Coach/Trainer/Realtor
Finally we have a true number for days on the market. As long as a house is relisted within 31 days of it’s previous listing it will resume accumulating days but will not count the days that it was expired. So that is all to explain why August 2007 had 56 days on the market […]
There are many people trying to get congress to give the Downpayment Assistance Programs a reprieve. Greg Swann from Bloodhound Blog believes that about 40% of Phoenix buyers will be affected October 1st when DPA’s are discontinued due to the new law. That is a scary number. We need buyers but do we need […]
I wrote a post a couple of days ago about how interest rates were bobbing around erraticly. If you look to the left you will see the interest rate graph with the current drop. Hopefully the market will stabilize and fear in the market will subside some. This could be great news but we need […]
I have a couple of real estate issues to write about but I will let that wait for Monday. Yesterday Javier dragged me out to the river for about a hour. He threw me in a tube and pulled me behind his boat until I would spectacularly fall out. I had so much fun. I […]
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I am not trying to promote Zillow Mortgage but I like their tool. To the left you will see the widget that shows the national interest rates and you can click between a 3 month, 1 week or 1 day view of three different loans programs. So I clicked on the one day view and […]
I came across an article last Friday before I went under the weather this cold weekend and am still feeling the effects. Have you settled with a creditor? Have you had your identity stolen and charges rung up in your name? You thought everything was taken care of? But the zombies came back. On the credit […]
When they were having the $50 million X PRIZE competition for space flight I wondered who owns the moon, who would have rights to build and if I can try to get the listing? Actually the commute would be a killer. According to this story, no one owns the moon. There is a an Outer […]
When I was in high school the D.A.R.E. Program, anti-drug program, came to school. They explained that for the people who didn’t take drugs or drink alcohol, there was this club essentially where people got together and played games, had pizza parties and did all kinds of fun stuff. All you had to do was […]
I was playing around with my new map based search engine and it just amazes me how many homes are for sale when seeing them in this light. We hear the numbers but this puts it into perspective. This particular search shows – 200 + homes for sale Average square feet is 1763 Average price […]
Before 80/20 loans became popular many buyers used a down payment assitance program (DPA). These were went hand-in-hand with government loans, FHA and VA, that required 3% down. The rules said that a seller couldn’t pay for the down payment like they can with closing costs. But inexplicably they approved the DPA’s where the seller […]
Well that is blatant selling in a headline. Must be the heat. I called one of my clients yesterday who was sitting by her pool while the AC was barely keeping up in the office. Here is where she was sitting. So pools aren’t as poplar in the Portland area because of our rain and […]
I finally closed one of my listings that was a short sale. It took 2 and half months to get approval. There were two banks involved. One, the first position, had 80% of the loan and the other, second position, had 20%. The second ended up receiving only $1000. They made it difficult to get […]
The above picture is a beautiful bath but in most homes this will be considered overbuilt. There are a number of things to remember but the biggest is do not build or remodel your home to be better than the rest of your neighborhood. The worst house in the neighborhood is brought up by the […]
It all started with me getting slammed by some weird illness last Friday. I had a sore throat all week but the rest of it rolled in Friday afternoon and put me down for the weekend. Monday was unburying myself and finishing up other tasks that were put to the side. This week I had: […]
I love map based searching. I like to see exactly what is in an area and sometimes it is mind boggling how many homes are for sale in one place. After trying a few demos and getting helpful feedback from past and current clients I have chosen what I think is a great service, hopefully […]
