Tag: Finance

Total 103 Posts

Gain a clear understanding of all available options for purchasing, investing or refinancing a home. Eppraisal shares insight, tools and resources for securing your best deal.

February 15, 2022

Overcoming the "Cash to Close" Obstacle for First-Time Homebuyers

Purchasing the first house is a watershed moment in the lives of young couples and individuals. Representing the promise of a happy future, the first home has a way of eclipsing all of the expense and headaches that come with ownership.

December 28, 2021

Everything You Need to Know about the Mortgage Approval Process

For a vast majority of property owners, the home loan is the largest extension of credit they will ever pay down. With hundreds of thousands of dollars -- or more -- at stake, it makes sense that lenders take great care to qualify their borrowers before issuing such large disbursements of funds.

December 21, 2021

What to Expect With Mortgage Rates in 2022

Real estate forecasters look at many variables when making predictions for three, six and nine months out. As they begin to express their opinions on 2022 they quite naturally examine supply of available homes and the level of demand for them.

November 04, 2021

Understanding the Mortgage Market: Lender Types

Why is it that a home loan applicant is politely shown the door by a branch of a national bank yet is approved for the same amount of money by another lender? The answer is that lending institutions are not all created in the same image.

October 11, 2021

What is a Correspondent Lender and How Does Using One Impact My Loan?

Home buyers and owners have the challenge of acquiring and managing what will likely be the most expensive asset they will ever own. An intelligent approach to this involves careful monitoring of cash flow and an accurate assessment of home value.

May 25, 2021

Today's Veterans Affairs (VA) Home Loan

If you are a veteran of the United States Armed Forces, an active duty servicemember or an eligible surviving spouse of a veteran, you may be eligible for a Veteran Affairs (VA) home loan.

April 05, 2021

Tips for Navigating the Current Mortgage Market

Although the real estate market was not immune from the effects of business shutdowns and curtailments in 2020, neither was it hobbled: unprecedented low mortgage rates; strong millennial demand; and the flight from city to suburbs hastened buying and selling in America.

February 27, 2021

Mortgage Forbearance Extension

On February 16, 2021, President Biden announced the mortgage forbearance program would be extended through the end of June. This announcement has taken immediate pressure off millions of American homeowners that have been adversely impacted by the pandemic.

February 23, 2021

Cryptocurrency, Home Purchases & Mortgages

Although it has its own set of problems -- and has not become widespread as quickly as advocates had hoped -- cryptocurrency, exemplified by Bitcoin and others, is nevertheless making inroads into world and U.S. commerce. It is even closing in on mortgage finance and property conveyance.