Make a New Year Resolution to buy your home early and save - Let a Hard Money Loan help!

[Ken and Ari Walker]

With 2014 around the corner, it's only right for me to let Home Buyers and Home Owners (who are thinking of moving up, out, etc.) know of what's coming.  It is the time to buy, early in the new year, to save on your monthly mortgage payments.

This KCM (Keeping Current Matters) article is right on the money.  Simple infographic with clear details of why you don't want to wait any longer to find that house you've been wanting!

And if you have difficulties with loan approval yet have equity in other real estate or have a decent down payment for a home, don't hesitate to contact myself and let me help you get a hard money loan!

Best, Forest

 

Forest Tardibuono is Co-Owner and CA BRE Broker known as “The Guy in the White Hat” of Sun Pacific Mortgage & Real Estate - Your Northern CA Hard Money Lender since 1988.  www.sunpacmortgage.com. BRE license #01464899/NMLS #360993

 

KEEPING CURRENT MATTERS - BLOG - Tapering Begins!

Posted: 23 Dec 2013: http://www.keepingcurrentmatters.com/2013/12/23/tapering-begins-2/?...

The Fed announced they would be pulling back some of their stimulus package which has helped the housing market by keeping long term mortgage rates at historic lows for the last few years. This should come as no surprise as the KCM Blog has been warning of this likelihood over the last several months.

We even went against the belief of the vast majority of economists who thought the Fed would wait until next year. In this month’s edition of KCM, we quoted Bill McBride of Calculated Risk: “Although the consensus is the Fed will wait until 2014 to start to taper asset purchases, December is still possible.”

We also gave our members the following grouping of slides to help them explain the ramifications of the Fed’s decision during meetings with buyers and sellers.

  

What it Means to the Consumer

In an article in MarketWatch today, Lawrence Yun, the Chief Economist at NAR, explained that sellers looking to move-up (to a better school district or larger home) “need to realize that it could be more challenging a year from now.” Yun stated the average 30-year mortgage rate currently hovers at 4.3%, but that could rise to 5% or 5.5% next year.

What it Does NOT Mean to the Housing Market

Some reports will now claim that housing prices will have to drop as interest rates begin to rise. There is no historical evidence of this. Below is a chart showing the last four instances of mortgage rates rising dramatically and what happened to home values at the time.

Bottom Line

If a client is either a first time buyer or a move-up buyer, they should make the move earlier in 2014 instead of later as mortgage rates will probably increase as the year goes on.

 

For great visuals…to explain the impact of tapering by the Fed, check out this month’s edition of KCM at www.KeepingCurrentMatters.com

[Art Jackson]

Forrest,  I would like to talk to you about several deals i'm trying to get funding on.  My direct email address is [e-mail].  Please contact me.  Art