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09/30/2010
I thought this was a great little blog about some simple math that really should be an eye opener. Rates are historicly low, but it wont stay that way forever. Odds are that we will start seeing rates creeping up over the next 1-2 years. The math below really does a good job of shedding some ligh...
09/14/2010
I just wanted to take a moment to clear the air about something. I constantly am hearing that Banks are not lending! Seems that thanks to the media and all the doom and gloom news we keep hearing about when it comes to lending, everyone has the misconception that Banks are not lending and there i...
09/01/2010
    Is there really such a thing as bloggers block?I don't know if there is, but it certainly feels like it sometimes. Being new to active rain and blogging, it always seems to be a struggle to find the right content and then put it in the right format so that it peaks the interest of readers eno...
08/16/2010
Sometimes we do things in our business that just make no financial sense what so ever! Ok let me clear that up, since I know many people reading that first line in bold will immediately get the wrong impression. About a year or so ago I met a client who at the time was 92 years old. For the purpo...
07/26/2010
One Lady's Letter to Bank  So I received this in my email from a friend, as I do lots of Junk mail. This one however caught my attention because it gave a much needed chuckle. I don't know if there is any truth to any of what was listed in the email, but regardless it had great entertainment valu...
07/12/2010
Wow, I thought this was a Great Post and had to re-blog it. I love it. This has been an ongoing issue in our area. I can not begin to tell you how many times I talk to people who tell me about these outlandish claims that as industry professionals we can all agree do not exist-EVER! The latest a...
07/09/2010
    This was a post from another Realtor on the pretty much the other side of the country. I thought this was a great post, and demonstrates what we are facing not only at a local but also national level. The original post got a tremendous amount of comments, it will be interesting to see how man...
06/23/2010
I just got done reading a post from an agent who had a client that used a Internet lender rather than someone local who she trusted. It went on to say how terrible the experience was and how horrible of a job they did with regard to pretty much the entire transaction.      I have to agree that ma...
06/15/2010
Fannie Mae has been instituting new guidelines, which will affect the loan origination process. According to policies set forth in the Fannie Mae Loan Quality Initiative (LQI), Lenders are responsible for identifying and disclosing any new debts borrowers may have incurred just before closing, ch...
06/04/2010
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