Category Archives: Homeowners
23 JanMortgage Prepayment Strategy #3 – Bi-Weekly Payment
This is the third post for our Prepayment Strategy Series (check out all the posts in this series). Bi-Weekly Payments The bi-weekly prepayment strategy works for a couple of reasons. Many people are paid bi-weekly so paying the mortgage on the days you get paid makes budgetting easier. But just because it is easier doesn’t [...]
Read More ...19 JanRecord Low Interest Rates…The Whole Story
You may have seen recent news clips talking about RECORD LOW RATES like this one: Housing struggles despite mortgage rates hitting new low or this one: Fannie Fees Fail to Offset Record Low Lending Rates: Mortgages or this one: 30-year mortgage rates at new low I think you get the idea! You might be thinking [...]
Read More ...10 JanHigher Mortgage Rates Coming April 1, 2012
No, we don’t have a crystal ball but we do know that rates are going to increase on April 1, 2012. The Wynn Team is always monitoring the real estate and mortgage industries for news that can impact our customers and real estate agent partners. News about a guaranteed jump in rates is something we [...]
Read More ...04 JanMortgage Prepayment Strategy #2 – Tax Refund
This is the third post for our Prepayment Strategy Series (check out all the posts in this series). Tax Refund Now that 2012 is upon us many of us start working on gathering everything we need to file our taxes. We are receiving our W2s, 1099s, Mortgage Interest Statements, etc so we can calculate our [...]
Read More ...20 DecMortgage Prepayment Strategy #1 – Round Up
On December 9, 2011 I asked the question, “Should I pre-Pay My Mortgage” and ultimately provided my opinion on the matter. If you have not read that post please make sure to do so before reading on about the various prepayment strategies. Hopefully you have followed my advice and have an emergency fund, maximized your [...]
Read More ...09 DecShould I Pre-Pay My Mortgage?
When we are asked by our customers about whether to pre-pay their mortgage or not you would think the answer would be yes, right? Well, not always…like anything, it depends. Here is what we typically explain to our customers interested in pre-paying their mortgage. 1. Do you an emergency fund? If you are living pay [...]
Read More ...16 NovLending A Hand – New & Improved
Lending A Hand is meant to be a resource to home buyers, home owners and real estate agents. We have re-structured the site to make it easier for you to find information and for us to pass along information we believe will be of value. Here is what you will see on the new and [...]
Read More ...22 JunPesky Lawn Problems
I don’t know about you but taking care of the lawn can be a tedious task sometimes. After purchasing my home about three years ago I needed to fix up the dying lawn. I had considered a few different paths to do that including overseeding, patch repair and sod. In the end we decided to [...]
Read More ...13 AugMortgage Company Changed…Now What?
Did you recently receive a notice informing you that your mortgage company will be changing? Maybe you haven’t yet, but it is likely that during the term of your mortgage you will receive a notice like this. This notice is called a Transfer of Servicing and you should understand what it means to you. What [...]
Read More ...13 AugWe’ve Made Some Changes
We’ve made some changes to LendingAHand.com to provide more focused updates that are valuable to you. What We Changed We have created three categories of posts we write on LendingAHand.com: Real Estate Agents First Time Buyers Current Home Owners These categories will allow us to focus our information to those that we feel can benefit. [...]
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