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vancouver washington: 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)

vancouver washington: 4.875% (4.99% APR) in 02/20/09 Mortgage Market Commentary and News For Washington & Oregon - 02/20/09 12:52 PM
 
Ed Bisquera Mortgage Consultant Portland Oregon Vancouver Washington
 
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)

vancouver washington: 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)

vancouver washington: Why are interest rates seemingly rising lately? It's simple... - 01/22/09 01:34 PM
You may be wondering why rates are rising again. Simply, borrower demand is driving up pricing, because banks raise their rates as the available capacity starts to feel pressure and leads to them wanting to realize greater profits (not such a big surprise here).  Hopefully this will ease demand, so if rates continue to see demand from borrowers, they (banks, in reaction to investors) start to drive the pricing of interest rates up to ease the capacity. You'll see this occur, because it's basically the rule of supply and demand, amongst other factors as you will read below in this re-post of … (4 comments)

vancouver washington: 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)

vancouver washington: Vancouver Washington: Charming Split Level at $169,900 - 01/07/09 01:06 PM
(Use of ePropertySites nabs 2 leads in 10 minutes!) Below is an example of a single property website currently active and was posted on a Wed of last week (12/31/08).  I immediately fielded 2 calls from the listing, as it was one-clicked posted to Craigslist (a feature of using my service) and I also captured their phone number, because the potential buyer used the FREE mobile text for more info feature. (If you've ever wanted to use mobile text for more info, a call-capture tool to get prospects to txt with their phone, you get this valuable feature included in my … (0 comments)

 

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