America’s Nine Hundred and Thirty Billion Dollar Problem: Credit Card Debt

By Team Hochberg | May 8, 2018

America loves baseball, apple pie, and credit card debt. As a country, we’re walking around with about 930 billion dollars of credit card debt, which works out to about $16,000 of debt per American household. In some ways, this is actually a good thing! Credit card debt is a sign that people are spending more,…

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Mortgages in 2018: The Good the Bad and the Highly Regulated

By Team Hochberg | May 8, 2018

To secure a mortgage in 2018 there are several basic concepts to keep in mind depending on your situation. The economy is strong: This means that more and more people are staying in one place, which limits new inventory coming into the market. Millennials are here to stay: More and more millennials are finally moving…

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Real Estate Market Today: David Hochberg and Scott Ellis Describe How the Market Has Changed

By Team Hochberg | May 8, 2018

As part of The Biggest Winners Podcast series, David sat down with Team Hochberg’s own Scott Ellis! Scott and David have both been in the mortgage industry for a long time, and they discussed the many changes they’ve seen in the ever changing real estate market. Listen to the full conversation via WGN Radio. If…

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Steve Dahl Show’s Sports Machine: 4.24.18

By Team Hochberg | April 25, 2018

David Hochberg joined The Steve Dahl Show‘s “Sports Machine.” Enjoy!

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Your Life and Your Credit Score: Understand, Enhance, and Save!

By Team Hochberg | April 19, 2018

One of the biggest factors in your entire financial life is your credit score. Surprisingly, most Americans don’t have the basic understanding of what goes into your credit score, how to enhance your score, and how your score impacts your financing offers. Credit card fees are crushing individuals who don’t understand them, and are providing…

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Thinking Outside the Box: Finding the Right Mortgage For You

By Team Hochberg | April 19, 2018

In today’s ever changing real estate market, it’s important that you work with a lender you can trust, and a lender who will look at all of your options. Too often, people get turned away from big banks for from lazy lenders who don’t understand all of the options available in the market today. Team…

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Retirement Planning: Why a Reverse Mortgage Loan Deserves a Second Look

By Team Hochberg | April 18, 2018

If you’ve been paying attention, you’ve seen people’s collective minds begin to change and accept reverse mortgage loans as legitimate options to help borrowers. Thankfully, everyone else is catching up to where I’ve been all along. Reverse mortgages aren’t for everyone, but recent changes have made them better deals for people who qualify. Reverse mortgage…

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