6/27/2014

Homeownership with CalHFA


 
Caroline Gerardo at EAGLE HOME MORTGAGE
a Lennar Homes Company can help you with this
excellent financing solution to avoid having
a mortgage insurance payment added to
your monthly principle and interest payment.
By financing your mortgage insurance
costs in one lump sum into your loan amount, you can
potentially lower your monthly payments.
OR -For the same monthly payment qualify
for a larger loan amount.
 
It’s your choice!
There also may be tax benefits to this approach
(please consult your tax advisor).
Layer this with our grant program,
or bond programs, and or MCC credit
you can buy more of a home than you might think.
Exciting Good NEWS:
 
The California Housing Finance Agency announced
an amazing opportunity that helps more
low to moderate income California families purchase homes.
 
CalHFA will remove the first-time home buyer requirement
on its first mortgage programs to allow more
California homebuyers to take advantage of the
benefits of CalHFA’s affordable financing.
 
 “CalHFA’s mortgage loans now provide
more low to moderate income families
across the state of California with affordable
opportunities to purchase homes with fixed-rate
mortgages and down payment assistance programs,”
said the this week -Executive Director Claudia Cappio.
California’s homeownership rate stands at about
54 percent as of the end of the first quarter of 2014,
according to U.S. Census estimates,
this is a sorry 10 percentage points
below the national homeownership rate.
 
I believe homeownership is down in California
because we were hit hard by the crash.
California is seeing recovery in coastal areas
and great strides in the Bay Area,
but inland communities are not seeing big gains.
Only jobs, and I mean full time good paying
jobs not gig economy jobs will bring our beautiful state back.
Studies also show that homeownership is linked to stronger neighborhoods, better educational achievement, civic participation and healthier outcomes.
Our lending programs provide unique opportunities for families to purchase homes, including:
 
-       Offering a first mortgage for 97 percent of the value of the home, combined with a 3 percent built-in down payment second.
-       Access to no interest and low-interest down payment assistance loans that don’t have to be repaid until the home is sold, refinanced or the mortgage is paid off.
-       Access to grants, tax credits and low interest rates

 
Caroline Gerardo is Committed to Seeing You Home.




 


Senior Loan Officer

Caroline Gerardo

CarolineGerardo@eaglehm.com

 

Irvine CA 92618

8105 Irvine Center Drive Suite #500

Eagle Home Mortgage a Lennar Homes Company

Efax 855-883-4303

Office 949-784-9699

Cell 949-637-8190

NMLS #324982




NMLS #849059 CA #813I609 Universal American Mortgage Company of California, dba Eagle Home Mortgage of California a Lennar Homes Company. Licensed by the Department of Business Oversight under the California Residential

Mortgage Lending Act. RMLA #4130383, NMLS #252392. Certain restrictions apply. This is not a commitment to lend. Applicants must qualify.

6/26/2014

Snake in the Garden


Potting bench

I spotted a snake in the garden today.
He was black orange and brown.
No audible rattle but he was so fast, who knows. 
Later I searched online, found some sites with images. This only confused me as I only got a
glimpse of him. Hoping it's a gopher snake...
Calling him Tony, some of you might know why...
Put my cowgirl boots on, an orange bucket, a cardboard lid, gloves
and the pool scoop all ready for battle.
My plan was to capture him and send him on the other side of the
glass wall. However, couldn't find him.
 
Do I have to rip out all my nasturiums, trim under the bushes and
cut back all the herbs?
 
Meanwhile I'm at the office, working on a couple purchase loans
that need to turn in their paperwork. Turn in your taxes and bank
statements or I'll send Tony over to pick them up, lol.
 
Perhaps I can get a short video
of him and post it before I send him off to the beach?
 
 


6/23/2014

Curbside appeal


Nice example of hardscape, gorgeous front door, and white impatiens 

Another example of simple elegant curbside appeal. The brick and stucco
low wall are softened by privet hedge and white roses. I love the jealousy
glass in the front door. Wish my photographs were taken on a foggy day.
Who says there is June gloom in Laguna Beach?
 
 

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Caroline Gerardo
Senior Loan Officer
NMLS #324982
Cell 949-637-8190
Office 949-784-9699
eFax 855-883-4303
CarolineGerardo@eaglehm.com
www.eaglehomemortgage.com/carolinegerardo
Committed to Seeing You Home.
Eagle Home Mortgage
8105 Irvine Center Drive Suite #500
Irvine CA 92618
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NMLS #849059 CA #813I609 Universal American Mortgage Company of California, dba Eagle Home Mortgage of California. Licensed by the Department of Business Oversight under the California Residential Mortgage Lending Act. RMLA #4130383, NMLS #252392. Certain restrictions apply. This is not a commitment to lend. Applicants must qualify.
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