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Posted by David Edwards under For Buyers, For Sellers, For Realty Professionals, General Information, News & Media, Mortgage Market Updates So what happened? Bonds and home loan rates began the week facing a tough inflation hurdle, when the Producer Price Index (PPI) came in at the biggest year-o...

Posted by David Edwards under For Buyers, For Realty Professionals, Regional - West, General Information, Home Maintenance A home inspection is a little bit like an annual check-up at the doctor, only in this case the patient is your new home! A home inspection first assesses the skeleton, or str...

Posted by David Edwards under For Buyers, For Sellers, For Realty Professionals, Regional - West, Statistics, Marketing Reports, Renton Note: NWMLS implemented some Area Designation and Boundary changes in the Newcastle/Renton area to more accurately reflect the true market areas in this section ...

Bonds began the last week trading lower due to inflation fears after crude shipments from Georgia were halted amid the Russian bombardment of the country. However, some poor economic reports (remember, bad economic news is bad for Stocks and typically causes money to flow from Stocks into Bonds)....

Newcastle City Hall6:00 - 8:00 PMSeptember 15th, 2008 Join us for Newcastle's Sports Park Facility at our third Open House. Come see the preferred site design alternative and provide input towards the development. Ed MacLeod, Landscape Architect of MacLeod Reckord will be present to give a brief ...

I just heard from a preferred lender of mine who has been communicating with the folks in charge of administering the Nehemiah Program. According to the administrators of the Nehemiah Program, a Loan Officer has to register all of their Nehemiah loans online by 9/30/2008, to reserve the funds. Af...

Posted by David Edwards under For Buyers, General Information, News & Media Federal Reserve held the line on Tuesday-leaving the Fed Funds Rate at 2.00% for the third straight meeting. The decision, however, was anything but cut-and-dry. Earlier in the week, the Personal Consumption Expenditure d...

The Clock is ticking on Nehemiah and Tax credit for would-be homebuyers!!!! Posted by David Edwards under For Buyers, For Realty Professionals, General Information, Credit Scoring, News & Media Just a reminder, last call for those potential "Nehemiah" loan candidates ( basically "0″ down FHA loan...

Posted by David Edwards under For Buyers, For Sellers, For Realty Professionals, Regional - West, Statistics, Marketing Reports, Renton Note: NWMLS implemented some Area Designation and Boundary changes in the Newcastle/Renton area to more accurately reflect the true market areas in this section ...

Posted by David Edwards under For Buyers, For Sellers, For Realty Professionals, Regional - West, Statistics, Marketing Reports, Renton Note: NWMLS implemented some Area Designation and Boundary changes in the Newcastle/Renton area to more accurately reflect the true market areas in this section ...