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Raising The Roof

Sign up for our monthly electronic newsletter--"Raising the Roof"--where you'll receive practical tips and insights that you can use TODAY to make the right decisions about your biggest investment!

Our most recent newsletters:

3 Pain-Free Ways to Speed up Your Mortgage Payment (July, 2010)
Unlock the Mystery of Your Credit Score (June, 2010)
4 Simple Steps to Speed Up Your Mortgage Process (May, 2010)

Browse through our archives on mortgage topics that interest you:

Mortgage Tools, Terms & Resources
8 Mortgage Terms You Should Know
Can a Mortgage Calculator Be Your Crystal Ball?
How Mortgage Web Sites Mess With Your Mind
Ignore the Sunday Mortgage Chart

Mortgage Programs, Mortgage People
5 Things a Mortgage Broker Brings to the Table
Choosing the Right Mortgage Broker
Closing Costs Get Clearer
Do ARMs Still Have Legs in a Changing Mortgage Market?
Does No Closing Costs Sound Too Good to be True?
Fixed vs. Adjustable? Still a Pressing Question
Low Interest Rates Are Great - If You Can Access Them
Mortgage Broker vs. Mortgage Lender: Does it Really Make a Difference?
Points: Pay Now or Pay Later

Your Finances, Your Life
3 Pain-Free Ways to Speed up Your Mortgage Payment
7 Steps to Financial Health in 2010
Are Your People Ready for Tax Season?
Be Prepared for what a Divorce Could Mean for your Mortgage
Can President Obama's Housing Plan Help You?
Changes in Credit Score Calculations - Know Your Score!
Don't be a Macaroni Millionaire
Don't Get Stuck Paying Extra Tax!
Give Your Story a Happy Ending
Having Trouble Paying Your Mortgage? Don't Panic!
Keeping Your Financial Head During a Divorce

Should You Pay Off Your Mortgage Early? 5 Questions to Help You Decide
Should You Tap Into Your Home Equity?
Should You Use Your 401(k) to Buy A House?
Start the Year with a Look at Your House Budget
This is Your Brain on Money
Unlock the Mystery of Your Credit Score

The Market
Is the Housing Market in Recovery? Why it Doesn't Matter
Making Sense of the Subprime Mortgage Meltdown
Reflections on a Crazy Housing Year and A Look to 2010
Riding Out Rate Fluctuations

Buying, Selling & Refinancing
1st Time Homebuyer Tax Credit - Know the Fine Print!
4 Simple Steps to Speed Up Your Mortgage Process
6 Tips for Successful Refinancing
Attention First-Time Homebuyers: Care for $8,000?
Could a §1031 Exchange Help You? Get the Facts
For Sale By Owner: Is It Ever a Good Idea?
Home Buyer Tax Credit Extends & Expands - What Would You Do With $8K?
Should You Buy or Sell First?
The Most Inappropriate Question You'll Hear This Holiday Season
Tread Carefully When Considering a Foreclosed Home

 

Mortgage Minutes

Check out the following mortgage tips by Deb Siegel, published in past issues of ForeclosuresMass.com and designed to deepen your understanding of the complex mortgage maze!

All links in .pdf format:
A Mortgage with a Rate of 3
Accelerating Your 30-Year Mortgage
Adjustable Rate Mortgages
Changes in the Lending Market
Don't Get Stuck Paying Extra Tax
Don't Miss Your Real Estate Deadlines
Exercising Your Right to Rescind
How Much Should You Worry About "The Fed?"
Interest Only Mortgages
Is a Bridge Loan a Good Idea?
Listing Price, Tax Assessed Value and Appraised Value
A Mortgage With a Rate of 3%
Some Points About Points
Tax Tips
Understanding Escrow Accounts
What Does Mortgage Documentation Consist Of?
What is Mortgage Insurance?
What's APR and Why Does It Matter?

 

Westchester Mortgage in the News

Hear Debbie on Women to Women Radio!

January 11, 2010

November 2, 2009

 

Debbie on Money Matters Audio

 

Hear Debbie on Money Matters Midday Show!

 

Debbie Siegel’s has been seen on Fox-25 News, New England Cable News’ Business Day program and in the Boston Globe. Check out the coverage!

Debbie just had to respond to an Op-Ed piece she read in The Boston Globe called "Mortgage brokers' sleight of hand." Of the many letters its editors received, The Globe chose to publish Debbie’s Letter to the Editor because of its articulate, concise message.
Check it out:
Boston Globe Editorial: Brokers_Bashed

See Debbie’s appearances on Fox-25 News!
Fox 25: March 5th, 2007
Fox 25: May 22nd, 2006
Fox 25: Home Prices Coming Down

See Debbie’s appearances on New England Cable News!
NECN: May 30th, 2006
NECN: Raising Rates

 

Learn more about the Westchester Mortgage Difference and call us at 888-524-1183 to discuss your specific needs.