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Post-Closing Audits Happen

Post-Closing Audits Happen

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How Can A Solar Lien Affect Your Client's Refi?

How Can A Solar Lien Affect Your Client’s Refi?

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Prequalify For The Refi

Prequalify For The Refi

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How Can You Best Survive The Current Housing Market Downturn?

How Can You Best Survive The Current Housing Market Downturn?

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Can My Clients Use Investment Property Rental Income For Income Verification?

Can My Clients Use Investment Property Rental Income For Income Verification?

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Go Jump In A Lake

Go Jump In A Lake

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How an Accessory Dwelling Unit Can Maximize Your Clients' Real Estate Revenue

How an Accessory Dwelling Unit Can Maximize Your Clients’ Real Estate...

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How To Expand Your Social Media Presence with Spotify

How To Expand Your Social Media Presence with Spotify

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When Mortgage Insurance Is A Better Option For Your Clients

When Mortgage Insurance Is A Better Option For Your Clients

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How Can Home Sellers Gain A Competitive Advantage in This Market?

How Can A Home Seller Gain A Competitive Advantage in This...

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How Can 1099 Employees Qualify For A Home Loan?

How Can 1099 Employees Qualify For A Home Loan?

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How Can Conditional Approval Give My Client's a Competitive Advantage?

How Can Conditional Approval Give My Client’s a Competitive Advantage?

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What is a Family Opportunity Loan?

What Is The Family Opportunity Loan?

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What Is a Listing Agreement Contract and Will My Client Benefit?

What Is a Listing Agreement Contract and Will My Client Benefit?

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Will My Client Benefit From The Essential Workers Down Payment Assistance Program?

Will Your Client Benefit From The New Essential Workers Down Payment...

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Get A Head Start with Success Circle

Get A Head Start On Your Business with Success Circles –...

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Mid-Year Marketing Reset

Mid-Year Marketing Reset

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Building for the Future

Building For The Future

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Tidewater Initiative for VA Appraisals

Tidewater Initiative for VA Appraisals

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Desktop Appraisals

Desktop Appraisals

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Trigger Leads

Trigger Leads

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Equity Co-Sharing

Equity Co-Sharing

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More Changes to the Condo Process

More Changes to the Condo Process

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Focusing On the Monthly Payment Range

Focusing on the Monthly Payment Range

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Mortgage Interest Rates

Mortgage Interest Rates

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Interest Rate Increase

Interest Rate Increase

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Tom's Tools For Agents

Tom’s Tools For Agents

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Is a Post-Purchase Leaseback an Option for Your Clients?

Is a Post-Purchase Leaseback an Option for Your Clients?

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What To Do When Your Client Receives a Property Tax Statement

What To Do When Your Client Receives a Property Tax Statement

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How Will Your Client's Student Loan Impact Buying A Home

How Will Your Client’s Student Loan Impact Buying A Home

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What Are Lender Overlays?

What Are Lender Overlays?

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What Other Ways Can I Help My Clients Prepare for Home Ownership?

What Other Ways Can I Help My Clients Prepare for Home...

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How Fast Can I Order an Appraisal for My Clients

How Fast Can I Order an Appraisal for My Clients?

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Does NOVA Home Loans Charge Lender Fees for VA Loans?

Does NOVA Home Loans Charge Lender Fees for VA Loans?

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Special NOVA Home Loans Program Offers Great Rates on New Construction Homes

Special NOVA Home Loans Program Offers Great Rates on New Construction...

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Why Are Mortgage Interest Rates for Second Homes Going Up?

Why Are Mortgage Interest Rates for Second Homes Going Up?

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What is the FED Funds Rate and How Does it Affect My Client's Mortgage Interest Rate?

What is the FED Funds Rate and How Does it Affect...

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Why Might the Interest Rates on Investment Homes Be Going Up?

Why Might the Interest Rates on Investment Homes Be Going Up?

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Why Does Your Client Need a Backup Funding Solution with the Pathway to Purchase Program?

Why Does Your Client Need a Backup Funding Solution with the...

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NOVA Home Loans is Working Hard to Better Server You and Your Clients

NOVA Home Loans is Working Hard to Better Server You and...

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How To Get Your Real Estate Client a $2,000 Tax Credit EACH YEAR with Tom Heath of NOVA Home Loans

How To Get Your Real Estate Client a $2,000 Tax Credit...

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How Will The Program Changes to USDA and DACA Affect You and Your Clients?

How Will The Program Changes to USDA and DACA Affect You...

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Why Is Your Client's Credit Score Different From What They Expected?

Why Is Your Client’s Credit Score Different From What They Expected?

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Support Local Businesses - Your Homes Value Depends on Your Strong Community

Support Local Businesses – Home Values Depend on A Strong Community

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Down Payments for Freddie Mac First Time Buyer Program Go Up Next Year

Down Payments for Freddie Mac First Time Buyer Program Go Up...

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More Buying Power For Your Clients - Mortgage and Real Estate Matters with Tom Heath

More Buying Power For Your Clients in 2021 – Monday Mortgage...

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Thank You For Your Continued Support Through a Challenging Year

Thank You For Sticking With Us During These Challenging Times

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Do I Need a Road Maintenance Agreement When Buying a Home on a Private Road?

Do I Need a Road Maintenance Agreement When Buying a Home...

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Mortgage Interest Rates - Have We Seen The Bottom

Mortgage Interest Rates – Have We Seen The Bottom?

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When is a Home Classified as a Second Home - Mortgage and Real Estate Matters with Tom Heath

When Is A Home Classified As A Second Home – Mortgage...

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How Will Next Weeks Election Effect Mortgage Interest Rates?

How Will Next Weeks Election Affect Mortgage Interest Rates? – Mortgage...

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My Client is a Surviving Spouse of a Deceased Veteran. Are they VA Eligible? - Mortgage and Real Estate Matters with Tom Heath

My Client is a Surviving Spouse of a Deceased Veteran. ...

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5 Keys to Business Planning in 2020 - Monday Mortgage and Real Estate Matters with Tom Heath and The Heath Team at NOVA Home Loans

5 Keys to Business Planning in 2021 – Mortgage and Real...

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Will Interest Rates Go Up or Down in 2021?

Will Interest Rates Go Up or Down in 2021?

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How Will Solar Panels Affect Your Home Loan Prequalification - Monday Mortgage and Real Estate Matters with Tom Heath

How Will Solar Panels Affect Your Home Loan Prequalification? Monday Mortgage...

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Tom Answers You Appraisal Waiver Questions - Monday Mortgage and Real Estate Matters

Tom Answers You Appraisal Waiver Questions – Monday Mortgage and Real...

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Great News for Realtors - Tucson Relocation is Top Google Search Term

Great News for Realtors – Tucson Relocation is Top Google Search...

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Don’t Forget The Pre-Qual – Mortgage and Real Estate Matters with...

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How To Plan Your Real Estate Transaction Timeline – Mortgage Matters...

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Real or Fake: 1.99% Home Loans Real Estate and...

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Reduce Your Clients Tax Bill By $2,000 with a Mortgage Credit...

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How To Tell Condos From a Townhouses – Monday Mortgage Minute...

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Should You Waive the Appraisal Contingency in Your Next Contract? Find Out From Senior Loan Officer Tom Heath with NOVA Home Loans

Should You Waive the Appraisal Contingency in Your Next Contract? Find...

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How To Get Your Client a Manufactured Home or Condo Mortgage with Tom Heath of NOVA Home Loans

How To Get Your Clients a Manufactured Home and Condominium Mortgage...

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What To Do With a Below-Price Appraisal

What To Do With a Below-Price Appraisal – Monday Mortgage Minute...

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Calling All REALTORS®! Get Your Clients a Delayed Financing with Tom...

Monday Mortgage Minute with Tom Heath of NOVA Home Loans - July 6 Good morning. Welcome to the second half of 2020. It's July 6....
Issues with Forbearance - Tucson Monday Mortgage Minute with Tom Heath and The Heath Team at NOVA Home Loans

Issues with Forbearance – Tucson Monday Mortgage Minute with Tom Heath...

Hi, good morning. It's June 22nd. My name is Tom Heath with the Heath Team at Nova Home Loans. And this is our weekly...
Monday Mortgage Minute with Tom Heath and The Heath Team at NOVA Home Loans

Interest Rates – Monday Mortgage Minute with Tom Heath and The...

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Mortgage Matters with Tom Heath, Senior Loan Officer - NOVA Home Loans - Credit Scores

Mortgage Matters with Tom Heath, Senior Loan Officer – NOVA Home...

Good morning, it's June 8. My name is Tom Heath and this is your weekly update of Mortgage Matters that may be important to...
Monday Mortgage Update - May 11

Monday Mortgage Update – May 11

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Apply Now For You Tucson Home Loan

Weekly Tucson Mortgage Update – Credit Scores and Home Loan Programs

Good Monday morning. This is your weekly mortgage update and welcome to the month of May. It's May 4th. My name is Tom Heath...
What Is A Mortgage Credit Certificate?

What Is A Mortgage Credit Certificate?

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Your Mortgage Questions Answered - Interest Rates, Home Loan Programs and Appraisals

Your Mortgage Questions Answered – Interest Rates, Home Loan Programs and...

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Did My Home Just Lose Value? - Understanding the Assessed Value

Did My Home Just Lose Value? – Understanding the Assessed Value

Each year the Pima County Assessor sends out the annual tax statement.  For those with a mortgage on the home, the loan servicer typically...
How to Prevent Your Credit Profile from Being Stolen - In the Know with Tom Heath

How to Prevent Your Credit Profile from Being Sold

It's called a "Trigger Lead”– a consumer applies for a home loan with The Heath Team or any other lender and within minutes, may...
Beware of Condominium Hurdles for Mortgages

Beware of Condominium Hurdles for Mortgages

 A condominium is a specific property type and the term can have a different meaning in different regions of the country. In Tucson, we...
What's Happening with Interest Rates?

Why Are Interest Rates Rising so Quickly?

Interest rates may not be fully controllable, but some entities have a say in how they fluctuate and react to the economy!   The...
“Mortgages Made Easy”, but Should They Be Easy?

“Mortgages Made Easy”, but Should They Be Easy?

When I see ads for “easy mortgage” or “no hassle loans” etc, I know what that really means– easier for the lender.   I’m...
Successful Homeowners Practice: Learn Habits of the Pros

Successful Homeowners Practice: Learn Habits of the Pros

We always advise a potential home buyer to schedule a meeting well in advance of when they anticipate buying. There are several reasons for...
Down Payment Assistance: Know the Full Story

Down Payment Assistance: Know the Full Story

Down Payment Assistance Programs (DPA) provide a boost over a major hurdle to homeownership– cash for the down payment. Most loan programs allow a...
How We Protect You From Wire Fraud

How We Protect You From Wire Fraud

We live in an increasingly electronic world where the speed of transactions is reduced to micro seconds. In the instant data age, we have to...
What is Mortgage Insurance?

What is Mortgage Insurance?

Traditional lenders expected borrowers to pay at least 20% of the purchase price from their own funds.  However, it’s become common for borrowers to...
How Interest Rates Come To Be

How Interest Rates Come To Be

How are interest rates determined? You have probably been hearing that interest rates are moving up.  What does that mean and why are they moving? Neither...
What is a FICO Credit Score?

What is a FICO Credit Score?

Good news, your credit score is 900!  Unfortunately, that doesn’t do much for you because it is not based on a formula recognized by...
What is a Down Payment?

What is a Down Payment?

Traditional lenders expected borrowers to pay at least 20% of the purchase price from their own funds.  However, it’s become common for borrowers to...
Can Seller Pay Closing Costs?

Can Seller Pay Closing Costs?

The seller, or any other third party may not contribute to the buyer’s down payment, but Loan programs allow them to contribute towards the...

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