New Changes to the VA Home Loan Funding Fee

For those of you that are Veterans, I came across a great little blog article from the kind folks at: Arizona VA Home Loans that highlights all the recent VA Funding Fee changes. They all went up, so I would definitely take a look. Just click on the link below to read the whole article:

VA Home Loan Article

Changes to the VA Certificate of Eligibility

I am sure that a lot of you have heard about some of the recent changes to the Department of Veteran Affairs in regards to the Certificate of Eligibility. If not, then here is a good read on the changes. This is important if you are a Veteran and wanting to buy or refinance your home. Click on the link below to read about all the changes:
CLICK HERE: VA Certificate of Eligibility

VA Home Loans

I came across this interesting read over at: www.arizona-va-homeloans. Here is a short copy of some of the content on VA home loans in Phoenix, AZ:

“Since Congress created it in 1944, the Veterans Administration Home Loan Guaranty program has assisted more than 20 million individuals who have served in the military to become homeowners. Created as a reward for their military service, the VA home loan program allows active military service members, National Guard and Reservist (who have served for at least six years) and veterans to obtain their dream home without emptying their wallets.

When compared to conventional loans, VA loans provide borrowers with a number of ways to save . VA mortgages offer 100% financing for well-qualified buyers, while conventional loans could require as much as 20% down. This high of a down payment for traditional mortgages often puts that dream home out of reach. Then there is the added costs of Private Mortgage Insurance.”

Read more here: Article

Final Cut Pro X editing software

If you are running on the OS X platform and are in the market for some new video editing software, then check out Izzy’s FREE (yes, I said free) video tutorials.

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New Business of the Week Video from Tucson Coupons

This week’s Featured Business of the Week from Tucson Coupons is Fire on the Mountain.  They make some of the best green chile products out there. To find them, stop by one of the local Tucson Farmers’ Markets.  They can also be found online at:  www.buyfireonthemountain.com.

Tucson Coupons | Featured Business of the Week

Here is the latest “Featured Business of the Week” video from TucsonCoupons.Org.  Scott Guerin Heating and Cooling is offering some great discounts. So login and take a look at the video and check out the coupon section.

FHA MI Increase Coming…

Effective April 18th, FHA will increase annual Mortgage Insurance Premiums by a quarter of a point. On a $161,000 loan amount that equates to an extra $33 per month. No doubt about it, costs for loans will continue to go up. The time to buy is NOW!! Great weather should help get buyers out early! Yea!

Tucson Coupons – New Site For Small Businesses

There is a new website getting ready to roll out in Tucson. It was set up to support locally-owned small businesses by providing them a platform to offer Tucson Coupons and discounts to the public for FREE! Once a week, TucsonCoupons.Org will be highlighting a small Tucson business by doing a video interview with the owner(s) and placing it in Tucson Coupon’s “Featured Business of the Week” video player. Pretty neat stuff and a great way for the Tucson community to find out about our small businesses. There is also a section for Free coupons. If you get a chance, then check them out and subscribe. Tucson Coupons

 

6 Ways to Save on a Mortgage This Year

Mortgage rates are on the rise, moving away from the historic low rates consumers enjoyed in 2010. Unfortunately, there weren’t that many people feeling secure enough to buy a home or to take advantage of those low rates as there were in the early years of the decade, but if you were among the few who were able to do either – congratulations!

Likely, this time next year the housing market will look different, with fewer foreclosures in the pipeline and housing prices stabilizing across the nation. For 2011, the recovery is likely to continue, bringing with it additional opportunities for people to enjoy a buyer’s market and low interest rate home loans.
Read the full article here.

Man Makes Ridiculously Complicated Chart To Find Out Who Owns His Mortgage

We all know the mortgage securitization process is complicated.
But just how complicated? The chart below from Zero Hedge shows the convoluted journey a mortgage takes as it morphs into a security.
Dan Edstrom, of DTC Systems, who performs securitization audits, spent a year putting together a diagram that traces the path of his own house’s mortgage. “Just When You Thought You Knew Something About Mortgage Securitizations,” says Zero Hedge, you are presented with this almost hilariously complicated chart.
The controversy over allegedly shoddy paperwork has raised doubts about the legitimacy of foreclosures nationwide (a crisis illustrated here and here), eliciting lawsuits from homeowners and investors alike.

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