The Learning Center

Our Learning Center ensures that every reader has a resource that helps them establish and maintain a competitive advantage, or leadership position. For instance, loan originators and brokers will have one-click access to resources that will help them increase their productivity. Search topics by category and keyword and generate free videos, webinars, white papers and other resources. If you would like to add your content to the learning center, please click here  or email Tim Murphy at [email protected].

Ask Brian: What is Your Best Advice About Managing My Time?

Dear Brian,

Do you have good time management strategies you can share? I seem to be very busy every day and am getting burnt out. I don’t mind the hard work, but I don’t seem to be earning what I want to be earning. --Sean T. Oregon

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FHA Widens Mortgage Availability for First-time Condo Buyers

The Federal Housing Agency has issued new guidelines that allow the regulator to insure more mortgages at condominiums. So reports the Associated Press.

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Dispelling the Myth of the 20% Down Payment

By Odeta Kushi, Deputy Chief Economist at First American

Since hitting a low point of 63% in 2016, the homeownership rate has rebounded, largely driven by millennial households purchasing their first homes. Many surveys, like one by Bank of the West, indicate that millennials are no different from previous generations–they view homeownership as a main tenet of the American Dream.

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Many Home Buyers Don’t Shop Around for a Mortgage

A new survey by Fannie Mae finds that a surprising percentage of people do not shop around when buying a home. So reports MSN Money.

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