{"id":3350,"date":"2008-07-11T08:05:34","date_gmt":"2008-07-11T15:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=3350"},"modified":"2008-07-11T08:06:53","modified_gmt":"2008-07-11T15:06:53","slug":"5-minutes-on-why-now-is-a-good-time-to-buy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/3350\/5-minutes-on-why-now-is-a-good-time-to-buy\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Minutes On &#8220;Why Now Is A Good Time To Buy&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/microphone.gif\" alt=\"Old-fashioned microphone\" align=\"right\" \/>I gave <a title=\"Dan Green on RTT News\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rttnews.com\/Audio2\/2008\/July\/9\/INTV-GREEN-BuyHomeNow-07.09.08.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">a quick radio interview<\/a>\u00a0this week that may worth a listen.\u00a0 It&#8217;s another take on &#8220;Why Now Is A Good Time To Buy&#8221; from the mortgage guy&#8217;s perspective.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the highlights:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Getting a mortgage approval is likely to get tougher<\/li>\n<li>FHA is increasing its fees and Fannie and Freddie are likely to follow<\/li>\n<li>Why banks are turning down loans with 50 percent downpayments<\/li>\n<li>How the election is playing into consumer confidence<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mortgage markets are a pendulum and, right now, we&#8217;re swinging to the rough side.\u00a0 <a title=\"Dan Green on RTT News\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rttnews.com\/Audio2\/2008\/July\/9\/INTV-GREEN-BuyHomeNow-07.09.08.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Give a listen<\/a>, find your talking points, and help your clients understand what&#8217;s coming down the pipe.<\/p>\n<p>(<em>Image courtesy: <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davebytes.com\/Bits_and_Bytes_Site\/old_fashion_radio_microphone_hg_wht.gif\" target=\"_blank\"><em>davebytes.com<\/em><\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I gave a quick radio interview\u00a0this week that may worth a listen.\u00a0 It&#8217;s another take on &#8220;Why Now Is A Good Time To Buy&#8221; from the mortgage guy&#8217;s perspective. Some of the highlights: Getting a mortgage approval is likely to get tougher FHA is increasing its fees and Fannie and Freddie are likely to follow [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[206],"class_list":{"0":"post-3350","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-lending","7":"tag-rtt-news","9":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4484,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/4484\/bloodhound-blog-radio-hosts-matthew-padilla\/","url_meta":{"origin":3350,"position":0},"title":"Bloodhound Blog Radio Hosts Matthew Padilla","author":"Brian Brady","date":"September 17, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Have you been listening to Mortgage Mondays on Bloodhound Blog Radio?\u00a0 Each Monday afternoon, at 4PM, we invite\u00a0 REALTORs to listen to and participate in our 40-60 minute \"radio broadcast\". 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