Max de Vries' Blog

Statement on President Bush's Signing of Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief By NAR President Richard F. GaylordWASHINGTON, December 20, 2007 - "On behalf of the many individuals and families who would have been burdened by a tax after losing their home, the National Association of Realtors® thanks ...

Of-course our Government has the answers. LOLHow do they come up with it? As Bernanke is telling all of us how we need more laws against scrupulous lending practices. No #$@! Sherlock.You are also not allowed to drive through a red traffic light either.How about prosecuting everyone that is commi...

Here are some hot topics I pulled of the wire today. Enjoy them. Top StoriesGreenspan: Consumer Spending 'Reasonably Good' - Wall Street Journal Online - - reason, which is fascinating, if you look at the data, is that because of the decline in long-term rates, interest rates for a protracted per...

Countrywide. Are you really that naive? In the Valley Times in Livermore this morning I read the following article.Data from Countrywide Financial Corp. the nations largest mortgage lender shows that the number 1 reason that borrowers can't make their payments is not because the interest rate res...

It was an other morning as I am reading my paper I am listening to Meredith vierra, who apparently has become an expert in Real Estate overnight and some yahoo from a discount broker called Redfin.How embarrassing for our profession to have this guy using a soap box to make all of us look complet...

Here are some top stories I pulled of the wire today. I hope that you enjoy them.Top StoriesMortgages: U.S. mortgage rates move up: Freddie Mac - MarketWatch - - The 30-year fixed- rate mortgage averaged 6.11% this week, up from last week's 5.96% average. The 30-year averaged 6.12% a year ago. Th...

Here are some Top Stories I pulled of the wire today, I hope you enjoy them.  Pending home sales rise 0.6% in October - USA Today - - WASHINGTON (AP) - A trade group for real estate agents gave a slightly sunnier outlook for 2007 and 2008 ho...

These are some great articles we found . I thought that they might interest youTop StoriesMortgage Applications Surge In Latest MBA Weekly Survey - Mortgage Bankers Association - - Contacts: Name:Phone:Email: John Mechem(202) 557-2924jmechem@mortgagebankers.org WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 05, 2007...

I worked from home today and as I was talking on the phone to different title companies and clients I was peaking at MSNBC. between 11am and 1pm PST. They had 3 different articles about Real Estate. Funny thing about it was that they all gave different statistics in regards to home sales and pred...

I just want to say thank you to Fremont Bank.After I received an offer on a property in Livermore (Short Sale). I contacted the bank. They answered their phone within 3 rings gave me the info I needed. I submitted the entire package and within 48 hours we had an accepted offer. Anticipated closin...