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Cory Thompson February 3, 2016

Understanding How Home Equity Works and Why Buying a Home Can Be Your Best Investment

Whether you’ve never heard the phrase ‘home equity’ before or you have a little familiarity, here are the ins and out of what it means and how this asset can help your financial outlook.

Filed Under: Real Estate Tips Tagged With: Buying A Home, Home Buyer Tips, Real Estate Investing

Cory Thompson February 2, 2016

Everything You Need to Know About Fannie Mae’s New Home Ready Mortgage

Traditionally, getting a mortgage requires you to have a level of income appropriate to the size of home that you’re buying. But for a lot of low-income and minority borrowers, a simple measure of one person’s income isn’t an accurate measure of whether or not that person can afford a home.

Filed Under: Home Mortgage Tips Tagged With: Down Payments, Home Mortgage Tips, Mortgages

Cory Thompson February 1, 2016

What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week – Feburary 1, 2016

Last week’s economic events included S&P Case-Shiller’s home price indexes, reports on new and pending home sales and the Fed’s FOMC statement. The details:

Filed Under: Market Outlook Tagged With: Case-Shiller, FOMC, Freddie Mac, Market Outlook

Cory Thompson January 29, 2016

Video: What Is “Prime”?

What Is Prime? The Prime Lending Rate – sometimes just called “Prime” – is the interest rate that banks charge each other for overnight loans. Some consumer rates – like ARMs – are set in relation to Prime.

Filed Under: Mortagage Tips Tagged With: Mortgage Tips, Video

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Cory Thompson

Cory Thompson


Mortgage Loan Originator
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Office 281.218.0505

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