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Mortgage Rates Are NOT On Vacation Summer is here, but Mortgage Rates Are Not on Vacation! In weeks like this, Mortgage Rates usually take their directional guidance from the general sentiment of the stock market. Very simply, if stock market indexes rise, Mortgage Rates will rise; if the stock m...

5 FREE Tips for Bristol CT Real Estate Agents (edit/delete) 5 FREE TIps for Bristol CT Real Estate Agents As a professional Bristol CT Real Estate Agent, you know how easy it is to to get burned by prospective home buyers. Tire kickers are time wasters. So the next time you meet someone at an ope...

Home Buyer Tax Credit To Be Extended Homebuyers Could Get More Time to Claim Tax Credit First-Time Homebuyers looking to land an $8,000 Tax Credit, and Move-Up Home Buyers hoping for a $6,500 Tax Credit windfall may have a little more time to close on their purchases if a Senate amendment unveile...

5 FREE TIps for CT Real Estate Agents As a professional CT Real Estate Agent, you know how easy it is to to get burned by prospective home buyers. Tire kickers are time wasters. So the next time you meet someone at an open house or get a call to show them your listing, be prepared to set yourself...

Clockwork Repertory Theater Presents "First Things First" through April 3. Clockwork Repertory Theatre in Oakville, CT picked the notoriously funny play "First Things First" to help beat the winter and recession blues. Pete and George are old friends. In fact, they are such good buddies that Geor...

Buying Your First Home in CT? Those Who Wait Will Pay Thousands More Later This Spring Waiting a few weeks or even a few extra days to buy your first home in CT this spring could cost borrowers thousands of extra dollars given the many regulatory changes HUD and FHA are putting in place. We all ...

Clockwork Repertory Theatre Presents "A Sting in the Tale" through February 20, 2010 Clockwork Repertory Theatre in Oakville, CT picked "A Sting in the Tale" as the second show of its 32nd season. This successful British play written by Brian Clemens and Brian Spooner and directed by Susan Pantel...

Rotary Club of Watertown CT 2010 Academic Scholarship (Watertown, CT 12/21/2010) The Rotary Club of Watertown, CT announced today that the Application for their 2010 Academic Scholarship is now available on-line at www.watertownctrotary.org  Applications can also be obtained from the Guidance De...

FHA Mortgages On Verge of Being More Expensive and Tougher to Get FHA may tighten homebuyer requirements with plans to Raise Credit Score Standards, Reduce Seller Concessions, Increase MI Premiums and Increase Down Payment Requirements in reports by the Washington Post and Mortgage News Daily (12...

The Right Bristol CT Mortgage - Purchase or Refinance at the best Mortgage Rate! Rick Cignoli is Mortgage Professional with expertise in all areas of FHA and Conventional Mortgage lending in CT focusing on the Bristol CT Mortgage market. Understanding his Mortgage clients' needs with honest answe...