Philadelphia Area Mortgage Blog

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Mortgage and Lending - Above All Financial Services -Pennsylvania Mortgage Broker

ARCHIVED BLOG POSTS

2008 

On Wednesday night October 1, 2008 from 5:00-8:00 pm local firefighters from our community will be moonlighting at McDonald's in Clifton Heights.    This event is a benefit to raise funds for Primos-Secane Westbrook Park Fire Company #74, which serves the Primos-Secane and Westbrook Park areas of...
09/30/2008
Mortgage professionals such like myself have recently been telling their clients "Don't Miss the Boat" or some other catchphrase meant to let consumers who are waiting to refinance their current mortgage know that need to get on with the process before it is too late.  Although, this may be perce...
09/29/2008
With lenders tightening guidelines even for well qualified mortgage borrowers, it is now more important than ever for potential mortgage applicants to have good credit.  Part of every consumer's mortgage plan should be checking their credit report for errors and outdated information.  Reviewing y...
09/22/2008
  If you've been following the news, you know that the real estate and financial services market has been pretty unpredictable recently.  If you are a Pennsylvania homeowner who has been thinking about refinancing your current mortgage loan - either to reduce your monthly payments, lower your in...
09/21/2008
Are you a resident of the Philadelphia area and searching for a mortgage professional to refinance your current loan?  Are you looking to purchase a home in Philadelphia, Delaware, Montgomery, Bucks or Chester Counties?  Before you call that 800 number for that big national mortgage company who ...
09/19/2008
Ok, I know that the editors were not a popular component of the new Localism and many people felt that their content was not being added to the site, either by some fluke or by being deemed "not worthy" by the editors.  ActiveRain members complained, and the rule that posts would only show up in ...
09/18/2008
Just when I think I've seen it all something else comes along to amaze me.  Today's topic: Can a Mortgage Broker give a loan to a Realtor for free or at reduced rates in exchange for the promise of future business?  To myself and some other educated members of ActiveRain this is a clear violation...
09/12/2008
OK, I'll admit, I am by no means a marketing expert.  I do however, use direct mail to market my business and have been somewhat successful.  While,  I don't feel I am qualified enough to tell you exactly what you should do in order to have a killer direct mail marketing campaign,  I am fairly ce...
09/09/2008
After writing previously about a direct mail marketing piece I received from ING Bank, and how they were trying to market adjustable rate mortgages (ARMs) to unsuspecting borrowers, I decided to check out the web to see what the general perception of ING's Orange Mortgage was.  I came across this...
09/04/2008