I guess Friday’s are for Memories

photo credit: bobjudge

I just received my weekly mortgage rate update, as I do every Friday, from one of the local lenders. Mike Bennett from Presidential Bank Mortgage is consist about his note cards and weekly mortgage updates. I usually scan the email to the bottom to get to the beef and read the rates, but this time something told me to really read this one. Glad I did. Mike and I serve together on the Frederick County Associations of Realtors® Affordable Housing Committee. I remember him telling about the loss of his Son-in-Law over the summer. It’s never what you want to hear. But this story is one that you only hear in the movies. A movie of honor and character.

His day job was as a firefighter for the city of Charleston. He worked on Engine 15. His world revolved around Summerville High and B Shift. Then, on June 18 last summer, he and many of his colleagues responded to a fire at the Super Sofa Store. Some of you know what happened. The blaze grew out of control. A flashover, firemen call it, and when that happens, you’ve got two seconds to escape. Two seconds wasn’t long enough for Mulkey. In the moments before he died, he clicked on his microphone.

“Car 1! … Tell my wife I said … I love you.”

The story he shares, shows how a community even 8 months later still has not forgotten his son-in-law nor his daughter. Well you can read the rest of the story for yourself. Read more. It is truly made for the movies.
Thank you Mike for sharing...even if it’s not Real Estate.

In case your interested about the rates;

This has been a very good week for mortgage interest rates and here is a sampling of rates you can use for the weekend. Quotes below are good for 60 days:

• Conforming 30 year fixed rate – 5.875% 1 point OR 6.125% 0 point
• FHA 30 year fixed rate – 5.75% 1 point OR 6% 0 point
• MD CDA 1^st time homebuyer program – 5.75% 1 point 30 year fixed rate. For 40 year or IO just add .25 to rate

PS. If would like to contact Mike about a Loan, you can reach him at 301-502-5335.

Bob is a licensed Real Estate agent in Maryland and Pennsylvania. You can contact him via email at bob@gotbob4homes.com or call him on his cell phone at 240-285-4918.  Bob left the Frederick area to manage a resort office near Deep Creek Lake in Western Maryland. He still stays in touch with the area that he has grown to love.