James Wirth -- Web Production, Search Engine and Social Media Marketing

The National Association of Realtors recently made a statement from President Charles McMillan, entitled: Housing Stimulus and Stabilization Will Help Economic Recovery (That's an active link if you'd like to view the statement, but the title summarizes it well-enough) In a separate letter to Rea...

Not me, apparently... my apologies for the lack of postings in the past couple of weeks. Quite the buzz in the news today and I was tempted to rush out with a blog entry on the new tax benefit and how it will work. Except one thing: WE DON'T REALLY KNOW YET! Stay tuned for more on that soon. Here...

No, really. This one's to the point. 4.75 that is. That's what the rate was on January 27th, 2009. Here's what it looks like: 4.75% Rate / 4.899% APR P&I payment: $2,175.27Loan amount: $417,000Down payment/equity: 20%Loan Program: 30 Year Fixed Rates as of 01/27/09, subject to change without noti...

A close family member of mine (whose identity will remain undisclosed for their own protection) has jokingly proclaimed that it's acceptable to say something, let's say, non-positive, about someone as long as you follow it up with "bless their hearts" (thus canceling out any potentially inflammat...

Not exactly the way I wanted to come back from a holiday. As much as I'd love to take the day off and watch the proceedings, I'm really just ready for everybody to get to work! Oh -- speaking of which -- On Friday mortgage rates worsened, but that was somewhat expected because historically when t...

This is a little off-topic of my normal posts... With the lightning-speed distribution of news these days, most of us heard of the emergency crash-landing on the Hudson river within minutes of the event. After hearing that most survived, I breathed a sigh of relief and went on with my busy day. T...

Actually, I was referring to me or rather my lack of postings recently. I apologize for that! Rates, too, are basically unchanged from my last rate update, where they were, well, basically unchanged: http://activerain.com/blogsview/870483/Mortgage-Rate-Update-Basically-Unchanged The New York Fed ...

Well, maybe I should be careful what I wish for... rates are unchanged from my last mortgage rate update entry, Just click here to see where we are. This is the 3rd day in a row they've been at this rate.   In this case, I think I'm ok with mortgage rates just hanging out. The longer they stay at...

Except for some jockeying around as far as who's going to be the most competitive or who's all full-up with new loan applications, lenders priced their rate sheets with the same rate as the day before -- more or less...  4.625% Rate / 4.773% APR P&I payment: $2,143.96 Loan amount: $417,000Down pa...

Hmm... I can see how this could catch on. Here are the ones that immediately came to me: WYSINWYG: What Sign is Not What You Get. This is in reference to the $750billion bailout... or I mean... Troubled Asset Relief Program funds immediately being used for a purpose completely different than what...