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Hello,
this forum has been an amazing fountain of information. I am a real estate newbie and have just purchased my first home to live in, here in Knoxville. I was wondering if you folk had advice on this situation:
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looking for advice on Points buy down... Loan of $162,000 (SFH) is currently at 6.275. I'm being told I have the option to buy it down to 5.75. How many points would that be? Do you think it's worth the $$ to do so...
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Recently, I ran into this infographic. Very interesting predictions from Fannie, Wells and the MBA. If the forecasts are accurate, we are around the corner from another hot market with rates set to drop almost two per...
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I am sure many of you will disagree with me, but I am seeing a lot of posts talk about “today’s high interest rates”I believe there are many of us who view today’s rates to be more of the norm versus the outlier.If yo...
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How long do you guys think this downfall will start going back up? I plan to make my first investment in a year or two, just because I dont have money and im still in school.