December 2009
3 posts
Ken Cook: Hall of Fame, Booster | Real Estate...
RETSO welcomes you to Ken Cook’s Share the Love Page Ken loves you and RETSO loves you both right back! All of us at REtechSouth believe that ‘together we’re better’ and that’s why we work closely with people like Ken – and now you! Relationships are what make our industry succeed, and we are happy to share the love and help facilitate opportunities to connect people. Making technology more...
Agents respond to sweeping FHA changes on the...
Fed Chair Ben Bernanke recognizes the importance of keeping interest rates low at this crucial time. AP Photo/Mark Lennihan Reaction is wide ranging on the heels of the announcement by Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Secretary (HUD) Shaun Donovan’s announcement that sweeping changes are coming for guidelines for loans insured by the Federal Housing...
Massive and sweeping changes to lending
Just when you thought the changes were slowing here come some of the most sweeping changes in the mortgage industry in decades. Brokers are all but gone - down to numbers less than 20% of less than two years ago. In Georgia alone the number of licensed mortgage brokers has dropped from 8700 to only 1800 in less than 24 months. Brokers may very well soon be all but dinosaurs. Get ready for the...
November 2009
4 posts
FTC and HUD urge caution about loss mitigation and...
Article this morning on Examiner.com should be shared with all of your friends, family or clients who may be facing foreclosure, default or bankruptcy. With the equity bleeding out of American housing, increasing numbers of jobless home owners and Federal bank bailouts not working according to plan it is the perfect storm for raiders of hope. ...
Financing and restoring foreclosures in Atlanta →
Sharing my second article as Atlanta Mortgage Industry Examiner as published at Examiner.com - please subscribe and share and help me become a top read Examiner.com contributor.
Mortgage interest rates vary
When shopping for a home loan it requires only a couple of telephone calls to discover interest rates are not created equally. via examiner.com My first Sunday morning Examiner.com article. We mortgage people are constantly explaining why a borrower is not getting the same rate they saw or heard in an advertisement and why even the company who advertised it will not honor it for them. This...
Who is the Georgia FHA 203k Streamline Man?
My name is Ken Cook and I am an FHA home loan professional in Georgia. My job is sometimes very challenging and I am often the focal point of a lot of people’s uncertainties, fear, frustrations, and even anger. In the end, however, I get to see people move into their first home, a new home, their dream home, or refinance their home to improve their living and lifestyle.
Mortgages are not...