Kristen Brown's (kristenbrown1) Blog

I'm always browsing around for tips on dealing with different banks when helping your seller's complete a short-sale.  After having 2 of my short-sale listings for over a year now, I am pretty well decided I will likely never accept another short-sale listing where Chase is the lender.  Both of m...

The expense of even a 1-point interest rate increase:  On a $200,000 loan, an increase from 6 to 7 percent costs an added $131 per month and $47,340 over the life of the loan. On a $400,000 loan, the same increase costs buyers an additional $263 per month and $94,680 over the life of the loan.  I...