Bay Area homes sold in a median 22 days in August while sales fell 4.2%. A thinner market moving faster, and what that does to your financing timeline.

Walnut Creek, Danville, San Ramon and Brentwood homeowners using the equity in one house to buy the next. How it works and what it costs you.

The principal comes due in one payment. Here is how people usually repay a bridge loan, what happens if the house has not sold, and how to build an exit plan that holds.

One loan, two properties. Why bridge loans are often secured by both the home you are buying and the one you are leaving, and the trade-off that comes with it.

A bridge loan leans on the property, the equity and your plan for repaying it. Here is what we actually look at, what paperwork we ask for, and what slows a file down.

How bridge loans work for California homeowners, when they fit, the risks worth knowing, and the questions to ask before signing.

Record equity, stalled rate lock-in, and banks stepping back from purchase lending explain the rise of bridge financing for California homeowners.

TL;DR A conventional purchase mortgage averaged 36.8 days from application to closing, and all originations averaged 38.2 days, according to… Read more How Fast Can a Bridge Loan Close in California?