Well, not exactly, but CalHFA’s Mortgage Credit Certificate income increased yesterday to $57,840 for a Sacramento family of one or two people, and to $72,300 for families of three or more effective yesterday! How is this under 3.25%? Well on a $200,000 loan at 4.5%, the government actually pays $150 of the mortgage payment via a tax credit! That’s the equivalent of lowering [...]
A good infographic on the history of interest rates.
THE NEW SYSTEM WILL DRAMATICALY DECREASE DEPOSITS INTO THE MIP INSURANCE FUND! No, really, it's true.
The 2010 allocation just came out, and they have enough funding for $20 million worth of mortgages.
This seems like such a simple thing. After all there has to be some way to predict what's going to happen?! If you read the newspaper, listen to the radio or watch TV there is always someone telling you that rates are going up or down. So what's the secret? Well, there really isn't any [...]