Roger Davidson's (rog57) Blog

Maumee local mortgage interest rates dropped slightly today to 4.75% on a thirty year fixed rate mortgage, and down to 4% on a fifteen year fixed, a thirty year FHA remained unchanged at 4.75%. We're going to have a beautiful day here in Maumee on Wednesday, I'm going to try to make time to check...

Maumee Real Estate Update 3/14/2011.  Maumee real estate is picking up this spring.  Prices have stabilized and are trending up a bit.  With local interest rates holding in the 4.875% range for a conventional thirty year fixed rate mortgage, and 4.125 to 4.25% for a fifteen year fixed, interest r...

It looks like another lovely day here in Maumee.  We move our clocks ahead one hour tonight and get an extra hour of daylight tomorrow. (Yaaaayy)  This sure does make it a little easier to show properties to those buyers that have to look in the evening after work.  Daylight Savings Time was orig...

Maumee Real Estate Update for 3/11/11.  Here's your Maumee real estate info heading into the weekend.  We've had another condo enter the market in Maumeesince the last update.  This condo is right on the Maumee River, has 2836 square feet of luxurious living space, 3 beds, 3.5 baths, and a full b...

I hope everyone is having a good day.  It's pretty cloudy in Maumee today, but it's still a great day. Two new single family listings have come on the market in the last two days.  One is a two story with 1769 square feet, four bedrooms, 2.5 baths, and a full basement.  Priced at $118,895, locate...

Dryer sheets, you gotta love 'em.  Just throw them in the dryer and the clothes all come out nice and soft and smelling nice and no cling.  Very convenient. There is a drawback to this wonderful little invention, though.  I think we all know to clean the lint off the dryer filter after every load...

Maumee, Ohio Real Estate Update for March 8th 2011.  Today there are 86 single family homes currently for sale in the city of Maumee, Ohio today.  These homes are priced from $58,900 to $1.5M.  The homes listed are all in the Maumee School district which is rated 'Excellent' by the state of Ohio....

First time buyers trying to keep their costs down or those looking to buy a fixer-upper so you can make the improvements that YOU want may want to check into the 203k loan program offered by FHA. As with other FHA loans the minimum down payment is only 3.5%, and credit requirements aren't quite a...

Thinking about putting your home on the market this spring?  The first thing you should do (after calling me of course) is look at your home from the street.  This is that all important first impression - curb appeal - your house will make on a prospective buyer.  If you think your home looks jus...

I guess the scare-the-heck out of the public email about the 3% 'real estate' sales tax is making the rounds again.  I actually thought we had put this one to rest, apparently I couldn't have been more wrong. I was asked about this again recently while working with a potential client about sellin...