renal: Market update at glance January 2016
- 02/19/16 01:35 AM
LInk to full article market update january 2016 Market update at glance JANUARY 31ST 201 “READY SET GO!!, LOOKING AT 2016 ” January’s market update starts with “THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND BUSINESS”. The end of JANUARY 2016 numbers, closed sales up +17%, pending sales up +1 %, inventory up +12%, and interest rates up +5% from the year earlier. The interest rate trend of year over year declines did end in December and did not continued this month (JANUARY). My prediction, all things being equally, rates should be marginally higher in 2016 than 2015. Yet the wild card is the international markets (1 comments)
renal: rent vs buy
- 11/15/09 03:49 AM
Thought it might be useful to show the effect on interest rates on the decision to rent versus purchase a home. The comparisons contain over 4000 rental housing units advertised in 2009 and over 1150 closed home transactions. Payment figure a financing of 100% of purchase price 5% interest rate for 30 years showing the principal and interest payment. Taxes and insurance are not included, yet if you factored in the tax savings versus the tax & insurance costs it's about a wash. The following charts do not take into account the benefit of $8,000 tax credit given to you (3 comments)
renal: Real Estate In Slump? Not Here
- 12/16/07 04:52 AM
News article from the Billings newspaper The Billings Gazette, written by Jan Falstad, December 16, 2007 http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/12/16/news/business/28-haveyouheard.txt