Columbus Mortgage Market: Another nice week.

June 11, 2010 by Steve Wagner · Leave a Comment 

Retail sales came out this morning and it was down. This made mortgage rates drift in our direction by not enough to affect our quoted rates. Go out there and sell something today. I found a list of the top 10 countries where millionaires live. Here they are: 1. Singapore, 11.4% of households 2. Hong [...]

Columbus Mortgage Market: Little 8-(…

May 24, 2010 by Steve Wagner · Leave a Comment 

The craziness seems to be easing off in Europe over the Greece economic crisis. Rates went up just slightly this morning, only FHA was enough to actually trip the rate upward. Now is not a bad time to be traveling in Europe with the dollar so strong. Been a long time since that happened. MORTGAGE [...]

Columbus Mortgage Market: 8-(….Oh well!!!!

April 20, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment 

Friends: Rates bumped up a little this morning. Maybe it’s a Monday morning rate drop thing? Thanks!!! Steve MORTGAGE TIP OF THE DAY: Effective in April, the Franklin County Recorders Office decided to stop their $20 fine for anyone with signed or initialed a mortgage or a deed within the one inch margin at the [...]

Columbus Mortgage Market: 8-(….dang!!!

March 12, 2010 by Steve Wagner · Leave a Comment 

Friends: Rates went up a bit this morning. February consumer sales came out and it was higher than expected indicating confidence in the economy. Thanks!!! Steve MORTGAGE TIP OF THE DAY: Recently, most PMI companies have determined that Franklin County is NOT in a “restricted market” (aka Declining Market). What that means is now they [...]

Columbus Mortgage Rates: 8-0…yawn!!!!

March 5, 2010 by Steve Wagner · Leave a Comment 

Friends: All the markets are way against us this morning but it didn’t affect rates. I don’t get this one. We are scratching our heads. Thanks!!! Steve MORTGAGE TIP OF THE DAY: Has anyone noticed other than me that in Franklin County there are 5 months in the first half of the taxable year with [...]

Halloween Trick or Treat Schedule for Franklin County

October 22, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment 

It’s time for the little monsters, ghouls, fairies and princesses to wander our neighborhoods in search of candy. Below is a schedule of communities, dates and times for local Halloween trick or treat schedules. Thanks to Franklin County Events for creating this list for us! Thursday, October 29th Bexley – Trick or Treat 5:30-7:30pm Brown [...]

How Big Will Your Tax Credit Be?

March 10, 2009 by Jeanne · 2 Comments 

 If you are a first time home buyer, this is your year! While you may have already heard about the $8,000 Federal Tax Credit for firs time buyers, did you also know about the Mortgage Credit Certificate (MCC) Program? This is an amazing advantage for 1st time buyers who qualify, to reduce their tax burden [...]