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><channel><title>NRVLiving - Real Estate. Simplified. &#187; Alcova Mortgage</title> <atom:link href="http://www.NRVLiving.com/tag/alcova-mortgage/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.NRVLiving.com</link> <description>Real Estate in Blacksburg, Christiansburg, and Radford - I&#039;m sometimes on topic, occasionally irreverent, always Real.</description> <lastBuildDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:13:40 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <item><title>New Forms Make Understanding the Details Easier</title><link>http://www.NRVLiving.com/2010/01/06/new-forms-make-understanding-the-details-easier/</link> <comments>http://www.NRVLiving.com/2010/01/06/new-forms-make-understanding-the-details-easier/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 10:02:41 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Jeremy</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General Real Estate]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Alcova Mortgage]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Brandon Nicely]]></category> <category><![CDATA[GFE]]></category> <category><![CDATA[HUD-1]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.nrvliving.com/?p=1939</guid> <description><![CDATA[I wrote a couple of months ago about the new Good Faith Estimate and HUD-1 forms that went into effect on January 1 2010, and they&#8217;re here &#8211; they&#8217;re now in the system and home buyers and sellers will now see them being used. The mortgage process shouldn&#8217;t be smoke and mirrors; for a long time, [...]
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.nrvliving.com/?p=1716</guid> <description><![CDATA[To pay points or not to pay points:  Everyone has heard the term &#8220;buying down the rate&#8221;, or &#8220;paying points&#8221;, but what does it really mean and should you be paying these? Before you decide whether you should pay any points you need to know what points actually are, how long you intend to be [...]
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.nrvliving.com/?p=1620</guid> <description><![CDATA[Susan:  Are banks still lending money? I hear all the time that financing is very difficult to get. Brandon: Great question, Susan. Yes, banks are still lending money! What we are actually seeing is that banks are going back to standard underwriting practices that were done in the late 90’s. In the Housing boom lenders [...]
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.nrvliving.com/?p=1622</guid> <description><![CDATA[Allow me to introduce Brandon Nicely, branch partner in Alcova Mortgage here in Blacksburg.  The mortgage industry is literally changing on a daily &#8211; and sometimes hourly basis &#8211; and Brandon&#8217;s going to be bringing us the straight talk on what&#8217;s really going on in the industry, what&#8217;s happening with rates, and what to expect [...]
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