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  Borrowers always ask me if I think interest rates will go up or go down.  I can now tell them with 100% certainty what will happen. Here it is...... Interest Rates will stay the same  - they will never change. Does that sound odd to you?  I agree that it might. However, it is true, and I will n...

After a new clients asked to to explain what closing costs were typical in Stamford, CT.... and wanted to know why, as someone who was buying CASH, would she have ANY closing costs,  I began thinking a little explanation of closing costs and what they are, was in order for my buyers in Stamford. ...

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  Even though it may sometimes seem like it, home building and design trends are not conjured up using a crystal ball!  They are the result of surveys, observations, lifestyles, socioeconomic issues, entertainment, technology, and most importantly, the needs and desires of buyers....     Here are...

Guidelines and Information Regarding Use and Misuse of REALTOR® How are you using the registered membership mark REALTOR®?  A few folks have contacted me recently asking how they can change their ActiveRain Profile user name, their Blog name, and their Outside Blog domain names?  The reason?  Bec...

FHA Changes the Rules for Buying a Stamford Home for Sale (Well really ALL homes :) )   The FHA, or Federal Housing Administration, has helped many a homeowner buy a Stamford home for sale by providing mortgage insurance through FHA-approved lenders. However, a change in policy, announced in Janu...

Most readers of my blog will know we've been focused on buliding unique community engagement strategies with our Breaking News platform. This slideshow explains what we've been learning about broadcasting local breaking news across various channels within the social media. The web traffic is inst...

I often get asked, does Zillow account for Foreclosures when calculating a Zestimate?  Short answer: no.  However the long answer is very interesting.  Recently Zillow released a white paper where we looked at the question of if Foreclosures constituted a distinctly separate market from non-Forec...

  Is it possible? Is this the year to buy stamford real estate? Why would 2010 be special? Well, let’s look at the current house hunting conditions, which might give some insight:   Home prices are lower than they’ve been since 2003. According to the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR), the ...

Thanks for the post!!! LIMITS ON MORTGAGE INTEREST DEDUCTION was once a "sacred cow" of tax law.  No more. The American home owner is square in the sights of the budget released today.  On October 25, 2008, a bolt of lightening struck me and I realized that there is no income protection safe from...