF Bay Area FHA loan programs. In October 2010, the FHA increased the insurance premium and this latest increase was the second within a period of six months. The important changes effective from April 18th are given below. 1.The Annual [...]

Bay Area First Time Home Buyers get help from CalHFA to buy with 1% Down Payment

On February 17, 2011, in Home Buying Process, Mortgage Programs, by Shashank Shekhar

CalHFA 1st mortgage + CHDAP 2nd mortgage = 99% LTV or 1% downpayment loan for San Francisco Bay Area First Time Home Buyers. Here’s the Formula: There is up to 96.5% financing from CalHFA (California Housing Finance agency) FHA loan. California Homebuyer’s down payment assistance program (CHDAP) gives a deferred payment junior loan (2nd mortgage) [...]

Changes to San Francisco Bay Area FHA Streamline Refinance Loan Programs

On February 16, 2011, in Mortgage Programs, by Shashank Shekhar

FHA yesterday announced changes to San Francisco Bay Area Streamline refinance transactions. The FHA issued Mortgagee Letter provides guidance on the changes as well as clarification on existing Bay Area streamline refinance guidelines. Here are the 6 things you need to know about these clarifications and changes: Borrower must be current on their mortgage for [...]

SF Bay Area Mortgage Pre-approvals from 4 weeks back are worthless

On December 26, 2010, in Mortgage Approval Process, Mortgage Rates, by Shashank Shekhar

It’s time to revisit the pre-approval amount that you qualified for your SF Bay Area home mortgage application, if that was done more than 2 weeks back.  The big reason – mortgage rates have spiked by ~.75% in just over 4 weeks. Last week Freddie Mac released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey®, [...]

SF Bay Area Mortgage Rates Climb Again – 4th week in a row

On December 10, 2010, in Mortgage Rates, by Shashank Shekhar

San Francisco Mortgage Rates rise for the 4th straight week – Now up .50%. Freddie Mac today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey®, which found that once again, both Fixed and Adjustable mortgage rates for Bay Area and rest of California rose this week.  This was the fourth week in a row [...]

How will Fed’s Quantitative Easing (QE) impact SF Bay Area Home Loan Rates?

On November 7, 2010, in Mortgage Rates, by Shashank Shekhar

How will Fed’s Quantitative Easing impact San Francisco Bay Area Home Loan Rates for Refinance and Home Purchase?

But before we get into how this will impact mortgage rates for San Francisco Bay Area current and future home owners, lets find out what does Quantitative Easing (QE) really means!

“How to profit from buying a Bank Owned Property” Seminar in San Jose, CA

On October 24, 2010, in Home Buying Process, by Shashank Shekhar

Home Buyer Seminar “How to profit from buying a Bank Owned property” for First Time Home Buyers, Trade up Buyers and Investors in San Jose, CA. As part of Home Ownership Workshop (HOW) series, Arcus Lending is presenting a live *free* seminar for Home Buyers in San Jose. With the drop in home prices over [...]

Bay Area FHA Loans after Collection, Judgment, Foreclosure and Bankruptcy

On August 16, 2010, in Tips And Advice, by Shashank Shekhar

In this post I am talking about eligibility guidelines for a San Francisco Bay Area FHA Loan after you have gone through Judgment, Collection, Bankruptcy or Foreclosure. FHA Loan after Collection and Judgment: FHA does not require that collection accounts be paid off as a condition of mortgage approval. However, court-ordered judgments must be paid off before [...]