Recent Blog Posts by Maureen Theriot and Joe Szklarz

5 Reasons to Buy a Home in 2011

 Michele Lerner, author of Homebuying: Tough Times, First Time, Any Time, offers reasons why real estate is likely to improve in 2011. Here are five reasons she thinks consumers should consider a home purchase next year:? Mortgage rates will stay low. Even with rates climbing — maybe to as high as 6 percent by 2012 — they are still well below where they have been historically.? Tax ...

Refinances Soar as Mortgage Rates Remain Low

RISMEDIA, September 3, 2010—(MCT)—For anyone under the age of 57, mortgage rates are now the lowest they’ve been during your life. This fact isn’t lost on a growing number of homeowners who have started a new wave of refinancings. The Mortgage Bankers Association reported this month that refinancing applications are up 26% during the past four weeks and account for about 82% ...

5 Ways to Ruin a Refinance

5 ways to screw up a mortgage refinance By Holden Lewis • Bankrate.com     5 ways to screw up a mortgage refinance   A mortgage refinance boom is in full swing, as homeowners take advantage of record low rates by refinancing their home loans. But a home loan refi is more complicated than it was a few years ago. Home values are lower and paperwork ...