5/27/2008 2:16:00 PM
Taming the Jumbo Mortgage
Everyone knows the jumbo loan market has been out of whack for nearly 18 months. “jumbo” loans, those amounting to more than $417,000, took it on the chin when mortgage investors stopped buying subprime and alternative loans. For that reason, jumbo ...
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5/21/2008 9:38:00 PM
A Great Time to Buy
I feel that all of us in Florida have been drenched by fear that the negative media that spreads like wildfire. I want to point out that there is positive news that isn't getting as much press. For example, take worker productivity in the U.S. It jumped ...
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5/20/2008 6:11:00 AM
Williams Offices Shine on Industry Surveys
Every year, RISMedia and REAL Trends release two of the real estate’s most comprehensive surveys: the RISMedia Power Broker Report and the REAL Trends 500. Both surveys rank the largest residential real estate brokerages in the U.S. based on both transaction ...
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5/12/2008 10:17:00 AM
What Interest Rates Really Mean
The Fed did this! The Fed did that! Rates are up! Rates are down! Aaaagggh! Okay, now exhale. In turbulent economic times the media can’t wait to report what interest rates are doing. Pundits prognosticate, forecasters forecast and soothsayers sooth. ...
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5/6/2008 6:50:00 PM
Overcoming the misconceptions about the "credit crisis"
You’ve watched the news and read about it in the papers. You know, the “credit crisis” and how buyers need 20 percent down in order to buy a home? And even if you found a buyer with 20 percent down, lenders aren’t making loans anyway. ...
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