New Measures May Make For A Stronger Economy The Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee released its customary after-meeting statement on Wednesday. In the context of meeting its dual mandate of stabilizing pricing and achieving maximum employment was discussed. The FOMC statem
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10/31/2013
What Is A Zombie Title? With the economic downturn, anyone dealing in real estate quickly became familiar with previously little-known terms such as foreclosure and short sale. Now that the housing market is picking back up and people are moving on, a new term is coming to light — zombie
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10/30/2013
Should You Consider Refinancing Your Home Mortgage? Refinancing your home mortgage may be that golden opportunity you have been looking for. You will be able to lock in today’s low interest rate for the next 15 or 30 years. You may want to investigate now while interest rates are still low,
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10/25/2013
City Lights Or Starlit Nights, Where Do You Want To Be? Are you looking to buy a new home? Are you wondering whether you should be looking for properties that are right in the center of the city or property in a rural area a short drive away? The rural or urban decision will ultimately be up
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10/23/2013
How Did Our Government's Shutdown Really Impact Existing Home Sales Existing home sales for September fell by 1.90 percent from August’s revised reading of 5.39 million sales to 5.29 million sales. Economists had expected 5.30 million sales for September, so a slow-down in existing home sales
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10/22/2013
We just got the latest info from USDA regarding the GUS (Automated UW System). In a nutshell, here’s what they said. They hope (keyword is hope) that they will be up and running by October 21. They will not be able to process lender submitted loan closings until late next week (no date given b
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10/18/2013
Get Creative With Those Fallen Leaves The kids are back in school, the weather is beautiful and your yard is covered in a layer of fallen leaves. Yep, it’s that time of the year again, but don’t think of fall leaves as a chore. They can be a great resource for fertilizing your lawn or eve
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10/18/2013
Builders Still Have A Positive Outlook The National Association of Homebuilders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index dropped two points to 55 from September’s revised reading of 57. Builder have concerns over labor costs and availability and economic uncertainty related to the federal government
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10/17/2013
Tips To Make Your Final Walkthrough A Breeze Before Closing The final walkthrough on your property is approaching quickly and the home buying process is almost complete. Remember, it is still important to pay close attention to this final step, as it will be crucial in the success of your hom
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10/15/2013
I wanted to share this research done by Zephoria - who do a great job of simplifying the volumes of stats published by FaceBook on their effectivity and worldwide reach. Many of my agents are still fearfull of using FaceBook and most importantly how to monetize it - these top 20 stats especiall
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10/11/2013
