I found this article to be very interesting and thought I would throw it out tehre and see what some of your thoughts are: Last Wednesday, February 1, President Obama announced the details of a plan to help homeowners refinance their mortgages in…

In this new market, real estate professionals need to rethink some of their prior customer service techniques to accommodate new trends, and restructure their marketing policies. Home prices will likely bump along the bottom before a sustained…

Being connected 24/7 was supposed to make our lives easier but it seems as though that’s not the case. Real-estate professionals, especially in this economy often feel that they didn’t get enough done in a day. Being connected in this…

Freddie Mac recently released the results of a recent survey displaying mortgage rates falling to new all-time record lows for all products enclosed in the survey helping to keep homebuyer affordability high. The average for the 30-year fixed…

The Federal Reserve just suggested demanding banks to make certain that debtors can repay their mortgages before they give them a loan. This may sound clear-cut and not uncommon, but there are a few specifics that I thought were of interest. This…

Home prices this year stopped their decline and gain momentum across all markets as more and more individual markets stabilize. Though national prices will be level the majority of markets are estimated to stabilize in 2012. Clear Capital…

I found this article recently and thought I would share: The white paper, The U. S. Housing Market: Current Conditions and Policy Considerations, calls for increased lending to creditworthy home buyers and more loan modifications, mortgage…

Bonney Lake Lake Tapps Livin~365 Things to do DAY 209: Bonney Lake Lake Tapps Livin ~365 Things to do The Puyallup Home & Garden Show is a show designed for homeowners in all stages of remodeling, landscaping and decorating their homes…

And the Sellers are so excited! I’m always excited as well when a good offer comes in on a listing and we’re able to negotiate the finer points resulting in an accepted contract. The Sellers will be ticking off the very short list…

I stumbled upon this interesting article today By Margaret Kelly and thought I would share it. We have many reasons to be optimistic about housing. Past-due mortgages and foreclosure filings have been trending down in recent months, not to…

It’s no secret that the housing market has been discouraging for the last several years An unclear amount of info about rising and falling mortgage rates has solidified the market all but unreachable for a lot of potential home buyers…

Builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes edged up from a downwardly precedent according to the National Association of Home Builders Housing Market Index for December. This marks a third consecutive month in which…

Freddie Mac recently released some results indicating that average fixed mortgage rates are at or near their all-time lows. The 30-year fixed matched the average all-time record low of 3. 94 percent, and a new all-time record low was set for the 15…

The UFA Default Risk Index for the fourth quarter of 2011 edged lower from last quarter, which suggests that residential mortgage default and prepayment risks are continuing their return to normalcy. According to the latest UFA Mortgage Report by…