http://themortgagefirm.com Close My Mortgage - Altamonte Springs, Orlando, Florida Thu, 23 Feb 2012 03:00:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://themortgagefirm.com/a-hunters-ranch-house http://themortgagefirm.com/a-hunters-ranch-house#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 03:00:53 +0000 richardpeek http://themortgagefirm.com/a-hunters-ranch-house This hacienda-style ranch house is part of a sprawling development in Okeechobee, Fla., that offers quail hunting and amenities such as a 600-foot zip line across a lake.

]]> http://themortgagefirm.com/a-hunters-ranch-house/feed 0 http://themortgagefirm.com/home-resales-climb-higher http://themortgagefirm.com/home-resales-climb-higher#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 03:00:52 +0000 richardpeek http://themortgagefirm.com/home-resales-climb-higher Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes rose last month to the highest level in more than 1½ years, while the inventory of unsold homes contracted to a level economists consider healthy, positive signs for housing.

]]> http://themortgagefirm.com/home-resales-climb-higher/feed 0 http://themortgagefirm.com/berkeley-house-features-great-views-modern-style http://themortgagefirm.com/berkeley-house-features-great-views-modern-style#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 03:00:52 +0000 richardpeek http://themortgagefirm.com/berkeley-house-features-great-views-modern-style In Berkeley, an 8,100-square-foot home with views of Mount Diablo and the Golden Gate Bridge is on the market for $9.5 million.

]]> http://themortgagefirm.com/berkeley-house-features-great-views-modern-style/feed 0 http://themortgagefirm.com/homeowners-roll-up-sleeves-to-trim-costs http://themortgagefirm.com/homeowners-roll-up-sleeves-to-trim-costs#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 03:00:52 +0000 richardpeek http://themortgagefirm.com/homeowners-roll-up-sleeves-to-trim-costs Some of the most attentive pupils at a home-improvement class in Far Rockaway, Queens, are homeowners who are facing the imminent threat of foreclosure..

]]> http://themortgagefirm.com/homeowners-roll-up-sleeves-to-trim-costs/feed 0 http://themortgagefirm.com/sutton-place-penthouse http://themortgagefirm.com/sutton-place-penthouse#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:02:47 +0000 richardpeek http://themortgagefirm.com/sutton-place-penthouse Located in the Sutton Place area of Manhattan, this pre-war penthouse has two bedrooms, herringbone floors and French doors that lead out to a large, planted terrace.

]]> http://themortgagefirm.com/sutton-place-penthouse/feed 0 http://themortgagefirm.com/should-mortgage-rates-even-be-lower http://themortgagefirm.com/should-mortgage-rates-even-be-lower#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:02:47 +0000 richardpeek http://themortgagefirm.com/should-mortgage-rates-even-be-lower According to a key historical measure, rates should be even lower. The wide spread between mortgage rates and mortgage-backed bonds suggests the gears of the banking system are gummed up.

]]> http://themortgagefirm.com/should-mortgage-rates-even-be-lower/feed 0 http://themortgagefirm.com/toll-brothers-moves-back-to-living-large http://themortgagefirm.com/toll-brothers-moves-back-to-living-large#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:02:47 +0000 richardpeek http://themortgagefirm.com/toll-brothers-moves-back-to-living-large The McMansion’s demise has been greatly exaggerated, and luxury-home builder Toll Brothers’s sales backlog is finally rising again.

]]> http://themortgagefirm.com/toll-brothers-moves-back-to-living-large/feed 0 http://themortgagefirm.com/rural-population-stagnates http://themortgagefirm.com/rural-population-stagnates#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:02:47 +0000 richardpeek http://themortgagefirm.com/rural-population-stagnates The nation’s rural regions saw much slower population growth over the past decade, reflecting a drop in the number of jobs in these often-isolated areas.

]]> http://themortgagefirm.com/rural-population-stagnates/feed 0 http://themortgagefirm.com/envisioning-a-future-without-fannie-freddie http://themortgagefirm.com/envisioning-a-future-without-fannie-freddie#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:02:46 +0000 richardpeek http://themortgagefirm.com/envisioning-a-future-without-fannie-freddie The U.S. is studying a single way to package home loans into securities as an interim step to develop a home-mortgage guarantee system that could outlive Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

]]> http://themortgagefirm.com/envisioning-a-future-without-fannie-freddie/feed 0 http://themortgagefirm.com/a-gossip-girls-main-stage-5 http://themortgagefirm.com/a-gossip-girls-main-stage-5#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 03:01:40 +0000 richardpeek http://themortgagefirm.com/a-gossip-girls-main-stage-5 Producer Stephanie Savage transfers her love of Old Hollywood and big-city style to her Los Angeles home.

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]]> http://themortgagefirm.com/a-gossip-girls-main-stage-3/feed 0 http://themortgagefirm.com/a-gossip-girls-main-stage-2 http://themortgagefirm.com/a-gossip-girls-main-stage-2#comments Sat, 18 Feb 2012 03:00:28 +0000 richardpeek http://themortgagefirm.com/a-gossip-girls-main-stage-2 Producer Stephanie Savage transfers her love of Old Hollywood and big-city style to her Los Angeles home.

]]> http://themortgagefirm.com/a-gossip-girls-main-stage-2/feed 0 http://themortgagefirm.com/a-gossip-girls-main-stage http://themortgagefirm.com/a-gossip-girls-main-stage#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 03:20:30 +0000 richardpeek http://themortgagefirm.com/a-gossip-girls-main-stage Producer Stephanie Savage transfers her love of Old Hollywood and big-city style to her Los Angeles home.

]]> http://themortgagefirm.com/a-gossip-girls-main-stage/feed 0 http://themortgagefirm.com/teen-star-nick-jonas-rents-in-new-york http://themortgagefirm.com/teen-star-nick-jonas-rents-in-new-york#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 03:20:30 +0000 richardpeek http://themortgagefirm.com/teen-star-nick-jonas-rents-in-new-york Jeffrey Katzenberg sells his Beverly Hills home, Nick Jonas rents in New York and an estate in California’s Napa Valley lists for $29.5 million.

]]> http://themortgagefirm.com/teen-star-nick-jonas-rents-in-new-york/feed 0 http://themortgagefirm.com/an-ambassadors-vermont-posting http://themortgagefirm.com/an-ambassadors-vermont-posting#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 03:20:30 +0000 richardpeek http://themortgagefirm.com/an-ambassadors-vermont-posting This house began its life in Connecticut in 1775, according to the current owners, who bought it and moved it piece by piece to their land in Vermont in 1988.

]]> http://themortgagefirm.com/an-ambassadors-vermont-posting/feed 0 http://themortgagefirm.com/river-views-in-jacksonville http://themortgagefirm.com/river-views-in-jacksonville#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 03:20:30 +0000 richardpeek http://themortgagefirm.com/river-views-in-jacksonville This four-bedroom home overlooking the St. Johns River in Jacksonville, Fla., has marble floors, a boat dock and a swimming pool. —Ana Rivas

]]> http://themortgagefirm.com/river-views-in-jacksonville/feed 0 http://themortgagefirm.com/mortgage-delinquencies-hit-three-year-low http://themortgagefirm.com/mortgage-delinquencies-hit-three-year-low#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 03:20:29 +0000 richardpeek http://themortgagefirm.com/mortgage-delinquencies-hit-three-year-low The share of homeowners behind on their mortgages fell to the lowest level in three years during the fourth quarter of 2011, offering the latest sign of how recent job-market gains could help the housing market.

]]> http://themortgagefirm.com/mortgage-delinquencies-hit-three-year-low/feed 0 http://themortgagefirm.com/contemporary-london-apartment http://themortgagefirm.com/contemporary-london-apartment#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 03:05:09 +0000 richardpeek http://themortgagefirm.com/contemporary-london-apartment This newly completed two-bedroom apartment in southwest London has been created from a former parking garage.

]]> http://themortgagefirm.com/contemporary-london-apartment/feed 0 http://themortgagefirm.com/apollo-has-difficulty-landing-real-estate-funds http://themortgagefirm.com/apollo-has-difficulty-landing-real-estate-funds#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 03:05:09 +0000 richardpeek http://themortgagefirm.com/apollo-has-difficulty-landing-real-estate-funds Private-equity firm Apollo Global Management has raised only about $385 million for a real-estate fund, well short of its goal.

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