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market report: War Is Declared in 02/24/09 Real Estate Market Report by Mortgage Consultant Ed Bisquera - 02/25/09 08:00 PM

[For the most current issue click here] February 24, 2009 Real Estate & Economic Report from Ed Bisquera of Mortgage Express in the metro markets of Portland, Oregon & Vancouver, Washington. Featuring news for homebuyers, homeowners, realtors and the general real estate market. Watch this video below End of video War is Declared Congress and the President have declared war on the weak economy and especially on the housing market. That makes sense because it is the housing market that caused the economy to collapse and we will not have a recovery without a healthy or at least stable housing sector. … (1 comments)

market report: 4.875% (4.99% APR) in 02/20/09 Mortgage Market Commentary and News For Washington & Oregon - 02/20/09 12:52 PM
 
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Most rates improved today as mortgage bonds regain some of the losses from Thursday following the direction of Treasuries, which are busy gaining back yesterday’s losses.  Up and down…up and down.  The good news is mortgages, while trending in the same direction as Treasuries, have not seen the massive swings in price, thanks in part to the Fed’s intervention.  Let’s hope this trend continues as massive swings in rates coupled with longer turn times due to volume creates all kinds of problems for both brokers and lenders alike. The Dow has sunk below its November … (1 comments)

market report: Volatility reported in 01/27/09 Real Estate Market Report by Mortgage Consultant Ed Bisquera - 01/28/09 03:12 PM
 

[For the most current issue click here] January 28, 2009 Real Estate & Economic Report from Ed Bisquera of Mortgage Express metro markets of Portland, Oregon & Vancouver, Washington. Featuring news for homebuyers, homeowners, realtors and the general real estate market.



Volatility
If we could sum up the markets in one word right now, the word would be "volatility." The past several days we were volatile on the downside for stocks and bonds. And up for oil. It is interesting because at least one pattern was broken. In the past few months rates and oil prices … (1 comments)

market report: Will recession end? 01/20/09 Real Estate Market Report for Portland, OR & Vancouver, WA - 01/21/09 03:25 PM

[For the most current issue click here] January 20, 2009 Real Estate & Economic Report from Ed Bisquera of Mortgage Express metro markets of Portland, Oregon & Vancouver, Washington. Featuring news for homebuyers, homeowners, realtors and the general real estate market. What Will Cause The Recession To End?
To understand what will cause the recession to end, we must understand what caused the recession. There were many causes, but the most visible culprit was an uncontrolled real estate boom. First it was the sub-prime crisis halting the boom. The government indicated that real estate would weather the crisis. Well, the … (0 comments)

market report: Some Daunting Numbers for US in Real Estate Market Report for 01/13/09 - 01/13/09 12:20 PM
[For the most current issue click here] Jan 13, 2009 Real Estate & Economic Report from Ed Bisquera of Mortgage Express metro markets of Portland, Oregon & Vancouver, Washington. Featuring news for homebuyers, homeowners, realtors and the general real estate market. Daunting Numbers It was not like we were not warned. They were expected. Yet, the reality of the numbers were quite sobering. The employment statistics for December and 2008 were horrific to say the least. Over 2.5 million jobs were lost in 2008 and the loss in December alone was over 500,000. The job losses caused the unemployment rate to … (1 comments)

market report: How Housing Prices Performing In Long Run? in 01/06/09 Real Estate, Mortgage, Market & Economic Report - 01/06/09 12:05 PM
Below is today's Real Estate Report, Economic Commentary and Mortgage Rate Review, courtesy of blog from Ed Bisquera, Mortgage Consultant to Oregon & Washington (Vancouver, Washington & Portland, Oregon metro areas).


January 6, 2009


The Big Question - How Are Housing Prices Performing?
In the past week we gave some perspective regarding how housing prices have performed in the long run. Despite the recent precipitous drop in prices, housing as an investment performs strongly when you look at the big picture. On the other hand, we can’t ignore the fact that prices have fallen significantly in the … (0 comments)

market report: 2.0% Mortgage Rates? in Dec 23, 2008 Real Estate Report Portland Oregon Economic commentary, Mortgage Rates and News - 12/30/08 06:14 PM

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market report: Dec 16, 2008 Real Estate Report Newsletter for Portland Oregon & Vancouver Washington Economic commentary, Mortgage Rates and News - 12/30/08 06:05 PM
 
 
Five or 10 years from now, when the financial crisis has ended and housing prices are up smartly once more, we will look in the rearview mirror and realize that we missed a golden age for first-time home buyers. Then, everyone who sat on their down payment savings accounts for a few years too long will kick themselves for not taking advantage of what may turn out to be the buying opportunity of a lifetime for those who can qualify for a mortgage. Unfortunately, we do not know when this golden age will begin, because we will be able … (0 comments)

 

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