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April 2010

Tax Credit Still Available for Troops!

April 30, 2010

Thank God For Those Who Have Served! We all owe a debt of gratitude to the men and women who have served this country in times of peace and times of conflict.  They preserve the freedoms the rest of us too often take for granted.  As a nation, there are too few times we properly [...]

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Less Players, More Competence Among Lenders

April 29, 2010

There has been a dramatic decrease in the number of loan officers in this country.  I have seen estimates that show that in 2005 (the peak of mortgage activity) there were 450,000 loan officers, and that by 2009, the number had shrunk to 150,000.  Nearly 70% of individuals feeding their families by originating mortgages have [...]

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Prices: the Truth… and Nothing but the Truth

April 28, 2010

Three different home pricing indexes were released in the last ten days: the S&P Case Shiller Index, the First American CoreLogic Home Price Index and the RPX Monthly Housing Market Report. Each report told virtually the same story. House prices remained pretty much the same since the last reporting period (see table below). The headlines [...]

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The Upper End: Win, Place, or Show?

April 27, 2010

In this horserace to a more normalized housing market, there seemed to be only one constant. The luxury market has been the horse bringing up the rear. We have been experiencing some stability in the lower price points in almost every geographic market. However, the upper tier price points have had an overabundance of inventory [...]

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The Price Is the Same, It Just Costs Less

April 26, 2010

The papers will be full of articles urging homebuyers to purchase a home this week before the Homebuyer Tax Credit expires. The articles will be correct. Getting a home into contract by this Friday, April 30 will enable you to collect on the tax credit. However, it is not just the tax credit that makes [...]

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Is the New York Times Suggesting You Buy a Home?

April 23, 2010

We do a tremendous amount of research each week. Occasionally we see a news source stressing a certain point. It was interesting to see the articles on housing published at the New York Times over the last several days. It seems they might be of the belief that now is the time to buy a [...]

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