Serving San Francisco, Marin County, and the Entire Bay Area
Videography * Photography * Web Design
|
| |
 | |
|
San Francisco Real Estate Blog. It's every bit as interesting as Curbed, the New York Real Estate blog.
-- Max Black - Prairie Fire Publisher: Bill Quick Editor: Jeff Brooks
Please Patronize our Advertisers
Latest Comments
Email us at:
Search
Archives
May 2008
April 2008 March 2008 February 2008 November 2007 October 2007 September 2007 August 2007 July 2007 June 2007 May 2007 April 2007 February 2007 October 2006 September 2006 August 2006 July 2006 June 2006 February 2006 January 2006
Recent Entries
SF Bay Area Resources
SF and Bay Area New Home Develpments
Bay Area Brokers Check San Francisco Schools SF Neighborhoods East Bay Neighborhoods Current Mortgage Rates
Links
California DRE Reference Book
California Department of Real Estate (DRE) San Francisco Multiple Listing Service Greater Bay Area MLS CCSF Real Estate Department Blackstone
Blogroll (Other Fine Blogs)
Categories
Site Design: Iceberg Productions
|
« Redfin Agents Now Use the "F" Word - Foreclosure | Main | Proof That People Have to Much Time on Their Hands » May 01, 2008Making Sense of the Jumbo Loan RatesThe Road to a Jumbo Mortgage Was Supposed to Get Easier
A brilliant article that answers the question, why haven’t jumbo rates dropped as promised.... In early February, Congress gave beleaguered mortgage borrowers a rare cause for celebration. As part of the economic stimulus package, it passed rules intended to make it easier and less expensive for people to take out hefty loans in the nation’s costliest housing markets. Economists and legislators said that helping tens of thousands of borrowers take out billions of dollars in new loans could stanch the bleeding in the housing market, spur spending and reduce the pain of a likely recession. Instead, the effort to make it easier to get jumbo mortgages — loans over $417,000 — has yielded frustration and disillusionment. Posted by Jeff Brooks on May 1, 2008 06:46 AM | Permalink TrackBackTrackBack URL for this entry: |
