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Best Time To Buy A Home is August

August 21, 2018 By Bob Gordon 2 Comments

Trump Says Keep Rates Low! Have you checked the news lately? President Trump is annoyed with the Federal Reserve for raising interest rates. Gotta appreciate a president rooting for best time to buy a home is August. Low Rates Impact Monthly … [Read more...]

Bigger Down Payment Bad

August 12, 2018 By Bob Gordon Leave a Comment

The other evening I had a conversation with a Millennial. She explained to me that she wants to save a bigger down payment before purchasing her first home. And she is a good saver, having already put away $10,000 on a modest salary. So she was … [Read more...]

FHA 203K Renovation Financing

January 26, 2018 By Bob Gordon Leave a Comment

Financing Your Home Renovation Imagine you find your perfect home. Only it needs a little work. Probably easy to imagine that in our heated realty market. The FHA 203K mortgage might be your ideal solution. It allows you to wrap … [Read more...]

HELOC Home Equity Line of Credit

January 15, 2018 By Bob Gordon Leave a Comment

Boulder Housing Market Enjoys Strong Sellers Market You have likely seen the headlines. Chatted with neighbors. Heard about it at bbq's and likely received a note or two from Realtors. Boulder is in the midst of one of the … [Read more...]

Boulder County FHA Loan Limits Increase

February 6, 2017 By Bob Gordon Leave a Comment

Probably Boulder County FHA loan limits Are Higher This Year You know, I say probably, because the first move by the new administration was to cut out an important FHA mortgage insurance premium that would have most benefited entry level home … [Read more...]

American Dream

January 26, 2017 By Bob Gordon Leave a Comment

American Dream- Reverse Mortgages The American Dream can very well be broken down into financial comfort; to be able to feed and educate your children; to buy that red Porsche or to own that beautiful ranch. Many work day and night to grasp just a … [Read more...]

Boulder Fha lowering insurance premiums

January 11, 2017 By Bob Gordon Leave a Comment

Cost of Mortgage Easing In 2017 Good news for American home buying consumers. Especially those benefiting from Boulder FHA mortgages. Starting 1/27/17, the amount charged in annual mortgage insurance premiums is set to … [Read more...]

appraisal process

October 20, 2016 By Bob Gordon Leave a Comment

Realtor Appraisal Process We need to take back control of the appraisal process. Since the great recession, there have been some major changes in our industry. The Home Valuation Code of Conduct was replaced by Frank Dodd Act. While the goal of … [Read more...]

The Evolving Boulder Appraisal Market

October 19, 2016 By Bob Gordon Leave a Comment

The Evolving Boulder Appraisal Process Appraisals have always existed as one of the lengthier commitments to the mortgage loan process. Over the last few years, the Boulder appraisal process has only become more protracted. In just the last three … [Read more...]

Leased Solar Panels Impact Mortgage

September 22, 2016 By Bob Gordon Leave a Comment

I Love Boulder Alternative Energy Around Boulder Colorado, adding solar or going green is big these days. Reducing one's carbon footprint is a great way to give more than lip service to the idea of saving our planet. Currently trending are … [Read more...]