Mortgage Rates Increase, Mortgage Applications Increase, and Home Values Likely to Increase as Well
Over the last few months, mortgage rates have been increasing; but oddly, we are still seeing an increase in home loan applications. While the 30-year fixed-rate-mortgage (“FRM”) went from 3.69% to 3.75%, this i...
Read Full PostTransferring Property? A Brief Primer on Deeds
When you’re transferring ownership of a property you own (in this context, you are the “grantor” and the recipient is the “grantee”) to another person, you are either providing a “quitclaim deed” or a ...
Read Full PostThe Housing Market: By the Numbers
We are all aware of the general state of the housing market in Los Angeles: the prices are going up, mortgage rates are going down, and there is a shortage of available houses in relation to the number of buyers in ...
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