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washington: 2.0% Rates? in Dec 30, 2008 Real Estate Report Portland Oregon & Vancouver Washington-Economic commentary, Mortgage Rates and News - 12/30/08 06:25 PM
December 30, 2008
Happy New Year - Have a Safe Time Ringing In 2009
by Ed Bisquera
For those worried about the economy and their investments, it may not seem like a very happy New Year. However, it is times like these that we should stop and reflect upon our long-term blessings. Worried about home prices going down? Yes, median prices were down to around 180,000 last month. This drop was over 13.0% in one year and represented the largest one-year plunge since the depression. Would you like some perspective? Median home prices were approximately $80,000 in 1990. In other words, … (0 comments)
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washington: 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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washington: 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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washington: 4.5% A Reality?: 12/16/08 Real Estate Report for Washington & Oregon - 12/17/08 12:57 PM
...from The Desk of Ed Bisquera Mortgage Express
The 4.5% Solution
Nothing gets the markets more excited than the government talking about lowering rates to record levels. Ever since the Treasury floated a plan that would have the government buying loans at 4.5%, it has caused a stir that we have not seen for some time in the real estate markets. Many questions remain. For example, who would be eligible for these loans? Preliminary information would indicate that these loans would be for purchases only. The government could also restrict these loans to those with good credit, first-time buyers and/or low-to-moderate … (0 comments)
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washington: The 4.5% Solution and Real Estate Investing in next 5-10 years... - 12/17/08 12:08 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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washington: Holiday greetings with a few words of inspiration..Best wishes everyone! - 12/11/08 11:58 AM
Hi all, just wanted to wish you and yours Happy Holidays and share with you these words of inspiration during this season. May you all have a great holiday season and a blessed new year.
Thank you again for all your well wishes, comments, words of wisdom, advice and friendship. I've learned a lot from many other of you blogging here on Activerain, this short time I've been here and I look forward to getting to know many more of you "virtually" over the coming months, as we survive through this Real Estate market.
Sincerely,
Ed, Jaz (12) & … (5 comments)
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washington: 4.875% today! (5.045% APR) Amazing rates still continue to help homeowners during holidays - 12/10/08 03:09 PM
Rates for refinancing and purchase mark this a perfect storm to take action
(Portland, OR & Vancouver, WA)
Another record week, with rates for FHA, VA & 30/20/15 YR Conventional sitting in the low 5's. At one search today for a client, at 4.75% (4.9% APR) for 15 YR Fixed!
For FHA, VA, Conventional and even Investment properties, it's a beautiful time to look at getting a loan scenario quote and a full report on savings, by getting a mortgage savings report, including time to recoup closing costs of refinancing loan and comparison to what you have now.
FHA, Interest … (2 comments)
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washington: Dec 9, 2008 Real Estate Report Newsletter for Portland Oregon & Vancouver Washington Economic commentary, Mortgage Rates and News - 12/09/08 09:02 AM
December 9, 2008
Extraordinary Numbers
The numbers coming out of the markets are absolutely extraordinary. How about gas at $1.70 per gallon just a few months after it was over $4.00 per gallon? How about the loss of over a half a million jobs in one month? In addition, the government looks to be spending about $1 trillion dollars to save the economy from recession. That may include a target rate 4.5% for some purchase loans. The numbers are virtually mind-numbing. These numbers also let us know that it does not make sense to predict what will happen in the future. … (0 comments)
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washington: Improve your real estate listing's SEO with a single property website you can create through ePropertySites.com - 12/04/08 02:52 PM
Below is an example of utilizing a single property website I created in under 3 minutes, to quickly create HTML code to post in your Active Rain blog, to market your listings via the power of Active Rain and numerous other sites, such as Zillow or Trulia.
Utilizing an account I provide at ePropertySites.com, you can create an unlimited number of single property websites, for marketing your listings or anyone else's if you are a buyer agent and simplify posting to multiple websites.With 2 clicks, you can take the info at http://nw89thst.ePropertySites.com and repost a HTML-friendly version on your blog.
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