Archive for the 'Mortgage News' Category

July home sales up almost 10%!

August 26th, 2009 by admin


Could this be the end of the housing bubble? The Commerce Department reported today that new home sales increased 9.6 percent in July! Is this a sign that the housing market is climbing from the record breaking low it reached earlier this year? Falling home prices have caused increased sales over the past four months, but this [...]

Will mortgage rates start to climb?

July 27th, 2009 by admin


If you’ve kept up with mortgage rates over the past several months you have noticed that they have been somewhat steady. Rates sharply declined at the end of last year and continued the downward fall until just recently. Will mortgage rates stay steady, start to increase or continue to decrease over the next several months? [...]

Kentucky Adopts $5000 New Home Mortgage Tax Credit

July 14th, 2009 by admin


I’ve always thought it was a little unfair that all the government housing stimulus package deals were for first time home buyers. Since I’ve purchased several houses I’m not eligible for any of the credit, even if I did decide to buy another home. However, that’s about to change for Kentucky. The Kentucky General Assembly just [...]