{"id":1450,"date":"2015-12-24T17:46:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-24T17:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hamptonschatter.net\/chatter\/2015\/12\/24\/happy-holidays-all-mortgage-news-plus\/"},"modified":"2017-02-13T21:04:02","modified_gmt":"2017-02-13T21:04:02","slug":"happy-holidays-all-mortgage-news-plus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hamptonschatter.net\/chatter\/happy-holidays-all-mortgage-news-plus\/","title":{"rendered":"HAPPY HOLIDAYS ALL&#8230; MORTGAGE NEWS&#8230;. PLUS WINNERS OF OUR (lame) DECORATING CONTEST!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So there&#8217;s good news and bad news here.\u00a0 The bad news is you people are essentially lazy.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The good news is everyone who entered my\u00a0holiday decorating contest is a winner!\u00a0\u00a0 Yes, I got\u00a04 entries.\u00a0 One of which was a friend who was actually staying in my house.\u00a0\u00a0 So he&#8217;ll get a prize along with Lisa Barone of Sag Harbor and Deanna\u00a0Covino\u00a0of Hampton Bays, the gang at Baron&#8217;s Cove and D. Strohmeir.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 So anyway, happy holidays all even though I will never do a contest like this again.\u00a0\u00a0 BAH HUMBUG!\u00a0\u00a0 Here are the winners&#8230;<\/p>\n<table class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"float: right; text-align: center;\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-sBvtG_aZ-Ts\/VnwzWBol_7I\/AAAAAAAAE5I\/Wqh0GtMg2t8\/s320\/blogger-image-1389554577.jpg?resize=180%2C320\" width=\"180\" height=\"320\" border=\"0\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Deanna Covino of Hampton Bays<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hamptonschatter.net\/chatter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Xmas2-2.jpg?resize=320%2C240\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\nLisa Barone of Sag Harbor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-on1eD2P5HG8\/VnwzjCQfKyI\/AAAAAAAAE5Q\/-vCmM2hdyYM\/s200\/blogger-image-1033803492.jpg?resize=150%2C200\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/div>\n<p>D Strohmeir of East Hampton<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Meanwhile, lots of news about interest rates.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.housingwire.com\/articles\/35893-bernie-sanders-feds-decision-to-raise-interest-rates-is-a-disaster\" target=\"_blank\">They&#8217;re up&#8230; and people are upset!<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 But wait&#8230;. defying the hike,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/business\/2015\/12\/24\/defying-fed-hike-year-mortgage-rate-slips-percent\/QtKO1QD73HxeD7ZwvFtlAN\/story.html\" target=\"_blank\"> rates actually went down?<\/a>\u00a0 I&#8217;m so confused!\u00a0\u00a0 But while folks like me are waiting\u00a0for the dust to settle\u00a0on what all\u00a0of this\u00a0actually means there&#8217;s\u00a0still lots of\u00a0news in\u00a0the lending biz.\u00a0\u00a0 In fact,\u00a0one thing I recently learned &#8230; wait.. why am I telling you&#8230; watch it for yourself.\u00a0\u00a0 Recently mortgage guru Melissa Cohn of MC Home Loan sat down with me to discuss what&#8217;s happening.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LIuPvtcENP8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>FINALLY&#8230; a little something fun from the 80&#8217;s music fanatic that I am. \u00a0It&#8217;s 60,000 LED lights dancing to the song &#8220;We Three Kings&#8221; by Book of Love! \u00a0 \u00a0Gotta love this!!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LLWlrwTleP0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So there&#8217;s good news and bad news here.\u00a0 The bad news is you people are essentially lazy.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The good news is everyone who entered my\u00a0holiday decorating contest is a winner!\u00a0\u00a0 Yes, I got\u00a04 entries.\u00a0 One of which was a friend who was actually staying in my house.\u00a0\u00a0 So he&#8217;ll get a prize along with Lisa &#8230; <a title=\"HAPPY HOLIDAYS ALL&#8230; MORTGAGE NEWS&#8230;. 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