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(fb: Click Title above to read more) Can we get a law like this that (instead of Mortgage Originators) prevents insurance companies, doctors and attorneys from charging if their work doesn't actually produce the outcome you desire?  Here's an excerpt:    (Prohibits Morgage Originators from) (4) S...
02/13/2010
Here is your opportunity to make a difference - it will only cost you a few minutes of your time. Electronic Comments needed to prevent HUD from requiring all sellers offering financing to be licensed loan originators (such as selling on land contracts). Exemption would be included if it is the s...
02/12/2010
Mecosta County, Michigan - Single Family Homes For Sale sold past seven days Feel free to call me for additional information.  -Lynn  (231)349-9191 (from SWMRIC multiple listing service) SP=Selling Price;            LP=Listing Price when sold;          OLP=Old Listing price DOM=Days on Market    ...
02/10/2010
Beautiful wooded Flat River acreage with low bank (6-8 ft.) at river for your great deer hunting & mushroom hunting enjoyment! Land has been perked previously, and driveway is in. Lovely higher building site is cleared, and overlooks the sandy bottom river. (Land on opposite side only a foot abo...
02/09/2010
Michelson, Connor & Boul, the attorney firm that handles all HUD Foreclosures in Michigan, issued the announcement of the end of HUD incentives in Michigan.  If your offer has not been accepted on a HUD foreclosure by 02/12/2010, you will not be eligible for the incentive. See the announcement at...
02/02/2010
In early summer 2010, FHA will begin requiring home buyers with less that a 580 credit score to have a 10% of the purchase price downpayment to qualify for an FHA loan. Buyers with a score of 580 or over will continue to qualify with only 3.5% of the purchase price of a home as their downpayment ...
02/02/2010
The new FHA reduction in seller concessions from 6% allowable to 3% allowable is scheduled to take effect in early summer 2010. It will be posted to the Federal Registry this month, and after a period of comments will have a set effective date. To read all of the FHA Policy Changes announced Janu...
02/02/2010
Mecosta County includes the City of Big Rapids, Michigan, home of Ferris State University.  Some other Mecosta County towns are Canadian Lakes, Stanwood, Mecosta, Rodney, Morley, Chippewa Lake, Paris, and Barryton.  The entire county population is around 40,000.  As of 02/02/2010, sold homes in t...
02/02/2010
Many Michigan agents and investors are not aware that while HUD will not include Title Insurance for investor purchased HUD foreclosure properties, you can always include in your offer a 3% seller concession, which can be used toward the purchase of Title Insurance from your title agency of choic...
01/26/2010
 According to our area Multiple Listing Service, the Mecosta County homes sold in the past week ending 1/22/2010 are shown below.  Mecosta County is part of the West Central Board of Realtors, and our listings appear on the Southwestern Michigan Regional Information Center (SWMRIC) website.   Ple...
01/22/2010
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Above & Beyond the Expected! Welcome to Lynn's Blog where you will find Real estate related information, including homes for sale. Serving Big Rapids, Michigan, and the area counties of Mecosta, Newaygo, Osceola, Lake, Montcalm & Kent County