Lois's Blog

The Supreme Court has voided the Third Court of Appeals ruling which had said the Immigration Law in Hazleton, Pa. was unconstitutional.  What the Supreme Court has done is send this issue back to the Third Circuit Court to hear arguments. Hazelton wants to stop businesses from hiring illegals, a...

 Good Morning...Here is today's market update from the Think Big Work Small Guys.  Today the boys have an interesting discussion on In House Lenders and whether they violate the RESPA charter.  They also ask the question if this commingling relationship is beneficial to the customer.  See what yo...

Good Morning...Here is today's market update from the Think Big Work Small Guys.  This morning's discussion focuses on Ensuring Compliance with the Fair Housing Act; USA 4 Sale Networking, Inc. is paying $15,000 in settlement charges for violating the Fair Housing Act.  They also go over works yo...

Good Morning...Here is today's market update from the Think Big Work Small Guys.  This morning the discussion is all about our housing market, foreclosures and buyers. While we can't do anything about the Foreclosure situation we can do something about loosening the underwriter guidelines for buy...

Good Morning...Here is today's market update from the Think Big Work Small Guys.  Today's discussion touches on several areas: Housing prices down 2/10 % from February, Change your message to Buyers, Consumer Confidents hist a 6 month low, and Googel making changes in API Mapping - BING may be al...

Another Sunset Celebration on the Pier 06/01/2011  8:00 PM  Join everyone at the beautiful Cape Coral Yacht Club for their Wednesday, June 1 Sunset Celebration on the  Pier.  This great event is FREE to the public and goes from 5-8pm.  Enjoy the great sounds of Mike Spain while you relax on the b...

Good Afternoon...Here is today's market update from the Think Big Work Small Guys.  Today the boys are discussing Qualified Residential Mortgages Under Fire do to the Dodd-Frank bill which would require 20% down or carrying 5% of the loan.  Also, 2 firms have to pay for Improper Military Foreclos...

Good Afternoon...Here is today's industry update from the Think Big Work Small Guys.  Once again the boys are talking about FHA changing their down payment requirement to 5%, and NAR stating this increase is not good for the consumer; the 1.5% increase will discourage buyers.  On their list today...

Good Morning....Here is today's market update from the Think Big Work Small Guys.  Today's discussion is about HUD being paid 1.2 million dollars from US Bank.  The settlement was three times larger than what was defaulted on.  Also discussed is the mid-west disasters and insurance companies. Thi...

I just can't help myself, I have to laugh.  The President of the United States visits the Queen of England and signs the Westminster Abby book with the wrong date (2008).  Nothing like making your mark in history.  You know that mishap will follow him for the rest of his life.  How embarassing?  ...