One of the world’s bubbliest real estate housing markets is tilting from sellers to buyers with dizzying speed. Canadian home prices fell for the first time in two years as a rapid rise in interest rates looks set to threaten one of the world’s hottest housing...
Fannie/Freddie no longer fund 2nd mortgages; Big changes to mortgage fees on borrowers
The federal housing finance agency (FHFA), the largest buyer of mortgages through Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (Fannie/Freddie), announced huge changes to there fee structure. In particular they are targeting high cost loans with big jumps for second...
Alcohol sales decline for first time since pandemic, Huge impact on real estate, the pandemic trade is over
For the first time in a year, since Covid-19 began spreading across the United States forcing Americans to stay home, retail alcohol sales have fallen almost 2%. Why the change in alcohol sales? No, people are not consuming less alcohol. What does this mean...
Biden halts foreclosures for 18 months, house prices up; no impact on “credit score”, but can’t get credit?
10 million Americans are behind on their mortgage payments, with the majority of these late payments occurring in FHA loans. At the same time Millions are out of work, yet house prices are increasing in most markets. What was in the new forbearance agreement? How...
There is a new real estate drug, coming off this high will be catastrophic
Like many of you I had a “rocky” ride in the last real estate recession and successfully learned many “million-dollar” lessons that were very painful. One of the key takeaways from the last recession is that risks lurk in plain sight. Hindsight 20-20 it was easy to...
Trumps new plan “floods” homebuilders: You likely are impacted as well
Trump wants to curtail flood insurance in flood prone areas. This all seems logical, so why is this such a big issue? As many environmentalists cheered, homebuilders were aghast. Trumps new plan would radically overhaul the 1968 program which protects property...
Will a realtor put you out of business?
I saw a surprising announcement yesterday that the largest residential real estate company was starting a mortgage arm. This mortgage arm will work closely with its realtors throughout the country to provide a “one stop shop” for home buyers. What does this mean...
Close your hard money loan by year end
As the holidays are well upon us, many borrowers have asked: "can you close my loan by year end?". The answer is yes. Fairivew is a private hard money lender that strictly lends their own money. Fairview has the ability to close loans quickly without the red tape....
Government Bailout impact on taxpayers; what is the true cost
Impact of Bailout on taxpayers and commercial lendersIt seems that everyone has thoughts on the current proposed bailout.Before drawing an opinion it is critical that the American public understands the true cost of such a proposal.The last bailout of this magnitude...








