Posts by Alexander Jaffe

Home Equity Loan

A home equity loan is a secondary mortgage behind your existing loan!  It allows you to cash out equity for a variety of purposes including financing renovations or consolidating higher interest rate debt. This loan is available on a primary or secondary residence.  Your existing mortgage plus the new home equity loan can finance up…

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Community

This program is eligible for loans closing up until 6/20/25 and thereafter it will be closed.   Our Community grant is paired with a conventional 30-year fixed mortgage, and is a $3,000-$5,000 grant depending on eligibility and income.  It’s available in MD, DC and VA. This grant may be used towards a down payment or…

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Investor+

Our new investor+ loan product expands access to financing for investors.  The key criteria and benefits are:   Available for both individuals and LLCs! Up to $1.5 Million loan amounts 20%+ down for 1-unit properties, or 25%+ down for 2-4 unit properties Starting at 660+ credit scores   This program is a conventional 30-year fixed…

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2025 Limits

Each year the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announces changes to loan limits based on changes to average home prices.  For 2025, loan limits for conforming and FHA loans are: Conforming or FHA: $806,500 Conforming Jumbo or FHA jumbo: $1,207,750 These numbers are increases from the 2024 numbers of $766k & $1,149k. A conforming loan…

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Prepayment

Prepaying will cut down on life of loan interest and pay off your loan more quickly. That’s because interest is charged each month based on your outstanding balance.  And so by paying your balance down early, you’re making subsequent monthly payments allocate more to principal and less to interest.  Prepaying does not lower your monthly…

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