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Florida Suing Countrywide

Robert Ashby — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:09:49 +0000

…Adds Themselves to the Growing List of States At the beginning of the month, Countrywide was acquired by Bank of America, but that has not stopped the troubles Countrywide got themselves into. Led by their Chief Executive, Angelo Mozilo (their "perfectly tanned" leader), Countrywide became the Number 1 lender in the nation, and also the Number 1 in scandals surrounding [...]

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Federal Reserve Decisions & Their Effects on Mortgage Rates

Robert Ashby — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 02:53:16 +0000

The Dilemma As I get ready to head for bed, I can’t help but feel many of you out there are still wondering what may happen tomorrow when the Federal Reserve makes their next rate cut decision. The first thing you need to understand is that what the Fed decides does not directly impact mortgage rates. When the Federal Reserve [...]

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Having Lenders Compete Can Cost You Your Identity

Robert Ashby — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:00:59 +0000

Risk Factor One of the ways homeowners use to obtain the best mortgage deal is to use online mortgage forms to get multiple lenders to offer their best rates. While this may be a good start, there are some pitfalls that could prove very costly. One of the problems with shopping around is getting caught up in the lowest rate [...]

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Mortgage Acceleration: Is the Latest Fad Right for You?

Robert Ashby — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 07:11:09 +0000

There has been a lot of talk over the last year or so about various mortgage acceleration programs, in fact, I have talked about them since last February (2007) myself. Fueled by United First Financial’s Money Merge Account marketing through an MLM style set up, the latest fad or craze has grown dramatically, leaving one to question whether or not [...]

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Zopa: Is Social Financing Better Than a Bank?

Robert Ashby — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:07:33 +0000

Social Financing Before you run out and begin thinking that social financing is going to help you pay your mortgage, understand that loans are small, but they can prove helpful in many ways. It is also not entirely without the use of a credit union. How It Works The basics of how it works is by connecting those who wish [...]

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What Color Ocean Are You Swimming In?

Robert Ashby — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 04:10:08 +0000

I was cleaning the office and scanning my book shelf recently and came upon a book I have not read in a while and it brought back a realization we all need to know. The book is called Blue Ocean Strategy and it talks about how we set up our businesses and compete. If you take a look at your [...]

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Equity Management is Misunderstood

Robert Ashby — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:18:14 +0000

A couple of weeks ago, Shailesh (fellow genius) wrote about how equity management is overrated. Personally, I think it is underrated as it is often misunderstood. As many believe, he went on to explain how it is about debt leveraging, putting off paying down your mortgage in order to invest instead. He even went on to mention that it seemed [...]

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Mortgage Bonds Bleed to Death After Cupid Shoots Them in the Heart

Robert Ashby — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:46:13 +0000

Yesterday was Valentine’s Day, the day of love and bonds saw anything but. As Cupid flew around, shooting arrows, bringing together loved ones, he shot mortgage backed securities with a poison arrow instead. Mortgage bonds, the real driver of mortgage rates (not the 10-year note), had been holding their own as traders scrambled causing rallies and sell offs in [...]

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Did Your Practitioner Fix Your ARM…

Robert Ashby — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 02:40:48 +0000

or Make it Worse? When you break your arm, do you go to your family doctor, or do you go see someone at the ER that is equipped to deal with it? If you are like me, you go to the ER and request a specialist on top of that to make sure your broken arm gets fixed correctly so [...]

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New England or New York? Who Cares?

Robert Ashby — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:41:49 +0000

Ok, I know a lot of people are watching the Super Bowl right now, and why not. Many are routing for New York and many are for New England, but frankly, I am routing for the lesser known winners and losers. Know what I am talking about? That’s right, the commercials. Watching the Super Bowl is not just about watching [...]

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