Mortgage Resources and
Interesting Links

U.S. Government

The FHA Mortgage Limits page. This page allows you to look up the FHA mortgage limits for your area or several areas, and then list them by state, county, or Metropolitan Statistical  

https://entp.hud.gov/idapp/html/hicostlook.cfm

Lenderama - Blog for Mortgage Brokers

This is great information site. We recommend you add it to your favorites. It can be found at:

http://blog.mariah.com

Mortgage Cafe

Current mortgage rates and historical comparisions 

http://www.mortgagecafe.com/

Search Systems

Free Public Records Directory

http://www.searchsystems.net/

Bank Rate

Rates, Indexes, News, and Information

http://www.bankrate.com/brm/ratehm.asp

Lion Inc.

Market Snapshot

http://www.lioninc.com/market_snapshot

Market commentary

http://www.lioninc.com/market_commentary

Mortgage-Net

A very nice mortgage update

http://www.mortgage-net.com/dailymarketupdate_frame.html

Bloomberg

Market Data, News and Commentary

http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/index.html

The Google News Cloud

Displays tags from the news - great for a quick glance at newsworthy subjects at this moment.

http://newzingo.com/
 
MS Word Alternative

OpenOffice provides a free alternative to MS Word and Excel. Includes a total of six modules.

http://www.openoffice.org/

Urban Legends/Scams

Great site to keep on your desktop as a reference.
 
http://www.snopes.com/snopes.asp

Need a FREE Word Processor or Spreadsheet Program?

Online software may be the wave of the future. With online software, there's nothing to install, and you can access your information from any computer and any location.

Google's already got a couple of online programs. First there's Google Spreadsheet. It's similar to Excel. Then, there's Writely, which is similar to Word. 

Just click the following link:

http://www.webprohost.nl/index.php 

Do You Know Your State's Average Credit Score?

This Experian site not only provides you with the score index averages by area, but the scores of individual states, debt usage, open credit cards, late payments, credit inquiries and more. This is a great resource to share with your clients. As of this posting, the National Average Score was 692.

http://www.nationalscoreindex.com/

Check For Speed Traps

Speedtrap.org - You can see speed traps in your city all over the U.S.

Settlement Costs

Guide to mortgage settlement costs - This link explains closing costs to your client.

On-Line Optout

Optout - Stop credit agencies from selling your personal info & prescreened solicitations based on lists from reporting companies.

Mortgage Licensing

American Mortgage Licensing - Assists in obtaining mortgage licenses in all 50 states.

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