Even though there is a focus on the Fed throwing baskets of money to the banks, thing are not still not great. Thursday the market tumbled to the point of exhaustion. You know, fear
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The Robyn Report
The Robyn Report is a mash up of articles, reviews and interviews about all things real estate. We have tons of guidelines and tips about the new rules for mortgages and how to buy or sell a house. With all the new technology out there, you need to be updated on the latest apps, websites, programs and software to make home buying easier. We continue to search the universe to find the latest and greatest geek stuff out there! And of course, we write the books, hence we think all consumers should read the books, so we often have book reviews and interviews with the authors. Knowledge is power. Use it!
AMEX: Just Like the Rest of Them!
American Express is lowering the available credit for the Blue Card. Any AMEX card that acts as a credit card is being treated as a credit card. Three clients this week have cried over
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Prime Rate Lowers Your Mortgage Payment
As you know, the Prime Rate was lowered a half point last week. Just another bone offered by the Fed to show they are trying to help the credit crunch. Will it help stimulate some short
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Five Ways to Maintain Your Credit Score
Two years ago we would not be having this conversation…..I did not even have a blog!
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Maintaining a good FICO (credit) score is more important than ever. In fact, it is almost mandatory
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Suze Orman teaches Dale Siegel about FICO scores
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So, lately I have been watching Suze Orman and liking it! She has a lot to say about the economy (who doesn’t?) and is a spokesperson of confidence for the FDIC.
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She speaks of
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Dale Siegel Teaches Realtors at Baruch College
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 I am proud to announce that I have been added to the teacher line-up for the New York Real Estate salespersons’ License pre-qualifying course. The New York State approved 78-hour
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FHA: Buy and Bail Forbidden
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What is Buy and Bail? Doesn’t sound like a very nice thing to me!Â
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Sometime, you just have to move into a new house before you sell the existing home. You either have
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Florida Lending Gets More Limits
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Mortgage lending is being further restricted in the State of Florida. Was it Ivan?Â
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The following restrictions have been added by some of the National Lenders:
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Getting A Rate Lock Extension
If you locked in your interest rate and cannot close in time, what happens? You can extend the rate lock by paying a fee to the lender. Most banks are willing to extend your rate up to
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Finally!…and then nothing
So, the Bill was passed and nothing much happened with the stock market or the interest rates. Banks and Wall Street need to sit back and figure out what they are going to do for themselves.
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