Ken Horst's (khorst) Blog

As of April 1st Countrywide will no longer be offering 100% financing.    The maximum LTV (loan-to-value) has been reduced from 100% to 97% and the minimum qualifying credit score has been increased from 660 to 680 points. This change affects all conforming Programs including Flex 100, House Amer...

You've got to be kidding me!  Here we have one of the biggest legal gambling institutions in the world, Bear Stearns,  on the ropes because they got greedy and made some bad bets, and our government is going to bail them out?  That is sick!Call me crazy but aren't these some of the same guys that...

More and more consumers are discovering that the best way to find a home in their area is to find an agent site that provides free access to the local MLS listings.  The fastest growing trend in broker reciprocity MLS sites, as indicated by our Google analytics report, is people looking for map b...