Few people know Fall is arguably the best time of year to buy a new home. The weather becomes cooler, the leaves begin to change, football season begins, and pumpkin-flavored everything is in abundant supply. But there's another great reason to love fall that might be less obvious...it's the best time of year to purchase a home. Prices Are Typically Lower The concept that buyers can get a better bang for their buck in the fall has been a popular notion for some time, but two recent reports validated that line of thought with data from actual home sales. According...

As we indicated with our November 10th Blog, https://efinitygroup.blogspot.in/2016/11/if-you-currently-are-or-have-been.htmlthe Federal Reserve voted yesterday (Wednesday March 15th) to again raise the key interest rate one-quarter percentage point. This is just the first of three hikes we anticipate for 2017. The rate was increased one-quarter percentage point just three months ago in December 2016. This was the probable outcome following encouraging employment figures in February. We believe this consecutive increase marks a turning point in policy. The Fed raised the rate only twice in the past decade. Wednesday’s decision quickens the pace, signaling the potential for more aggressive action as the year...

Federal Housing Administration announced they will reduce the annual premiums most borrowers will pay by a quarter of a percent. The new rates are projected to save new FHA-insured homeowners an average of $500 this year said U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro. This announcement along with Efinity's Mortgage's pledge to get our FHA borrowers into homes for only the required 3.5% down payment makes this the time to call us and get your home loan started. Efinity Group 817.581.8878 o888.638.5030 817.581.8898 finfo@efinitygroup.comwww.efinitygroup.comINSURANCE | INVESTMENTS | MORTGAGEAnnouncement & Source: https://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/press/press_releases_media_advisories/2017/HUDNo_17-003

For many of our clients, the following information is view similarly to going to the dentist. That said, it's mission critical that your family review the following and please get with one of our agents for a policy review.Fact is, most homeowners have insurance. All homeowners who have a mortgage must have insurance. The question is: do you have enough insurance? Will your policy cover you if the worst happens – if your house is totally destroyed and you need to rebuild? According to the Insurance Information Institute’s 2011 Insurance Pulse Survey, nearly half (48 percent) of all homeowners in...

For the last several months, Efinity Finanical has quietly grown in the Dallas Fort Worth market. Those clients already presently working with our advisors are well aware of the weekly commentary we publish. Last week's was so good we felt it should repost here on the Efinity Report. Enjoy.Securities Lending – Share HypothecationOne of the main issues facing the financial world today is the difficulty investors have estimating the effect that a specific financial issue, such as a 50% haircut on Greek bonds, may have on the global or domestic financial and banking system. So why can’t the people who...

A state court judge has ruled that Illinois can move forward with a lawsuit alleging that Wells Fargo & Co. steered minority borrowers into risky mortgages at the height of the housing bubble. Important to note the court DID NOT find that Wells Fargo engaged in discriminatory lending but the Illinois action is the first fair-lending lawsuit brought by a state attorney general against a national bank to reach discovery, attorneys familiar with the case said. After discovery, Illinois may be able to bring the case to trial. We believe this is a poor decision. Here are the underlying issues...

There are new developments between the Obama administration and a federal housing regulators who are considering a program to draw private investment back into the government-dominated residential mortgage market by having Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac sell slices of securities that wouldn't carry a federal guarantee but would pay a higher interest rate than current mortgage-backed bonds.No decisions have been made, but officials believe a small pilot program could be rolled out sometime next year, according to people familiar with the matter.Officials see it as a step toward reducing the $10.4 trillion U.S. mortgage market's dependence on government-controlled mortgage companies...

You can lead an Economy to Water, but can you make it Create Jobs? So it‟s now official, the U.S. Economy is going through a “soft spot”. According to the U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke, speaking last week at an International Monetary Conference in Atlanta: • "The U.S. economy is recovering from both the worst financial crisis and the most severe housing bust since the Great Depression, and it faces additional headwinds ranging from the effects of the Japanese disaster to global pressures in commodity markets. In this context, monetary policy cannot be a panacea." • …the economic...

Here are latest from S&P/Case Shiller report out this morning. • 4.2 percent decline in Q1 of 2011, 2.9 percent from one year ago. • The 10 cities fell .6 percent in March• Top 20 cities fell .8 percent in MarchWhat's probably most concerning and begs to question, what happened to the home buyer tax credits which were supposed to stimulate the economy and housing market (not necessarily in that order)?Perhaps the best news to come out of this will be evidence that mortgage rates will remain low as yields become subject to basic economic supply and demand. With new...

Rising food, gas prices lift U.S. consumer inflation http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42605692/ns/business-eye_on_the_economy/By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABERWASHINGTON— Americans are paying more for food and gas, a trend that could slow economic growth in the months ahead. The Consumer Price Index rose 0.5 percent in March, the Labor Department said Friday. That matched February's increase, the largest since the recession ended in June 2009. In the past 12 months, the index has increased 2.7 percent, the biggest rise since December 2009. Excluding the volatile food and gas categories, the so-called core index rose 0.1 percent and it is up only 1.2 percent in the past year.Consumers...