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Why a Real Estate Appraisal?
There are many reasons why you need a real estate appraisal.
Reduce property taxes, probate, estate planning, divorce settlements are some.
The most common one is to obtain a mortgage.
Most lenders are required by federal and state laws and current banking regulations to obtain an appraisal for most loans secured by real estate.
As of Jan. 1, 1993, all appraisals made for mortgage loans from federally insured lenders and other federally related transactions must be made by a licensed or certified appraiser.

What is a Appraisal?
An appraisal is an objective supported opinion of value of an adequately described piece of property made by an appraiser who has sufficient knowledge, training and experience to accurately estimate its value.
In this detailed and time consuming report, appraisers use comparable sales together with information about the property being appraised, its neighborhood and community along with the local and national economy, to support the appraised value.

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For approximately the past two years the mortgage industry has provided personal information to other lenders and partners when a consumer applies for a loan. I know this is shocking. I was just as shocked as you are when I found out. As soon as the ink dries on your mortgage application your information is sold to other lenders. In one or two days your phone starts ringing off the hook with calls from other lenders trying to offer you a better deal. This process is called a “trigger lead.” Continue reading »

Are you facing problems with mortgage payments? Is your house slipping away from your hands? According to the data from RealtyTrac, more than one million homeowners have faced foreclosure this year, 27% more than this time last year. The following basic tips will help you to avoid mortgage foreclosure scam before it happens: Continue reading »

The Internet features all kinds of retail opportunities, including car buying, where the smart shopper can save big bucks on an auto purchase.

Let’s be fair: There are plenty of excellent car salesmen in the world who can be very helpful when it comes to buying an automobile. But for the purchaser who doesn’t want to chance getting hooked up with one of those pushy salesmen, shopping on the Internet is a nice alternative. Not only can the Web save you from a tension-filled shopping experience, it can also help you save a few extra dollars on the purchase price.

Net yourself some savings

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There are many categories of mortgage loans. There are two fundamental types of pay back loans. These are the fixed rate mortgage (FRM) and adjustable rate mortgage (ARM). Continue reading »

Mortgage brokers should take a “rigorous and industry respected” qualification in treating customers fairly after it emerged two firms had been fined and another handed a public censure by the FSA for management failings.

The ifs School of Finance says the reprimands underline the importance of TCF and points out courses like its Certificate in Regulated Customer Care (CeRCC) can help ensure firms avoid falling foul of the regulator in the future.

Yorkshire-based Lawrence Scoffield Mortgages Ltd (LMSL) and West Midlands firm Council Homebuyers Ltd (CHL) each received Ј10,500 fines, while Manchester-based Mortgage Network Solutions (MNS) was also singled out, for a catalogue of management failings, the FSA announced today.

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Lenders shopping for a new enterprise lending system that is capable of handling any type of mortgage loan – from the point of sale through to the secondary market – are torn between choosing a system based on new services-oriented architectures (SOA) that combines best-of-breed, third-party functionalities into a single platform and systems that come complete with a full suite of lending functionality already built in.

All-inclusive or best-of-breed, that’s the way the battle lines have been drawn when it comes to investing in new loan origination technology.
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What is your rate today?” prospective borrowers ask when they call up a mortgage lender shopping for rates. Well, there isn’t just one rate. There is a choice of rates and the rates are very similar from one lender to the next - perhaps identical.

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This 15,800- square-foot house, described as similar to a Tuscan villa, is on 40 acres near El Dorado Hills.

At $9.2 million, this may be the highest-priced residential real estate listing ever seen in Sacramento.

Folsom agent Fred Wilcox is marketing a nearly completed 15,800-square-foot house on 40 acres off Salmon Falls Road by Folsom Lake near El Dorado Hills.

“I think this is the most expensive ever in the region,” he says. “If you win the lottery, this might be the house you want to buy.”

Among the home’s amenities: 10 bedrooms, 10 baths; a 1,400-square-foot gatehouse with two bedrooms and two baths; and an orchard with 80 fruit trees.

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If the urge to refinance your mortgage has come over you, you’re not alone. Millions of homeowners have cut their interest rates, monthly payments and will save thousands of dollars over the life of their loans.

Or so they think. The truth is that for at least some of those people, refinancing will cost them plenty in the long run. They might select the wrong mortgage for their needs, might not know what options are available, or simply don’t know where to begin.

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