Applying for a mortgage can be exciting, but it can also be stressful. How many lenders should you get quotes from? How do you know you’re choosing the right one? Should you pay attention to low rates, customer service, closing … Continue Reading

Service with a Smile How good are we here at Ratezip? HERE’S how good! We’ve been predicting over and over that a refi boom was on the horizon again. Here are just two recent examples. How Low can you Go? … Continue Reading

From Quora, comes this: “Rodrigo Dauster, Senior Director at Carlsberg (2018-present) The French have the expression “un mal pour un bien” (a bad for a good) and Brazilians have “há males que vêm para bem” (there are bads that come … Continue Reading

Moving Out? United Van Lines recently produced an interactive map which gives some possibly important Yay’s and Nay’s. Specifically, it tells us which states had the most people moving out and moving in during 2019. For those of you who … Continue Reading

Sign Me Up! When I started in the mortgage business years ago, I was too ignorant to realize I should not have been doing well. Rates were high, competition was nasty, inventory was low, etc. (Yes, the industry is cyclical, … Continue Reading

Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more. ~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr. There are many among us who think there should be no season of giving. Instead, giving should be an ongoing and … Continue Reading

There are many benefits to working with a local lender. Often local lenders can be more flexible with their borrowers and have more attentive customer service. However, it can also be difficult to find many local lenders to work with, … Continue Reading