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There are several important reports scheduled for release this week that are likely to affect mortgage pricing. The first important release scheduled for the week is June's Personal Income and Outlays data Tuesday morning, which brings us three pieces of data. The Income & Spending report helps u...
07/29/2007
Realty agents promote themselves as `pet friendly'By MARY UMBERGERChicago TribuneIn today's real estate market, going to the dogs is not necessarily a bad thing.Linda Lamb, in fact, is sure it's a smart thing. The South Side Chicago real estate agent plasters pictures of Esau, her Great Dane, on ...
07/27/2007
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Attitude Tune-Up from Keith Harrell - 7.23.07 Commit to WinAsk most people what they want in life personally and professionally and they're quick to rattle off a laundry list of items: a high-paying job, a healthy family, a nice car, time off for leisure activities...you get the idea. Most people...
07/26/2007
This week will be interesting for the bond market and mortgage rates. There are six economic reports scheduled for the financial and mortgage markets to digest, with all coming the middle or latter part of the week. In addition, one of the reports is considered to be of extremely high importance ...
07/22/2007
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Even if you could "time the market," that strategy would most benefit first-time buyers.You see, people who already have a home usually need to sell it in order to come up with the down payment for their next home. Even if they don't, they would have to carry the debt and obligations on two home...
07/22/2007
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This week brings us the release of five important economic reports for the bond market to digest. Several of these reports are considered to be of high importance, meaning we will likely see volatility in the financial markets and mortgage pricing over the next several days. There are also plenty...
07/16/2007
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This week brings us the release of only three economic reports for the bond market to digest. It also is the beginning of corporate earnings season. Those quarterly earnings reports can lead to significant volatility in the stock market, which could influence bond trading and mortgage rates.The f...
07/09/2007
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This week brings us the release of very few economic reports for the markets to digest. There are only three monthly reports scheduled for release that are likely to affect mortgage rates, but one of them is arguably the most influential single piece of data that we see each month. This is a shor...
07/01/2007
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