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Scott Shafman, Senior Loan Officer for Cornerstone Mortgage

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Scott Shafman has been a mortgage professional for 13 years, the last five of those spent at Cornerstone Mortgage as a Senior Loan Officer. Scott joins Doug and Tammie on todays show to discuss why he chose Cornerstone and goes in to detail about the process of determining which loan package is right for you.

Chris Scheer, Regional Manager for Cornerstone Mortgage: Home Scouting Report

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Chris Scheer has been in the mortgage industry for 23 years for the last six he has driven the Home Scouting program which has helped Cornerstone become the third largest lender in Missouri! Cornerstone thrives on creating the best loan process for their consumers and Home Scouting is a large diffreintiator that adds value and […]

St. Louis Real Estate News

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Two St Louis Areas were the most profitable zips in the U.S. for flipping property in 4th quarter Two zip codes in the city of St Louis made RealtyTrac’s list of “Zips with the highest gross returns (from flipping property)” for 4th quarter, 2014.  The 63139 zip code, which includes the Dog Town area of […]

Nick & Alyssa Jackson Discuss Their First Home Buying Experience

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Listen in as Doug Haldeman alongside Nick and Alyssa Jackson discuss their perspective as first-time home buyers and the advice they have for other first-time home buyers: -Fears before and during the process -Experience before meeting their realtor, Rebecca Moran and Doug Haldeman -Experience after meeting their realtor, Rebecca Moran and Doug Haldeman -Advice for other […]

Time To Refinance

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We are in the beginning wave of a refinance tsunami. For the last 20 months interest rates have been above 4 percent. For the first time in almost two years interest rates are below 4 percent. A good way to look at this opportunity would be not the amount of money you could be saving […]

Market Update: Rates Lower Than They Have Been in The Last Two Years

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Rates have dropped lower than we’ve seen in the last two years. 30 year fixed rates are back in the 3% which will create a massive refinance boom. We are at the front end of this boom however, sometimes we get dips in rates and they jump back up making right now the perfect time to refinance. One of the first […]