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Subscribe With all the foreclosures and short sales going on, and all us Realtors trying so hard to help our clients, it amazes me how the banks try so hard to be as uncooperative as possible.  My latest experience in this involved a listing that I had been trying to sell for so long it turned ou...
03/22/2010
Subscribe With all the foreclosures and short sales going on, and all us Realtors trying so hard to help our clients, it amazes me how the banks try so hard to be as uncooperative as possible.  My latest experience in this involved a listing that I had been trying to sell for so long it turned ou...
03/22/2010
Subscribe   I have been answering a lot of questions from uninformed first time buyers on websites Like Homeresearch.com and Trulia.com, these sites have realtors who will answer real estate questions.  The majority of questions are regarding if one house or another is available.  They do not hav...
02/16/2010
 Subscribe You can play in the snow with your family without having to drive all the way to Lake Tahoe or Reno.  At Leland Meadows you can have fun in the snow.  They have inner tubes that have tow straps on them so you can be towed up the hill and then you slide down.  So much easier for us olde...
02/05/2010
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Subscribe The FHA has come up with some new rules when it comes to their loans.  Beginning April 2010, the up front mortgage insurance will increase from 1.75% to 2.25% There will be no more spot appraisals.  So it will be harder to get an approval on a condo.  This is a big one.  Effective for a...
02/05/2010
Subscribe Smart consumers, taking advantage of the historically low interest rates, the very good home prices and also, the extended and expanded tax credit, are helping to water a housing market growth.   This is in turn helping the economy in general.  According to several surveys, most of the ...
02/01/2010
Subscribe Been out looking at started homes? Finding out that the nicer, lower priced, homes are getting so many offers, its hard for you too get your offers accepted?   Well there is a FHA loan called a 203K that will allow you to get money to fix up a fixer.  You know, the homes where you go in...
12/10/2009
Subscribe In the last year with the help of the tax credit, there has been a rise in first time home buyers. The National Association of Realtors says the percentage of first time buyer is up to 47% in 2009 compared to 41% in 2008 and 36% in 2006. The unemployment rate is close to peaking and is ...
11/30/2009
Subscribe How to Buy a Bank owned home This is a UTUBE video I thought you all would like. I thought it was funny and entertaining. It hits close to home in regards to bank owned homes and the "foreclosure specialists" assigned to list them..
11/03/2009
Subscribe when the economy gets bad and people get desperate, some people have no scruples and will try to scam any way they can. If you are trying to get a mortgage, beware of online scams who are trying to just get your information so they can steal your identity and ruin your credit and your l...
11/02/2009
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