Mission Home Loans: Tony Zerwas, Mortgage Broker - NMLS #2402427

Mission Home Loans: Tony Zerwas, Mortgage Broker - NMLS #2402427 Providing opportunities for low rates and hassle-free mortgages for buying or refinancing a home in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Florida. NMLS #2402427/891464.

Powered by Edge Home Finance. You’ve probably heard the horror stories — how hard it is to qualify, all the stress, and the back-and-forth just to get a good rate. Here’s the good news: it doesn’t have to be that way. When you’re ready, the next step is easy. Reach out to me and we’ll look at your situation together. I’ll walk you through your options and help you get a great mortgage rate — without the stress, confusion, or hassle.

Fall is when sellers get flexible, and VA buyers have more room to use that than almost anybody.On a VA loan a seller ca...
09/08/2026

Fall is when sellers get flexible, and VA buyers have more room to use that than almost anybody.

On a VA loan a seller can pay your customary closing costs, same as any other loan. But VA also allows a separate category called seller concessions, worth up to 4% of the loan amount, and that bucket covers things other loans won't let a seller touch.

What can go in it:

Your VA funding fee, paid entirely by the seller.

Prepaid taxes and insurance for your escrow account.

Paying off a buyer's judgment or debt, which can be what fixes a debt-to-income problem.

Even appliances or a temporary rate buydown.

That is a real tool, and I watch it go unused every fall because nobody at the table knew the category existed.

If you're a veteran shopping right now, ask before you write the offer.

🏡 𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟳, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸'𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗥𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗽: 𝗥𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗲𝗿 👎Mortgage rates continued to cree...
09/08/2026

🏡 𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟳, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲

𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸'𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗥𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗽: 𝗥𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗲𝗿 👎
Mortgage rates continued to creep higher last week, helped along by rising oil prices and markets pricing in a possible Fed rate hike this month after Fed Chair Warsh's comments in Jackson Hole and stronger-than-expected jobs data.

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸'𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗥𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁: 𝗥𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗻 👎
This week features a focus on inflation, and if it comes in higher than expected it will pressure rates higher. Rates will also be influenced by oil prices, which continue to rise. It looks likely that mortgage rates will continue to creep higher unless something unforeseen happens this week.

📈 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸:
• The Fed: Mortgage rates currently reflect about a 60% chance of a Fed rate hike this month, and if inflation comes in hot, that could increase. Mortgage rates rise ahead of actual Fed rate hikes, so if markets anticipate a hike after this week's data, it will push mortgage rates higher to end the week.
• Inflation data: Wholesale inflation data comes out on Thursday, with consumer inflation data on Friday. If inflation comes in hotter than expected, it could push mortgage rates up to end the week.
• Oil: If oil prices continue to rise this week, it will pressure mortgage rates higher.

Congratulations to a veteran family on their closing in Rochester!There's a specific kind of good luck in closing the Fr...
09/04/2026

Congratulations to a veteran family on their closing in Rochester!

There's a specific kind of good luck in closing the Friday before a long weekend. You get three days to unload a truck instead of one evening after work, and you get to sleep in the new place before anybody has to be anywhere Tuesday morning.

This one came together in 21 calendar days from accepted offer to keys. No drama worth telling you about, which is honestly the goal.

Big thank you to Jo Peterson with Athena Real Estate Group for facilitating a clean transaction.

Enjoy the long weekend in the new house. Buy the good grill charcoal.

If you want a fall closing of your own, this is the week to start!

Myth vs. fact, seller edition.Myth: a seller whose house didn't move this summer will just pull the listing and relist f...
09/03/2026

Myth vs. fact, seller edition.

Myth: a seller whose house didn't move this summer will just pull the listing and relist fresh in the spring, so there's no point negotiating with them in September.

Fact: pulling a listing and waiting until March means paying for that house for another six months while nobody lives in the version of their life they're trying to get to.

Do the arithmetic yourself. Hypothetically, a mortgage payment plus taxes, insurance, utilities and lawn service on a house you've already mentally left runs real money every single month. Multiply by six. Then add another year of a roof getting older, and the fact that the spring market will have its own inventory.

Most sellers have never sat down and done that math. A good buyer's agent can walk them through it politely.

The September seller is not the April seller. Make the offer.

😎 🍉 𝗛𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗱! 🚤 🍦
09/02/2026

😎 🍉 𝗛𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗱! 🚤 🍦

Here's a fall negotiating move almost nobody asks for.Instead of asking a seller to drop the price, ask them to pay for ...
09/02/2026

Here's a fall negotiating move almost nobody asks for.

Instead of asking a seller to drop the price, ask them to pay for a temporary buydown on your rate.

How it works: the seller puts money into an escrow account at closing. That account subsidizes your payment for the first year or two. On a 2-1 buydown, your payment in year one is calculated as if your rate were two percentage points lower, then one point lower in year two, then it settles at your actual note rate.

Two things to understand. You still have to qualify at the real note rate, not the subsidized one. And if you refinance or sell early, the unused money usually comes back to you as a credit.

Sellers often say yes to this faster than a price cut, because a price cut resets their comps and this doesn't.

Ask before you write the offer, not after.

September is my favorite month of the year. Football, cool mornings, a bow in the garage, chili on a Sunday. I'd take it...
09/01/2026

September is my favorite month of the year. Football, cool mornings, a bow in the garage, chili on a Sunday. I'd take it over July every time.

It's also the month the housing market stops pretending.

Spring buyers are competing against everybody. Summer buyers are competing against everybody who's still around. The people shopping after Labor Day are competing against a much shorter list, and the sellers who are still listed in September are not the same sellers who listed in April. They've had a summer to think about it.

Less competition. More room to ask for things. A seller who actually returns the call on a Tuesday night.

I'll spend the next thirty days showing you exactly how that works, plus a fair amount of deer and football.

What's your favorite month? I'll defend mine in the comments.

🏡 𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟯𝟭, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸'𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗥𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗽: 𝗥𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲 👎Rates have been pretty stable th...
08/31/2026

🏡 𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟯𝟭, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲

𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸'𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗥𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗽: 𝗥𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲 👎
Rates have been pretty stable this month but ended last week near their highest levels. Most borrowers wouldn't see a change in rate, but may see a difference in the credit or points needed to get that rate.

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸'𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗥𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁: 𝗥𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗻 👎
Rates could move higher this week as oil prices rise on increased tensions in the Middle East and markets worry the Fed may hike rates at its next meeting. Any increase may be small, but it's tough to see rates moving much lower from here.

📈 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸:
• The Fed: Fed Chair Warsh's Jackson Hole speech last week raised concerns that the Fed may hike rates as soon as the next Fed meeting in September to fight stubborn inflation. There is some concern the Fed may hike rates twice before the end of the year, despite upcoming midterm elections.
• Labor data: Several jobs reports come out this week, with Friday's BLS jobs report being the most important. The report will show how many jobs were created in August as well as the unemployment rate. Weak job numbers could help mortgage rates, while stronger numbers could increase the chances of a Fed rate hike in September.

08/26/2026

Starting a new job while buying a home? Here’s what I want you to know. 👇

Please talk to me before you put in your notice. 😅

Changing jobs doesn’t automatically mean you can’t buy a home, but the timing matters.

If you’re starting a new job, I’m going to need to know:

👉 When is your last day at your current job?
👉 When does the new job officially start?
👉 What will your new pay be?
👉 Are there any conditions you still have to complete?
👉 When are we planning to close?

Depending on your loan type, we may also need an offer letter and additional documentation before we can use that new income to qualify.

This is one of those situations where I’d much rather you call me before making the change than tell me after everything is already in motion. 😂

Changing jobs? Moving money around? Making a big purchase?

When you’re buying a home, keep your loan officer in the loop. A quick conversation can save us both a headache later. 🙌

🏡 𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟮𝟰, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸'𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗥𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗽: 𝗥𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲 👎Although mortgage rates crept sl...
08/24/2026

🏡 𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟮𝟰, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲

𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸'𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗥𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗽: 𝗥𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲 👎
Although mortgage rates crept slightly higher, the move was small and rates really aren't much different from where they've been the last few weeks.

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸'𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗥𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁: 𝗥𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗻 👎
Rates aren't likely to make any big jumps this week, but could creep a little higher depending on oil prices and the outlook for long term bond yields. If yields rise, mortgage rates will creep higher with them. The most likely way we could see rates surprise us and move lower would be a breakthrough in the Middle East that helps drive oil prices down.

📈 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸:
• The Middle East: There's no end in sight for the impasse with Iran, which means we're unlikely to see an increase in shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz that would help bring oil prices down. Elevated oil prices will continue to put upward pressure on mortgage rates.
• The Treasury: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is looking for ways to bring down longer-term bond yields, which could help keep mortgage rates from moving much higher or even help them improve slightly. However, it would take something significant to push bond yields much lower and bring mortgage rates down.

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