According to an 88 page report from the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO), 65% of the 291 cities they monitor had "...positive four-quarter appreciation" in 2007...". This report is titled "Widespread House Declines in Fourth Quarter," but in reading the report, there is goo
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05/25/2008
Aparently the Massachusetts Attorney General changed some things to slow the foreclosure process down a little in MA. The only problem is, I am still seeing foreclosure activity. Maybe the information didn't get made public enough. Well if you click here you can read the MA General Laws and se
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05/24/2008
Every year someone stops in my office with a the question, "What is the Upper Cape?" There aren't really any traditional explanations. Most people when asked, will name the towns that are considered the Lower Cape, but they won't be able to tell you why they are called the Upper and Lower Cape.
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05/24/2008
The more I research MERS and how they operate, the more I think this is a major problem waiting to take the whole banking industry down. With thousands of members, ranging from FannieMae to small banks, the effect that MERS problems will have will be far reaching. It is slowly becoming mainstrea
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05/23/2008
As I study the MERS company more and more, I find that there are lawyers all over the country that have problems with how they conduct business. In MN, there is a current suit that is worth watching if you know someone in foreclosure. Here is one article I found about it. MERS is a big company
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05/23/2008
They are all important, so they are all numbered 1. The list is below. As you read the questions, ask yourself which you think is most important? And, are you following the leads of others, or leading the followers? Listings are the inventory of your personal business. Do you treat them with
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05/23/2008
Have you seen one of your past customers in foreclosure trouble lately? I ran across this HUD program that may help some keep their home until they can get back on their feet. It is called a HUD Partial Claim. The HUD site says, "Under the Partial Claim option, a mortgagee will advance funds o
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05/22/2008
It seems logical that the word function derives from Feng Shui. This current business of "feng shui-ing" your villa in order to sell seems as useful as burying Joseph upside down in the front yard. In Webster's dictionary, one definition of functional is "designed or developed chiefly from the
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05/20/2008
When I go to a listing, one of the first items on the agenda is the disclosure form. In MA you have to choose to be a Seller Agent, a Buyer Agent, a Facilitator, a designated Seller and Buyer agent, or a Dual Agent. So lets say the seller chooses for us to be a Seller Agent, because that is wha
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05/19/2008
Well, despite forecasts of rain all day, the sun shone. I was able to mow the yard, and fix a swing for the kids, and work on the dock, and then watch the Celtics and Red Sox win. Falmouth is an interesting location. So often the forecasters predict bad weather and then the storm moves to the n
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05/18/2008
