Cori's Blog

Hey Realtor friends, I've been selling real estate involving residential sales for the past 15 years! I do short sales, Reo's and regular residential transactions. I do several short sales for both buyers and sellers every year. In working a short sale now, I've come across some new changes affec...

I had several closings this month with down payment assistance. Whew! Just in the nick of time...what shall we do from here on out...? I'm confident we will come up with solutions...even though we have been more than familiar with 0 down or down payment assistance...People will just have to adjus...

Yea!  Finally some traffic! This past 6 months for our team has  been very frustrated. I have noticed recently that traffic has picked up a little on the whole...not as much as we would have expected for March, but at least its not as bad as it was this past fall! It seems the mortgage industry i...

Here in Texas, homes are priced to sell and we have a variety of sizes, prices with equity built in....We have beautiful homes in pristine condition priced at below median to median prices for our area...Short sales (preforeclosure's) Priced to sell...or heck..make an offer!Foreclosure's..some in...

Downtown Trick or Treat ThursdayOctober 25, 20076:00 - 8:00 pmHistoric Downtown Wylie, Ballard StreetPresented by the Wylie Downtown Merchants Association, the Downtown Trick or Treat and Family Festival is a safe trick or treat alternative for Wylie families as they can walk through downtown and...

Listings are harder to sell right now...it seems, sure some are selling....and I actually sold a brand new listing down the street from one of my own lisings that has been sitting for a coupel of monthsI sold someone else's listing in one day! Yikes! But it was the buyer who had been  looking in ...

UCLA forecast: Economy may steer clear of recession Housing-market recovery still several years away Wednesday, September 12, 2007By Glenn Roberts Jr. Inman News While several economists maintained in the early descent from the real estate boom that a "soft landing" was in store, the latest Ander...

This business seems to be changing on a daily basis. As a realtor, I'm finding .....especially in the last 6 months, that even ready, willing and able buyers can't get approved.We are just now dealing with a scenario of an investor buyer with 10% down being declined because of banks requiring 20%...

I have had my mind on enclosing a formal living room we don't use....for a bedroom I could  use for my older boys. I had it all figured it...just take down the built in bookcase, move it into my office and finish enclosing the room! Ha! Have you ever noticed...when doing most anything, there are ...

Inman News Long-term mortgage interest rates dipped again Tuesday, and the benchmark 10-year Treasury bond yield rose to 4.37 percent. The 30-year fixed-rate average dropped to 5.92 percent, and the 15-year fixed rate slipped to 5.58 percent. The 1-year adjustable stayed at 5.63 percent.The 30-ye...