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2011
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It's been a while since I posted anything about one of my favorite people, your landlord. You know, the guy who just raised your rent and scolded you for not following all his rules. Landlords are renters' favorite people, I guess. They must be your favorite, because you're making their mortga...
05/11/2011
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This is not news, at least it's not any different than any other May in Minnesota. I guess it's unnews. The legislature is mandated to end its session at the same time each year. In 2011, the annual meeting of the dolittles will end on May 23. As tradition has it, they are still in the name c...
05/10/2011
Much of the media and public attention to housing is focused on economics and the economic health of the industry. The by-product of the spewing of sometimes questionable data is that influences some folks' home buying decisions. They are making a decision to correct a lifestyle deficiency bas...
05/09/2011
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A couple weeks ago, I wrote about an alert sent to me by Nash Law Firm in which a required addendum from Wells Fargo creates a fiduciary duty of both listing and selling agents to the bank. Yesterday I received an update that indicates Wells is backing off from their position, sort of. Read the...
05/07/2011
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As principal components of the housing industry, we have to share some of the responsibility to bring it out of depression. A couple years ago, the national association publicly recognized the reality that ignoring it was no longer an option. Many of us have been critical of the press for repor...
05/05/2011
For the last few days, I have posted several of my ideas for getting the American housing and lending industry to a reasonable level of robustness. My belief is that the number of first time buyers is limited, and that it will take a return to the market of owner occupants buying homes from othe...
05/04/2011
Jay Beckingham, a Florida lender with years of experience and insight, has come up with another great out of the box idea that could help the housing and lending industries dig out of the hole of stagnation that has challenged the American economy for too many years. If you agree with him, if ...
05/04/2011
My post yesterday concerned the lack of improvement in the housing industry and what it will take to get America back to normal. The market today is dominated by investors and first time buyers, and that's not enough to support recovery. Yesterday, I suggested that underwater homeowners probabl...
05/03/2011
Yesterday, I wrote of the lingering stagnation of our housing industry. Much of the housing depression will continue until demographics change, but much can be done to raise the industry before then. We are in the midst of an unemployment level that just doesn't seem to want to improve. It is ...
05/02/2011
According to data supplied by Regional Multiple Listing Service of Minnesota, Inc., there are currently 315 homes listed for sale in Apple Valley. In the month of April, 65 offers were accepted, a quarter of which were listed the same month. Apple Valley has a good inventory of affordable homes...
05/01/2011
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