What Is SoFi? In this SoFi review we will take a look at what SoFi offers and the pros and cons of Sofit. SoFi, like most other niche financial services companies is expanding. It turns out that once you get a foothold, and a few developers working full-time for you, cranking out “disruptive” finance services …
An interesting wrinkle in the new Covid economy showed up today. The U.S. Department of Commerce reported that new home sales in August rose by 4.8%, on top of a spike 13.9% in July. Buying New Homes Overall home sales are having difficulty in no small part because home buyers are reluctant to do several …
There was a recent article over at CNBC about high-risk mortgages and their resurgence, sometimes at the hands of the very same players who offered them before the big banking crisis and subsequent recession of 07-08. Of course, it’s easy to wring your hands and worry, “Here we go again,” but before you do that, …
There are a lot of people out there who dream of paying off their mortgage early. As a financial advisor, I would often have to talk them out of unusual schemes for paying off their house early, like raiding their 401k. It isn’t a bad thing to pay off your mortgage, but it isn’t as …
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Mortgage rates have ticked up in the this month. Despite stories saying that rates have “jumped” the rise has been rather tepid, and still hasn’t taken rates back to their post election highs in the 4.25% range. Rates had peaked back in January when some analysts still suspected that Crazy Trump was all an act …
I’ve been getting questions about reverse mortgages lately. It’s not surprising. Reverse mortgages are one of those financial planning tools that are very useful for a specific purpose, and for specific people, that has, unfortunately, been sold aggressively to others. Not all reverse mortgages are scams, but you have to understand what you are getting …
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When shopping for a home loan, it can be tough to tell if a certain mortgage rate is good these days. The trick is that all matter of gobbledygook can complicate what you are looking at when shopping for a good mortgage rate. In fact, the mortgage companies and mortgage brokers have made it pretty …
When considering refinancing your home mortgage, the first step is to get all of the details on what you have now. Sure, you have vague numbers in your head, but that won’t help you answer all of the loan application questions, or make a real hard-numbers based calculation about the value of refinancing. What exactly …
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After yesterday’s post about rebuilding credit after bankruptcy, I got two different questions about how to keep your home during bankruptcy. One of the readers seemed a bit frustrated and finished by asking, “Why can’t I get a simple answer to this question: Can I keep my home if I file bankruptcy?” The simple answer …