Greetings from Amanda Wilson, PA

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Real Estate Agent - EWM International Realtors, Inc.
RECENT BLOG POSTS
What next?  Now, I'm looking for a conflicker worm...who would have guessed....My question is..is this really something to be worried about or a way for software companies to bring in extra money putting the fear of this worm in all the newspapers (the few left) and on the news for all of us to c...
04/01/2009
During our ‘Market Challenge' sales meeting today, headed by Ariel Segall (Home Services Lending)-there was some good news and ‘real' facts that need to be passed on... First, the three keys to this real estate market:  FAITH FACTS FOCUS Remember the days when realtors and buyers were praying for...
04/01/2009
In the recent issue of REALTOR magazine this month--an article recommends "9 Ways to Beat Negativity" and I believe it is more good news worth repeating: 1.  Tell Yourself a Positive Story--Invent a new story!  Life is a story--tell it in an upbeat, positve way--become a better storyteller!  And ...
03/30/2009
In today's Sun-Sentinel newspaper for Broward County, the headline is "Housing Sales Spike 39% In February."  The median house price fell 30%--meaning houses now cost what they did in the year 2003.  This is the fourth year of the housing slump and prices are now more affordable and this news wil...
03/24/2009
THE MARKET IS UP OVER 300 POINTS...WALL STREET IS WELCOMING OBAMA'S PLAN TO BUY UP BANK ASSETS.  THE DETAILS HAVE FINALLY COME OUT AND INVESTORS APPEAR TO BE PLEASED!  THIS NEWS--ALONG WITH THE FEDS ANNOUNCING LAST WEEK THAT IT WAS PUMPING ANOTHER TRILLION INTO THE ECONOMY TO TRY TO GET CREDIT FL...
03/23/2009
A new 'potential' buyer contacted me a few weeks ago and wanted to buy a single-family home in Fort Lauderdale for about $200,000.  They asked me if it were possible-to which I commented, "let me take a look, but I think it is possible to view some properties in that price range, but I was not su...
03/19/2009
More good news (this is one way to look at the Fed's latest contribution to stablize the economy)!  While the central bank will print more money for the Fed's purchases of treasury bonds and mortgage securities, this blast of cash is designed to lower borrowing costs for home mortgages--interest ...
03/19/2009
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Can you understand why consumer confidence is at an all time low?  Turn on the television, open a paper (if you still have a local paper?), turn on the radio (talk radio, that is), click around the internet....if you are not depressed yet, you soon will be!  We need to work together and create so...
03/18/2009
The new types of emerging mortgage fraud trends today are 'foreclosure rescue schemes,' mortgage remodification and identify-theft operations, besides the more traditional 'application fraud' reports a recent news article (http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/sfl-0316-mortgage-fraud-ranking,0,282...
03/17/2009
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AIG's executives will get bonuses for doing what?  Bonuses are given for doing a great job--as a reward.  While President Obama is trying to block these bonuses--(by every legal standard), why didn't we know what was going on before today?  $165M in bonuses--that's what AIG wants to hand out.  Wh...
03/16/2009