Tweet Nearly 3 years ago, Fannie Mae rolled back a mortgage rule that prevented real estate investors from financing more than 4 properties at once. At the time, investors were limited to 4 properties financed, which included their primary residence. Today, according to standard mortgage guidelines, the maximum number of allowable, simultaneously financed properties is [...]
Welcome to my blog. I’m glad you’re here. Get notified by email when I write something new on The Mortgage Reports. Click here for free email alerts or subscribe to the RSS feed in your browser. Homebuilders know their business pretty well. Over the last 3 years, they’ve projected their own single-family sales with surprising [...]
It appears that the maligned Adjustable Rate Mortgage (ARM) is now staging a modest comeback. According to a recent survey, 10% of mortgage borrowers are projected to avail themselves of ARM loans in 2011, up from 3% in 2009. While the surge in popularity is rooted in the potential for savings, ARMs still come with [...]
An After-closing Letter That Asks for More Mortgage Referrals Let your customers know that the best compliment they can give you is a referral. Here is a sample follow-up letter (I pulled out of my personal files) you can use with customers who have recently closed a loan with you. You’ll see that it [...]
Six Simple Steps for Getting More Mortgage Applications When I first started out as a loan officer, one of the things I found to be the toughest, was taking an application over the phone. I just didn’t seem to have the skills, nor did I have a plan. I was literally calling people on the [...]
Close More Mortgage Loans With 12 Niche Products & Quality Leads From Smart Leads 11 Niches for Mortgage Originators Wednesday, October 25th, 2006 Marketing to a niche is my favorite way to get results. Why? Because you know better what your target customers need and want, compared to simply marketing to the general public. The [...]
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