Chabad Intown held its annual Lighting of the Decatur Menorah Ceremony on Thursday, Dec. 22, the fifth night of Chanukah, with Chanukah songs, a fire show, doughnuts, hot latkes, a hot cocoa bar and a gelt drop.
Winston Churchill is famously credited with saying, “Never let a good crisis go to waste,” as the world approached the end of WWll while he was serving as Britain’s prime minister.
One would be hard-pressed to find many that don’t enjoy this time of year. With family gatherings increasing and the calendar year winding down, life starts to slow down a bit during these short winter days. With the diminishing daylight hours, I thought I would “shed some light” on some mortgage hacks to help anyone considering financing.
These days, it seems like one truly needs a miracle to get a mortgage approved swiftly and efficiently. Between mortgage employees working remotely, record origination volume, pipeline loan backlogs, delays from appraisers and title companies – the myriad of setbacks that might come up in getting a mortgage closed in a rapid manner is limited. That’s not to say it can’t get done – a few essential items “come to light” (pun intended). In this article, I would like to address some ways to help fast-track a loan application and swiftly ensure a miracle mortgage.