asp realtor: Credit Card Protection for Customers - About time! - 12/19/08 04:57 AM
                                                                                   It's Coming, But They're In No Big Hurry....  
Regulators have finally voted to curb the discriminatory, unfair, and controversial practices of the credit card companies. That's the good news. The bad news is these practices will continue until the new regulations go into effect July 2010.
What will change? Banks will be prohibited from raising your interest rate unless your payment is more than 30 days late.
They will no longer be able to maximize penalties based on the way they apply your payments.
No more double cycle billing, which charges interest on the previous months balance.
You'll … (10 comments)

asp realtor: Help for Renters - Fannie Mae Changes Policy - 12/18/08 09:18 AM
             Renters Now Allowed To Stay In Foreclosed Homes Until now, when the renter's landlord failed to pay the mortgage, and the home was foreclosed on, the renter was just plain out of luck - facing eviction even if they had been paying their rent.  Single family homes, and multi unit investment complexes would see the renters forced to move out. In the case of multi unit properties, this lack of cash flow clearly makes it more difficult for the property to sell later. Going into effect on January 9, 2009, Fannie Mae will begin acting as landlord, and will sign … (16 comments)

asp realtor: Wordless Wednesday - Winter Storm - 12/17/08 02:42 AM

 
 
Photos taken by Debi Boucher, all rights reserved and may not be reproduced without express written permission. Prudential Professional REALTORS, ASP REALTOR, Woodland Park Real Estate, Woodland Park Colorado 80863 – Serving the City of Woodland Park, Teller County, Ute Pass, and Park County since 1997.
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asp realtor: Speechless Sunday - From Colorado - Big Moon - 12/14/08 02:03 AM

 
Photos taken by Debi Boucher, all rights reserved and may not be reproduced without express written permission. Prudential Professional REALTORS, ASP REALTOR, Woodland Park Real Estate, Woodland Park Colorado 80863 – Serving the City of Woodland Park, Teller County, Ute Pass, and Park County since 1997.
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asp realtor: Wordless Wednesday - What's wrong with this picture? - 12/10/08 09:56 AM

All Photos taken by Debi Boucher, all rights reserved and may not be reproduced without express written permission. Prudential Professional REALTORS, ASP REALTOR, Woodland Park Real Estate, Woodland Park Colorado 80863 – Serving the City of Woodland Park, Teller County, Ute Pass, and Park County since 1997.
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asp realtor: Wordless Wednesday From Colorado - Robin in Winter - 12/10/08 01:27 AM

 
All Photos taken by Debi Boucher, all rights reserved and may not be reproduced without express written permission. Prudential Professional REALTORS, ASP REALTOR, Woodland Park Real Estate, Woodland Park Colorado 80863 – Serving the City of Woodland Park, Teller County, Ute Pass, and Park County since 1997.
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asp realtor: Speechless Sunday -From Colorado Fireworks - 12/07/08 04:02 AM

 
All Photos taken by Debi Boucher, all rights reserved and may not be reproduced without express written permission. Prudential Professional REALTORS, ASP REALTOR, Woodland Park Real Estate, Woodland Park Colorado 80863 – Serving the City of Woodland Park, Teller County, Ute Pass, and Park County since 1997.
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asp realtor: Woodland Park, Colorado - Current Market Information - 12/05/08 04:03 AM
Current Woodland Park Home Values Compared to One Year Ago
The following provides information for the differences in home values in the City of Woodland Park between October 2007 and October 2008.
 
 
 
On the average, our prices are down 4.3%, with the greatest drop in values affecting 4  bedroom homes which are down 10%, 3 bedroom homes down 5.7%, and 2 bedroom homes down 4.1%.
Current Average                                                    1 Year Ago Average
2 bedroom - 162,500                                                  169,500
3 bedroom - 200,000                                                  212,000
4 bedroom - 294,000                                                  326,600
 
The average price per square foot in the past year has … (0 comments)

asp realtor: Remodeling Projects - What Pays Off and What Doesn't? - 12/03/08 11:01 AM
Cost Vs. Value - Home Improvement Projects
REALTOR Magazine has come out with this year's report on the home improvement projects that will best help in getting the home sold, and give the seller the most return for their money. Based on national averages, they say, exterior remodel projects such as siding, decks, and replacement windows will provide the most return. On the inside, only a kitchen remodel comes close to the same return, and a minor upgrade will return more than a major remodel, 79.5% vs. 76%.
The following percentages are REALTOR Magazines' 2008 Colorado average returns on the money … (7 comments)

asp realtor: Wordless Wednesday-From Colorado 12/3/08 - 12/03/08 01:45 AM
Wordless Wednesday - From Colorado 12/3/08

 
 
 
 
 
 
All Photos taken by Debi Boucher, all rights reserved and may not be reproduced without express written permission. Prudential Professional REALTORS, ASP REALTOR, Woodland Park Real Estate, Woodland Park Colorado 80863 – Serving the City of Woodland Park, Teller County, Ute Pass, and Park County since 1997.
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asp realtor: Wordless Wednesday - From Colorado 11/26 - 11/26/08 10:58 AM
Wordless Wednesday from Colorado 11/26

 
 
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asp realtor: Happy Thanksgiving - The Blind Farmer - 11/23/08 06:59 AM
                                                             Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!
                                                         Have a Wonderful and Safe Holiday!
 
                      
 

May your stuffing be tasty May your turkey plump, May your potatoes and gravy Have never a lump. May your yams be delicious And your pies take the prize, And may your Thanksgiving dinner Stay off your thighs! -Unknown Author  
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asp realtor: Division of Real Estate Raises Fees - A Trend? - 11/21/08 12:45 PM
60 Percent Drop in Colorado Licensee Applications
There was a time when folks were clammering to get their real estate licenses. It seems THOSE days are over! (No surprise here).
John Rebchook from the Rocky Mountain News reported today that the Colorado Division of Real Estate is raising fees due to a major drop in license applications - a 60% drop!  Director Erin Toll says that the division is increasing fees to cover  4.1 million in costs. "In Colorado, all real estate programs are 100 percent cash funded," she says. Increases will effect licensing and renewal fees for brokers and subdivision … (15 comments)

asp realtor: Great New Twist on "Amber Alert" - 11/20/08 08:42 AM
Colorado Jails To Provide Inmates With "Missing Persons" Playing Cards
Just ran across this article by Joel Warner. I think it's a terrific idea, and may help return hundreds of children to their families, and at the very least, solve, until now, unsolved crimes against children. The Colorado Department of Corrections will replace the jail's playing cards with cards that have photographs of missing persons, and homicide victims of unsolved cases. The hope, of course, is that will lead to inmates coming forward with information to solve these crimes. I think it's a great idea. The company that manufactures the cards, … (18 comments)

asp realtor: Wordless Wednesday From Colorado - 11/19/08 12:31 AM
Wordless Wednesday - From Colorado
 
                   
 
 
 
 
All Photos taken by Debi Boucher, all rights reserved and may not be reproduced without express written permission. Prudential Professional REALTORS, ASP REALTOR, Woodland Park Real Estate, Woodland Park Colorado 80863 – Serving the City of Woodland Park, Teller County, Ute Pass, and Park County since 1997.
 
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asp realtor: Wordless Wednesday - The Zoo - 11/12/08 10:09 AM
Wordless Wednesday - From Colorado
 

 
 
All Photos taken by Debi Boucher, all rights reserved and may not be reproduced without express written permission. Prudential Professional REALTORS, ASP REALTOR, Woodland Park Real Estate, Woodland Park Colorado 80863 – Serving the City of Woodland Park, Teller County, Ute Pass, and Park County since 1997.
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asp realtor: Wordless Wednesday-Kasey - 11/05/08 12:16 AM
Wordless Wednesday- From Colorado
 
            
 
 
 
All Photos taken by Debi Boucher, all rights reserved and may not be reproduced without express written permission. Prudential Professional REALTORS, ASP REALTOR, Woodland Park Real Estate, Woodland Park Colorado 80863 – Serving the City of Woodland Park, Teller County, Ute Pass, and Park County since 1997.
 
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asp realtor: Interesting and Totally Useless Factoids! - 11/02/08 01:57 PM
 
No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
 
'Dreamt' is the only English word that ends in the letters 'MT.
 
The words 'racecar,' 'kayak' and 'level' are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes). Yep, you're trying it, aren't you?
 
A snail can sleep for three years.  
(I know some people that could do this too!)
 
Babies are born without kneecaps. 
 They don't appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age.
 
            Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors In the last 4,000 … (24 comments)

asp realtor: Newspapers Moving to "Online" ONLY- Not just the RE section! - 11/01/08 02:09 PM
                                                               July 29, 2008
Well, its official:  The Los Angeles Times has published its last Sunday real estate section of its newspaper. 
There's a journalism term for finishing an edition's work: You put the section to bed. When I started as a part-timer in this department 28 1/2 years ago under then-editor Dick Turpin, I never dreamed that one day I'd be putting the section to bed for good. -- Lauren Beale, Real Estate editor
 
                                         Looks like it's NOT just the Real Estate … (14 comments)

asp realtor: The Four Stages of Life-A Little Humor for Your Weekend - 10/31/08 12:56 PM
                                                     The Four Stages of Life  
A little humor to take you into your weekend - IMHO, this is a pretty accurate depiction of the progress!
I'm somewhere between the last two. Where do you fit in?
 
                                  
 
 
 

 
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