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Does higher mortgage rates lower the chance of a housing recovery?
Posted by Cory in Market Update on December 17, 2010
In today’s NASDAQ News some analysts are saying that the increase in mortgage interest rates over the past few weeks will hinder the housing recovery as it will make it less lucrative for people to buy.
For what it’s worth, I don’t agree.
I feel the decision to buy a new home is more often than not an emotional one, not a financial one. People buy a new home because they want it, not because they can get a lower interest rate.
What will happen is that people will qualify for slightly less home since interest rates are directly related to mortgage payment which is directly related to debt-to-income ratios.
What higher interest rates will do is slow the number of mortgage refinances.
Hopefully, we’re near or at rock-bottom in the housing market. Foreclosures are down and interest rates are returning to a “healthy” level where it has been during the most abundant times in our economic history.
Congress restores funding to USDA Rural Housing
Posted by Cory in In the News, Mortgage on July 29, 2010
On Thursday Congress restored funding to the USDA Rural Housing program which has been on pause since May. This is great news for Utahans since much of Utah sans the Wasatch Front (Salt Lake County, Utah County, Weber County and Davis County) is considered “rural” and homes in rural areas are eligible for 100% financing. Areas such as Eagle Mountain and Stansbury Park are in these rural areas.
So if you are thinking of buying a home and are short on down payment funds, think USDA Rural Housing and have your Realtor show you homes in qualifying areas.
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