Posts By Joan Rusco
Location
Minnesota
Phone: 800-656-1160
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The Realtor questioned the rate her client was receiving on the VA loan….We’ve also seen the ads for houses selling for half off the asking price or for pennies on the dollar. We would never call a Realtor and question the price you’ve negotiated for a client or the homes they’ve shown.
We have several people waiting to refinance using a VA Loan if only their homes would return to values sufficient to allow a new mortgage. In other words, they owe more on their mortgages than their homes are worth…we wish today’s news on median home prices was better.
And the survey says: Minnesota and Midwest mortgage rates for buying or selling homes are ready to rise. We’re talking about VA Loans, FHA and conventional mortgage loans, we’re talking about the ability to buy or refinance a home with any mortgage. Yikes! Not the results we wanted. But here it is, and we’re going [...]
Our active duty soldiers may have another full year to take advantage of the $8,000 tax credit. We want you to know if you qualify.
How could I possibly qualify Dan for a VA mortgage since he had no job, no income and was late on his current mortgage? Truth is, I couldn’t. But we were able to save his home from foreclosure.
Use your Minnesota VA home loan now for added home buying benefit. This may be a once in a lifetime opportunity for Veterans.
Realtors and Lenders may not be listening to the most powerful buyers in today’s market: Women!
The word “homemaker” may be taking on new meaning. Traditionally, it stood for a woman who spent time in the home raising children, cooking and cleaning. Today it may be coming to mean the person who makes the home possible. Women are becoming a powerful force in housing. Strike that, women are becoming the [...]
Gazing into crystal balls is dangerous in this business but it’s hard not to be bullish at this time for a few reasons. Interest Rates Housing Prices Free Money Interest rates remain near their historic lows. Here in Minnesota and nationwide housing prices have dropped considerably in the last few years. The National Association [...]
Many of us have yellow ribbon stickers on our vehicles or bumper stickers that say “support our troops”. Now is the time to do much more.
*This is not an offer to lend. 

