Feel Good About The Way Your House Looks—Get Happy With Lower Interest Cost On Your Mortgage

 

HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR PODCAST 9-13-14

 

MARKET NEWS

KINDNESS KORNER SPIRIT OF KINDNESS AWARD

Questions answered by Gwen Christensen:

1. 1.     What sets your flooring company apart from other flooring companies?

 

1. 2.     How can a homeowner or project manager get to the total cost of a flooring job—not just what is advertised from the big box flooring companies?

 

1. 3.     Cleaning tips for wood floors

 

Questions answered by Jo Garner

1. 1.    Happy customer story #1    selfemployed single woman newly divorced  Work out 3 months on credit. Paying down revolving accounts buying a zero lot house with gated security and a payment that allows her to enjoy other things in life like traveling and entertaining   (SB)

 

1. 2.     Happy customer with expanding family going from renting $900/mo in crime ridden area to buying a house with none of their own money down in a safer neighborhood with a larger house to accommodatetheir expanding family and a note of only about $747/mo including taxes and insurance.   They also got Shelby Co Down payment Assistance and the seller paid their closing costs  to keep more money in their pockets .

 

1. 3.     Happy customer story #3     Family with 2 children they had later in life are getting ready to go to college.  The family thought they had a decent interest rate on their mortgage and only about 22 years left.  They called me after listening to the radio show and we did the numbers for him.  He and his wife were elated at closing because they said by refinancing their home, they were able to lessen the payment per month to make it easier to help with their children’s college AND, since they were shortening the terms by 5 or more years, the refinance would allow this couple to retire earlier.

 

 

            4^th Segment 9:45AM  REAL ESTATE TIP OF THE WEEK (Gwen Jo offers a money-saving or time-saving tip to listeners regarding cleaning wood floors )

Jo’s announcements:

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Good morning, Memphis!  Good morning around the country on IHEART radio.  You’re on the Real Estate Mortgage Shoppe program and I’m your host, Jo Garner, Mortgage Professional with Evolve Bank and Trust. We want to talk with you about whatever real estate topic you want to discuss. Give us a call on the air at 901 535-WREC.  Today our general topic is “Feel Good About The Way Your House Looks—Get Happy With Lower Interest Cost On Your Mortgage”   And around the coffee table to talk with you is our co-host Gwen Christensen, owner of Builders Floors and Interiors. Gwen I an interior decorator too—woman of many talents–, glad to have you with us. Tell our new listeners a little about you and what Builders Floors and Interiors offers.

(Jo) Gwen, I know you work with builders and you also work with people who are renovating homes.  What does that market look like right now?

(Jo)  The mortgage market has been a “Nervous Nellie” this week.  Last week we were all enjoying some peace and quiet with the weak jobs report keeping the mortgage rates comfortably low.   However, as soon as the Federal Reserve started divulging publicly that they are considering increasing the overnight bank rate sooner rather than later.  Investors are known for jumping ahead of the starting gun, so the price on rates started moving up this week in anticipation of what the Fed MIGHT do next week.   If you’re within 30 days of locking a mortgage rate on a home purchase loan or a refinance, you may want to lock your terms now. Otherwise, you might want to ride it out and see what happens after the Fed meeting.   30 year rates were at 4.125% zero points and y.  sterday ended the day at 4.25%. Still not bad.  30YR FIXED – 4.25 FHA/VA – 3.75-4.0% 15 YEAR FIXED –  3.375-3.5 5 YEAR ARMS –  3.0-3.50% depending on the lender  You can get lower rates but those are benchmark best execution rates. And if you haven’t locked your mortgage terms and want to, please call me on the air right now at 901 535 WREC or directly at 901 482 0354.

 

 

 

(Jo) Since we’re talking about “Feel Good About The Way Your House Looks—Get Happy With Lower Interest Cost On Your Mortgage” if a fixer upper property is going to help you feel good about the house you are buying, you may want to talk with ME about a renovation and repair loan so that you can buy the house and get it in your name and then do the needed renovations and repairs after closing.   The FHA 203K loan and the conventional Homestyle renovation and repairs loans allow you to buy the house and repair it without a lot of money down.   It’s a low fixed mortgage rate too with a low payment stretched over 30 years.

(Jo) Homeowners who are feeling happy about paying less mortgage interest right now are some who are selling an oversized house and moving to a smaller house.  They don’t have as much time mowing a large lawn, they don’t have to spend the hours cleaning a much larger house –or heating and cooling it either.  The mortgage payment is smaller because the loan is smaller. Life is much simpler—much easier –and now there’s money left over to enjoy life a little bit.

Another set of customers have just found out their family is about to get bigger because this time next year it looks like they will have an additional child to love in their home.  Happiness, in this case,  is moving up to a larger house but with a lower payment –and why is the payment lower on a LARGER  house?  Because the interest rate is so much lower than the interest on their old home. If they had a house worth about $200,000 with an original mortgage balance of $160K at 6%, their principal and interest payment would be about $959/mo. With a larger home but priced about the same due to the market, Here’s what it looks like : SP $225,000 loan amount $180K  payment $886/mo. You get more and pay less.  Call me if you want to look at YOUR numbers.  You can reach me on air at 901 535 WREC or directly at 901 482-0354  or catch me on the blog at www.MortgageLoansBlog.com

Gwen, how do you make sure your customer FEEL GOOD about the their homes?

KINDNESS KORNER:  Today on the Real Estate Mortgage Shoppe program we are taking a few minutes to honor acts of kindness in our community. Doesn’t it make you feel good to hear about people doing random acts of kindness and purposeful acts of kindness?  Let’s just take a moment to celebrate everyone out there who is actively doing this.

Today during our Kindness Korner segment we turn to Lynn McDonald, an insurance agent with Erin McDonald Allstate Insurance Company and certified Kindness Revolution representative.

 

“The Kindness Revolution™ is a national not-for-profit initiative headquartered in Memphis and active in over 150 cities across the country.  Their mission is to raise the awareness of values, such as kindness, in leadership, customer service, schools, and communities.  One of the ways they do this is to recognize the kindness of local citizens and companies, such the realtor that Lynn McDonald is recognizing today. Lynn McDonald  represents the values that we deem so important to our communities and we would like to join in this recognition” from Ed Horrell…Lynn McDonald, Erin McDonald Allstate Insurance Agency and certified representative of the Kindness Revolution and Ed Horrell Founder and President of The Kindness Revolution™.

(Lynn awards the honor to our recipient and enumerates some of the acts of kindness our recipient has offered.)

Questions answered by Gwen Christensen:

1. 4.     What sets your flooring company apart from other flooring companies?

 

1. 5.     How can a homeowner or project manager get to the total cost of a flooring job—not just what is advertised from the big box flooring companies?

 

1. 6.     Cleaning tips for wood floors

 

Questions answered by Jo Garner

1. 4.    Happy customer story #1    selfemployed single woman newly divorced  Work out 3 months on credit. Paying down revolving accounts buying a zero lot house with gated security and a payment that allows her to enjoy other things in life like traveling and entertaining   (SB)

 

1. 5.     Happy customer with expanding family going from renting $900/mo in crime ridden area to buying a house with none of their own money down in a safer neighborhood with a larger house to accommodatetheir expanding family and a note of only about $747/mo including taxes and insurance.   They also got Shelby Co Down payment Assistance and the seller paid their closing costs  to keep more money in their pockets .

 

1. 6.     Happy customer story #3     Family with 2 children they had later in life are getting ready to go to college.  The family thought they had a decent interest rate on their mortgage and only about 22 years left.  They called me after listening to the radio show and we did the numbers for him.  He and his wife were elated at closing because they said by refinancing their home, they were able to lessen the payment per month to make it easier to help with their children’s college AND, since they were shortening the terms by 5 or more years, the refinance would allow this couple to retire earlier.

 

 

            4^th Segment 9:45AM  REAL ESTATE TIP OF THE WEEK (Gwen Jo offers a money-saving or time-saving tip to listeners regarding cleaning wood floors )

Jo’s announcements:

1. 1.     Talk Shoppe offers free networking and education to anyone interested in real estate or business.  This Wednesday August 13, 2014 9AM to 10AM  We have an estate sale expert presenting tips and ideas for setting up a successful estate sale.  Talk Shoppe offers these free events to the public at the YMCA Corporate office 6373 Quail Hollow Rd 2^nd floor in Memphis at the corner of Massey Rd and Quail Hollow. 

For more information about Talk Shoppe go to www.TalkShoppe.BIZ

 

1. 2.      Join us every Saturday on the Real Estate Mortgage Shoppe program. For today’s podcast and others, go to www.MortgageLoansBlog.com  We want to hear from you on how we can make our show better.  If you have suggestions, call me directly at (901) 482 0354. 
2. 3. Mark your calendars for the YMCA’s Golf Tournament coming up Oct 3 at Colonial Country Club. Proceeds benefit youth serving programs at YMCA’s across the Mid-South.  For more information they can call our office at 901.766.7677
3. Evolve Bank is sponsoring the Cooper Young Festival. Join them in midtown for the festivities

Transitional Music: “Feelin’ Good” by Nina Simone 1965;  “Walking On Sunshine” by Katrina and the Waves;    “Happy”  Pharrell Williams

 

 

GWEN CHRISTENSEN- Builders Floors and Interiors

Bob Turner, Hair Stylist at Gould’s Day Spa and Salon at 3670 S Houston Levee Rd Collerville, TN 38017 (901) 854-8689

Lynn McDonald, Insurance Agent with Erin McDonald Allstate Insurance (901) 849-7101

 

 

Jo Garner’s Bio

www.MortgageLoansBlog.com  www.MoneyShoppe.NET  (901) 482 0354  jogarner@mindspring.com

Jo Garner is a mortgage officer with extensive knowledge in tailoring mortgages to her customers who are refinancing or purchasing homes all over the country.  She offers conventional, FHA, VA or other loan programs for refinancing and purchases.

 

Jo can help you look at rent vs buy, when it makes sense to refinance, how to get the best deal on your home  purchase financing.

 

Jo Garner  has been in the real estate/financing business for over 20 years.  She got her start in Portland, Maine where she first began her real estate career. She received her real estate education from the University of Southern Maine  and was personally mentored in San Diego, California  by Robert G. Allen, author of Nothing Down, Creating Wealth and The Challenge.

 

On moving back to West Tennessee in 1987, she went into business buying and selling discounted owner-financed notes secured on real estate.  In 1990 Jo went to work for a residential mortgage company and has been a mortgage loan officer for over 20 years.  Her goal is to offer excellent, affordable service to her customers,  tailoring the loan programs to the specific needs of her clients.

In addition to her work in the mortgage field, Jo Garner  is the primary sponsor and founder of Talk Shoppe in Memphis. www.TalkShoppe.BIZ  She was also the editor of Power Shoppe, a free weekly ezine designed for real estate professionals and others indirectly connected to the real estate industry and currently publishes on her blog www.MortgageLoansBlog.com   .

 

For real estate financing solutions, plug into the Real Estate Mortgage Shoppe program.  You can find mortgage rates, FHA Streamline refinance with no out-of-pocket costs, refinancing options, home purchase loan programs, answers and  real estate, money-saving tips and more.