Jeff Castner's (jeffcastner) Blog

Is the real estate market really starting its comeback?  According to a number of trusted sources it seems the long awaited real estate comeback may have begun.  Real Trends reports the March homes sales were the best on a year over year comparison in the last 18 months.  Business Week has also r...

The concept of agency is one that has always been of interest. I remember looking at my first condo back in Columbus, OH and with in 2 minutes the listing agent handed me a document, asked me to sign it, and informed me that she would be representing me in the transaction. Without taking a breath...

According to Frontdoor.com we can expect the following in 2009 1)Continued Market Adjustments 2)Action from the OBama Administration 3)More Homeowner Assistance 4)A Calming of the Bank Chaos 5)More Review of Mortgage Underwriting 6)Low Prices & Low Rates 7)Cool Tech Devices 8)Wiser Consumers 9)Le...

As I crawled out of bed this morning and turned on the news I was amazed to here that "50% of all home owners with loan modification agreements are delinquent".  Assuming the report is true, I was wondering what this tells us about the current situation in which we find ourselves. I can only assu...

The past week's market activity shows that there were 515 transaction sides in the city of Chicago for the 7 day period ending 7 December 2008.  The total sales volume for the week was $195,019,021.  The numbers have remained fairly consistent since the beginning of November.  Fannie Mae anticipa...