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      <image:caption>Concession Guidelines by Loan Program</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - How To Avoid Trigger Leads</image:title>
      <image:caption>If you've recently applied for a mortgage or had your credit pulled by a lender, you may have noticed an influx of unsolicited calls, texts, or emails from other lenders offering competing loan products. What you're likely experiencing is the result of a marketing practice known as trigger leads.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>* Source: Fannie Mae - Income Lookup Tool</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Source: MBS Highway / Case-Shiller 4/3/25</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Perspective on the direction of mortgage rates.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Information is opinion only.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2024-09-17</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog - Should I Wait For Future Fed Rate Cuts Before Refinaning? - This is the million-dollar question. Rates have dropped, and industry experts suggest that these lower rates already account for the expected Fed rate cut. Will we see more movement after the Fed acts? What about potential future rate cuts in the coming months or a year from now?</image:title>
      <image:caption>The answer depends on your current rate and the potential savings you could realize now versus waiting. While you don't want to be a serial refinancer, there’s no reason you can’t refinance again if rates drop low enough to make it worthwhile.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Should I Wait For Future Fed Rate Cuts Before Refinaning? - 3 Key Points:</image:title>
      <image:caption>How much do you lose in the monthly payment savings while you wait? How much higher interest do you pay while you wait? What could the savings do if you applied it to other needs?</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Should I Wait For Future Fed Rate Cuts Before Refinaning? - Factors To Consider:</image:title>
      <image:caption>Current vs. Expected Rates: Predicting what rates will do in the future comes with uncertainty. Trying to time the market for the lowest point is not a winning formula. Your Financial Situation: Evaluate your current mortgage terms, including the interest rate, remaining balance, and how long you plan to stay in your home. Compare these with potential new terms. Market Trends: Keep an eye on broader economic trends and how they might affect mortgage rates. Sometimes, rates might not drop as much as expected even after a Fed cut due to other economic factors. Refinancing Costs: Consider the costs associated with refinancing, such as discount points and closing costs.  Do the potential savings outweigh these costs.  A low cost loan means there is less risk should rates drop further and you want to refinance again.  There are no free loans; however, there are ways to structure that minimize the cost. The PAR Interest Rate means that there are no Discount Points charged but you do pay other closing costs such as lender fees, appraisal, closing attorney, etc. If you select a slightly higher than PAR rate, a discount credit will be offered which is a credit in the form of a dollar amount used to offset closing costs.  For example, let’s say you can get a 5.5% par rate and the closing costs are $2,500.  At 5.75%, you may receive a credit that translates to $2,500 to offset the closing costs. Review your options with a mortgage professional.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.7lockslending.com/blog/wake-county-property-tax-bills-have-arrivedouch</loc>
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      <image:title>Blog - Wake County Property Tax Bills Have Arrived…Ouch!!! - Make it stand out</image:title>
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    <loc>https://www.7lockslending.com/blog/home-equity-loan-vs-home-equity-line-of-credit</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-07-22</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2024-06-06</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog - Home Appreciation Remains Strong - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>*Source: CoreLogic</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2024-05-07</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2024-03-12</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2024-03-02</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog - Worried about increases to property tax  and homeowners insurance in Wake County, NC? - Enter your Real Estate ID found on your Property Tax Card</image:title>
      <image:caption>* Note that when you run this estimator this will only show Wake County taxes, NOT the city you are located in so your TOTAL tax bill will be higher because you have to include your city taxes.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.7lockslending.com/blog/are-you-a-relocating-first-time-homebuyer</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-03-27</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog - ** Program Discontinued by FHFA **    Are you a relocating First Time Home Buyer? - Current verifiable residence must be in designated MSA</image:title>
      <image:caption>MSA(Metropolitan Statistical Area) Map</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - ** Program Discontinued by FHFA **    Are you a relocating First Time Home Buyer? - MSA - City Listings</image:title>
      <image:caption>Contact us to do a specific address search. stevew@7lockslending.com</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Columbus Day - Celebrate Exploration - Celebrate Explorers Past and Present.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Santa Maria replica docked at Madeira Island, Portugal.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Columbus Day - Celebrate Exploration - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lisbon, Portugal - The Portuguese were history’s early explorers with a huge impact on the world.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Columbus Day - Celebrate Exploration - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Voyager Mission - Traveling beyond our planets over 14 Billion miles away launched in 1977 and still going!</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Columbus Day - Celebrate Exploration - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Vereda do Pico Ruivo, Madeira, Portugal.</image:caption>
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