by Craig Collins One of the greatest end spots in the United States is Miami Beach. It is well known for the enlightenment as well as all of the activities which it has. Many people confirm which they wish to pierce to Miami Beach since it has so most to offer. Those which might pierce to the city in the destiny will wish to see what the city has to suggest in conditions of condos. Miami Beach condos have been usually as superb as the houses as well as have been reduction expensive.

Home Affordable Refinance Program Expanded to Up to 125% LTV On July 1, 2009, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Shaun Donovan, announced expansion of the Home Affordable Refinance Program to permit refinancing of existing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac loans with LTVs up to 125 percent (up from the current LTV limit of 105 percent).

Over the weekend we hit another exciting milestone with our Zillow iPhone app: over 1/2 million downloads — 513,213 as of this morning. And it’s not just good news for Zillow… according to some of the testimonials we’ve been hearing, such as a post from this Florida Realtor, the Zillow iPhone app is giving real [...]

Dennis NormanBy: Dennis NormanMonday I did the first post and yesterday the second post of my E-View with Frank Gregoire, a Florida appraiser and author of Appraiser Active.Frank is often quoted as a source for nationally syndicated real estate columnists and appears as aFrancois (Frank) K. Gregoire, IFA RAAspeaker on appraisal and mortgage related topics.  Articles by Francois Gregoire have been published in the REALTOR(R) magazine and the Journal of Property Economics.Now for the final part of

Today 7/02/09 Freddie Mac reported that the average mortgage interest rate for 30 year fixed-rate mortgages was 5.20% (5.19% in the southeast), down from 5.32% a week ago. The average interest rate for 15 year fixed-rate mortgages was 4.69%, down from 4.77% last week. A year ago the 30 year rate was 6.37%. This is the lowest rates have been in six weeks. There is concern over the labor market and this contributed to the continued fall in interest rates this week.

Who Really Qualifies for a Condo Loan Anyway? – pcbdaily.com 07/08/2009 Okay let me clear this up from the very beginning – I am not a loan expert nor do I play one on TV, but these days that would be a great idea. I have had several customers come to me wanting to purchase a condo and they assume that BECAUSE they have great credit and good income then they are good to go. Sometimes they even have a pre-qual letter and they really feel good. Well not so fast.