Institutional investors on Wall Street now own 40% of all rental properties in America. And builders are now building more multifamily and rental units than they are single family homes for families, to the tune of 60% rental units and 40% single family homes. Experts say that the single best way to gain family wealth
As your local Albuquerque mortgage lender, Indigo Mortgage knows how important it is to communicate with all of the parties involved in your home buying process. You have a seller, a buyer, two realtors, and a title company, in addition to the lender. All of those parties need frequent contact with the lender to get
Solar panels installed on or around homes have grown in the New Mexico region, which is positive. The negative part of solar panels is that most Albuquerque homeowners don’t realize that when they finance or lease these panels, it affects their home’s title and is considered a second mortgage. At Indigo Mortgage, we want to
Midway through 2022, the rising interest rates mean that the mortgage market volume is a fraction of what it was a year ago. That’s causing some lenders to chase profits, trying to keep their income high. That means borrowers looking for a home loan should really compare offers from several mortgage companies. Because the mortgage
As homeowners know, their home values have gone up exponentially in the last few years, all across Albuquerque’s metro and the rest of the New Mexico too. Many homeowners are sitting on a lot of equity and they would like to tap into that equity for cash out for a many reasons, like home improvement,
In today’s real estate market, there are more homebuyers than there are sellers, which makes it tough on buyers to separate themselves from all the other perspective buyers. Being prepared to make an offer on a home should start way before you even call a realtor. Our suggestion is to call Indigo Mortgage early in
In today’s real estate market with very limited homes for sale, many New Mexico borrowers are choosing to build a home and take out a construction loan to do so. Many homebuyers aren’t familiar with construction loans so let’s look at them today. Indigo Mortgage has been offering construction loans since our inception in 2003
In today’s tight housing market, homeowners who are looking for a larger home or an updated home may find Rehab Mortgage Loans a better solution than selling their current home and purchasing a new home. A rehab loan lets you bundle your current mortgage with the home improvement cost rolled into one loan. Rehab mortgage
Over the last year and a half, appraisals to determine a property’s value have been a hot commodity. With the demand for housing and a hot real estate market in New Mexico, getting an appraisal order back has been nightmare for many borrowers. Appraisers are running at full steam but there are too few appraisers
You’ve heard the old saying about a wolf in sheep’s clothing? That’s how we feel about predatory lending and the companies that don’t ethically take care of home buyer’s mortgage applications. We might sound like a broken record but we want to advise borrowers to be very wary of the big national lender predator, the