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2007 

http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Banking/HomeFinancing/CountrywideTheMortgageMessAndYou.aspx?page=2MSN has this article today and it really points out additional issues that you probably didn't think of.  So many people have Countrywide mortgages that this is something that really could be a ...
08/20/2007
237 Rice Road is a very unique and rare offering available now for the discriminating buyer/s. 237 Rice Road is the first NEW single family dwelling available on the estate side/north end of Rice Road in over 10 years. Rice Road is among the most exclusive and picturesque (scenic) roads in the su...
08/19/2007
http://www.boston.com/business/globe/articles/2007/08/18/mortgage_crisis_may_hurt_sales_this_fall/?page=1The Boston Globe has always been notorious for stomping on the real estate market if it's already down...who knows why but in the recession of the late 80's and early 90's they just couldn't r...
08/18/2007
The NAR's latest survey says that home buyers in increasing numbers want garages with two or more spaces in their homes, according to the 2007 Profile of Buyers' Home Feature Preferences.The last survey was in 2004 and oversized garages saw the biggest growth in terms of what recent buyers consid...
08/18/2007
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Much to my surprise I am now personally on Google's first page for the key words that I would expect people searching for me would use..."Newton MA real estate".  My company is always on the first page of the key words "Newton real estate"...almost always in the #1 or #2 position...but this blog ...
08/18/2007
"I'm sorry.  I offered you too much money and now I have to apologize.  I put you in an uncomfortable situation and I regret it...so to make it up to you I want to say that I would still want you to work for our firm...and we will be happy under the circumstances to pay you less."Have you ever sa...
08/17/2007
1) ALL Borrowers must have one blue eye and one brown eye to qualify.2) LTV>65% SIVA requires minimum credit score of 8493)For all LTV>65%, 360 months of payment reserves now required4)Borrower's must have no previous bankruptcies in their family history going back three generations5)A minimum of...
08/16/2007
A few weeks ago I wrote a blog here about the possibility that Countrywide Mortgage was heading for bankruptcy.  I was half kidding about this though the subject is pretty serious.  I was owed advertising money from them for almost six months and it didn't look like I was ever going to see the mo...
08/15/2007
I had just about forgotten about Zillow until this week I was looking at another Weichert franchisee's web site and saw the Zillow query box on his web site.  Why is it there?  He's a professional and what is this Zillow thingy doing there?I think I know but I'm not sure it's worthy of his compan...
08/13/2007
First of all let's talk about what excites brokers on AR.  I write blogs about prospecting, SEO, recruiting and marketing and get a fairly good response.  I write a blog about blogging and the interest goes off the charts...guess bloggers and people that read blogs just love everything about blog...
08/13/2007
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