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There are a few key factors for a great home buying experience. One of them is to make sure you have an experienced, professional loan officer. Do you think it is important to have someone who is highly reputable, responsible and knowledgeable guiding you through one of the largest financial transactions in your life?

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Where is the Martini Factor? We missed our regularly scheduled episode due to a small problem with Homebanc. They closed.

When Kevin lands on his feet, we look forward to a summary of his thoughts surrounding the current state of mortgage finance, and how it can affect buyers, sellers, and everyone else in the industry.

Meanwhile, I want to relay a story of how Homebanc closing caused problems for a client of mine, and the amazing outcome.

A local real estate investor that we have worked with in the past had a closing for a rental property near NCSU - scheduled for last Friday. On the prior Tuesday, Kevin informed me of the bad news. By Friday, despite a valiant attempt to get something worked out with Countrywide, he wasn’t going to be able to get a loan closed.

As it turned out, the mother of the seller works for BB&T. She referred me to a co-worker and with every single person pulling out all the stops, the home closed escrow Monday evening at 4:30PM. That’s right - 1 business day. Big props to Cathy Ingram at BB&T in Cary, and Kevin for facilitating getting the paperwork over first thing Monday morning. Unbelievable.

To make it an even more amazing story, my client was scheduled for a 2 week vacation in Puerto Rico - and the plane left RDU (with him on board) this Tuesday morning at 9:30AM.

Hey Matt, you better have a Pina Colada for me!

Mortgage Forecast for the week of August 6th, 2007.

Whew…after a busy week of expected and unexpected news last week, the economic report calendar becomes very tame this coming week, only populated with a handful of low-level reports. In fact, the week’s only major event takes place on Tuesday with the release of the Fed’s latest interest rate decision and monetary Policy Statement. The Fed is expected once more to keep their Fed Funds interest rate “on hold” at 5.25%.

But what will be of particular interest is the tone and wording of the Fed’s Policy Statement. Are they feeling more comfortable about inflation, given the inflation friendly news of last week? If this sentiment leaks into the verbiage of the Policy Statement, Bonds may get a ride higher upon the release, and home loan rates would improve. However, if Fed Chair Ben Bernanke and his fellow inflation fighters at the Fed still sound concerned about inflation, Bonds and home loan rates could worsen.

Chart: Fannie Mae 6.0%% Mortgage Bond (Friday Aug 03, 2007)

Kevin Martini
4509 Creedmoor Road
Suite 300
Raleigh, NC 27612

Admin - Kevin Martini is one of our business partners at All Cary Real Estate. Kevin provides a consultative approach to real estate financing - it’s not just a loan, its an integral part of your overall lifelong investment portfolio. If you want unparalleled service, local support, and a highly competitive rate for your loan, give Kevin Martini a call at 919.274.3700 or visit his website - www.kevinmartini.com.

Kevin will be providing a weekly forecast for the economy in general and how it affects the world of real estate financing called Martini Factor.

Without further ado, here is the first Martini Factor.

The volatile Stock earnings season continues, and as if that weren’t enough, the economic calendar also holds several big potential market movers.

Lots of economic reports are due for delivery this week, including Tuesday’s look at the Fed’s favorite measure of inflation, the Personal Consumption Expenditure index, and wrapping up with a bang on Friday with the monthly Jobs Report. If the week’s inflation numbers meet or are lower than expectations while the data for the economy is worse than expected, Bond prices should continue their recent upward trend and home loan rates will improve. However, if the reports reek of inflation or an overheated economy, Bond prices could quickly lose their recent gains, and home loan rates will worsen.

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