Here we are in September and the school year has caused a little slow down in the real estate market. The thing this year is that there are still first time home buyer's out there in the market place looking for homes they may purchase by November 30. The problem that I'm running into is that t
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09/05/2009
Well, I wrote a post earlier about this great loan program for anyone making a purchase under $200,000. Today, I'm writing to say that maybe it's not for "anyone". It is a loan program that has it's merits, but if you are a buyer who is qualified to do an FHA loan, NACA may not be the best rout
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09/02/2009
Well, as school is getting underway around town, I'm starting to notice fewer phone calls coming through the office. This, of course, is the typical start to the school year. As parents' attention is focused on buying school supplies, uniforms, and books their atttention on a potential move get'
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08/12/2009
After having knee surgery, Butch Strother, developed clots. The doctors then noticed a blockage near his heart. Now he is scheduled for bypass surgery and could use the support and prayers of our community. If you would like to show your support (and have a good meal) please come by and pick u
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08/05/2009
In my post yesterday I mentioned that the interest rate on the NACA loan was 4.875%. It did go up and is now 5%. It's still a very interesting program that makes slightly lower than normal interest rates available. I don't know how often the rate fluctuates, but it is a 30 year fixed rate loan
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08/05/2009
I first heard about NACA last week. Over the weekend I spent much time reading on their website about the NACA program. And, today I went to an agent workshop wondering, "What the heck is the catch?" The program on it's face offers a home loan on purchases up to $200,000 with no money down and
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08/04/2009
Check out the embedded material below which will play an internet radio station provided by the National Association of REALTORS which allows you to listen to up to the minute updates about the real estate industry.
07/29/2009
Well, I had a great vacation on the beach in Navarre, FL. It's clear that there are some areas of the country that are suffering due to a weak economy. In fact, I was able to get a much better price on a beach front condo for a week as a result of the soft national economy. But back home in Ba
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07/26/2009
What great timing for the launch of our new blog. Today we had the ribbon cutting ceremony at the new Greater Baton Rouge Association of REALTORS board office. It's a great new building for facilitating the activities of the local association. There's an enormous classroom for our continuing ed
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07/16/2009
Hello to all the potential home buyers out there. I know there's so much going on in the news right now, it's hard to know what to believe. So let's hope this blog post can clear up some of the confusion. First, let's talk about interest rates. Yep, you've seen it. Someone, somewhere has adver
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05/20/2009
