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2010 

Museum goers can visit select Atlanta area museums for FREE on Saturday, September 25th.  Ten Atlanta area museums will be participating in the Sixth Annual Smithsonian Museum Day.   These metro Atlanta museums will duplicate the Smithsonian Institution’s free admission special for that day.  Nex...
09/18/2010
Mortgage Bonds opened in positive territory this morning.  This comes after the Labor Department announced that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) came in near expectations with an increase of 0.3%.  July experienced a similar increase.  The CPI is gauge used to measure inflation. Excluding volatile ...
09/17/2010
Once again, Mortgage Bonds opened lower this morning.  This comes after a rough afternoon of trading yesterday which results in a worsening of mortgage rates late in the day.  Today's economic news is mixed bag.  The Initial Claims were lower than expectations.  The inflation at the wholesale lev...
09/16/2010
Mortgage Bonds opened lower on Wednesday morning.  This comes after less than stellar manufacturing data was released.  New York 's Empire Manufacturing Index dropped to 4.1 in September.  This is down significantly from the August's 7.1 reading.  Analysts has only predicted a decline of 6.4.    ...
09/16/2010
The Freddie Mac First Look Initiative now gives home buyers 15 days of exclusive access to buy a HomeSteps property as their primary residence.  Freddie Mac announced today that it is expanding the Freddie Mac First Look Initiative on its HomeSteps listings.  The First Look Initiative goes into ...
09/15/2010
The momentum gained from yesterday's rally also carries through to today.  Treasuries and mortgage bonds once again opened to high levels.  This rally comes as economic growth is still of concern.  Economic data this morning revealed better than expected results.  Retails sales increased .04% in ...
09/14/2010
Following a tough week for Mortgage Bonds last week, they have regained some lost ground today.  This is all while the stocks are trading higher.  This also comes after the European Commission increased their outlook for this year's growth from 0.9% to 1.7%. Also calming fears, the Basel Committ...
09/13/2010
On September 12, 2010, Tyler Perry is set to auction off the contents of one of his recent real estate purchases.  Perry is the newest owner of Dean Gardens, the 58-acre estate located on Old Alabama Rd in Johns Creek. The $7.6 million sale was completed in late July, although Perry was not ident...
09/12/2010
According to revised population figures released yesterday by the US Census Bureau, Atlanta had the 8th largest population increase in the country.  This ranking is for communities who added at least 100,000 residents during the 9 year period of 2000-2009.   The city of Atlanta added 122,009 resi...
09/11/2010
Once again, economic optimism has driven stocks higher this morning.  This rally comes after the Wholesale Inventories report improves the most in two years.  According to the Commerce Department, wholesale inventories jumped 1.6% in July.  This is much better than the 0.4% increase that had bee...
09/10/2010
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