Mortgages and Financing - The Howell Group

September 6, 2013

Mortgages: Lessons Learned

Lessons I Learns About Mortgages That Help My Clients The importance of utilizing efficient and professional lenders is critical to facilitate a less stressful real estate transaction. Many banking experts have written various articles on the...

January 16, 2013

Home Loan Dos And Don’ts

While writing yesterday’s article, “Your Credit and Buying a Home,” we were speaking with Michael Kingsbury of Academy Mortgage about some of the ins and outs of credit during the home loan process. Michael provided us with...

January 14, 2013

Loan Pre-Approval

What Good Is A Pre-Approval…And Why Are Agents Always Trying To Make Me Get One? If you’ve been in contact with a real estate agent lately (or even spent some time on a real estate...

August 30, 2012

Know Your Lender And Have Less Headaches

There is no shortage of places to get a home loan from and there are plenty of quality professionals who work hard in the lending world. Picking a lender is an important piece to the...

November 21, 2011

FHA Limits Restored

This just in from the National Association of Realtors News Desk: Congress has restored the loan limits for the FHA for two years. Back in September we let you know that the loan limits had been reduced in over...

October 24, 2011

Lease Purchase Pitfalls

With overwhelming changes to the real estate and lending industries over the past few years, traditional means of home financing have been moved out of reach of many willing buyers. Buyers have begun to seek...

October 1, 2011

FHA Loan Limits Drop

Effective October 1, 2011, FHA loan limits (government backed) mortgage on a single family home in Bexar County dropped from $332,500 to $287,500. The numbers, released by HUD and the FHFA have the potential to substantially affect the availability...