Shawn's Blog - Archives January, 2009

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Let's Find a Bright Spot.....Please! - 01/26/09 10:20 AM

I have truly been searching for something to hang our hat on moving forward but today did not do us any justice....at least from a recovery standpoint. You see with the economy in a recession and companies sales really falling by the way side we get the following; Sprint laying off … (0 comments)

So Much for Government Intervention - 01/21/09 04:43 PM

Well, what once was thought to be a good thing is now gone by the way side and actually sputtered some more. What am I talking about? Mortgage interest rates have gone from one extreme to the other. The morning of December 17th saw ALL TIME low mortgage rates for a … (0 comments)

Will Things Get Worse? - 01/19/09 11:24 AM

The above questions is something that seems to be on everyone's mind lately. I recently (last week) received 4 phone calls from past clients facing some very serious decisions. Two of them had lost their job due to the current economic woes and the other two had seen their salaries cut … (0 comments)

Absolutely Unreal Times! - 01/14/09 02:17 PM

I thought I had seen it all but every time I feel things have ran there course another whirlwind hits us. I'm sure it's no surprise but December holiday sales were down 2.7% and excluding auto's were down 3.1% more than double the expectations by most economists of 1.3% and marked … (0 comments)

The Mortgage Rate Myth - 01/12/09 10:17 AM

We all know that a small refinance boom is taking place and I cannot say enough how thankful I am to be swamped with business. However, I continue to get phone call after phone call with regards to the "media driven" 4.5% mortgage rates. First, let me say that mortgage rates … (0 comments)

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