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21 April 2009 - Mortgage bonds, an indicator of mortgage interest rates, opened favorably this morning; however, recent comments by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner that the market seems to be stabilizing, coupled with favorable reports from Standard & Poor’s indicating that home builders are starting to see some positive momentum, have turned the mortgage markets […]

It?s no secret to anyone that the current sales market is less than ideal. Under most normal circumstances, average homeowners are holding on to their property and hoping for the housing storm to pass. But what if you have to sell? You could be someone who is being transferred to another city or state by […]

Any Real Estate agent that has been in the business for any length of time has heard of Realtor.com. Many people outside of the real estate industry have also heard of Realtor.com. When Realtor.com first hit the scene it was an excellent outlet to get a listing out on the internet. That has changed rapidly […]

This year is a whole new ball of wax. Buyers are thinking short sales, foreclosures, and taking advantage of buyers who have to sell. They are thinking depreciation and buying at prices prior to the “boom.”