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A few minutes ago I read a seriously wrong post on Firedoglake called Reid Seeks Bubble Re-Inflation. The author accuses Senator Harry Reid of trying to reinflate the housing bubble by extending the home buyer tax credit, presumably saving the Las Vegas economy and ensuring his re-election this f...
06/14/2010
The Vegas real estate market has come a long way in the last couple of years. Inventory is way down, prices are stable, there are signs that short sales may actually get approved, and some experts expect prices to go up roughly 5% by February of next year. This situation creates both a potential ...
04/28/2010
Not very long ago, it was common to have a second mortgage just to avoid private mortgage insurance. The first mortgage would be the traditional 80% of the purchase price. The second could be a conventional, ARM, or even HELOC for 10% or even 15% of the purchase price (MSN seems to think these ar...
03/30/2010
Every Friday, I publish my own market report on the Las Vegas Valley at BridgetMagnus.com. Today, I invite ActiveRain readers to join me. Summary: Available inventory dropped just a little more to 10,562 units. To keep things in perspective, that's just over half of what we had a year ago! No sur...
03/19/2010
As I write, there's a bunch of conflicting information about whether nationwide, house values are going up or not. Prices fell 2.5% in Q4 of 2009 (not in Vegas, but nationwide), but rose in December, but only if you looked at it on a "seasonally adjusted" basis. That's a nice way of saying you ig...
02/24/2010
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If I am about to step on your toes, I am not sorry.  What I am about to say directly impacts your performance. When one real estate agent calls another agent that he or she does not personally know, it is for one reason and one reason alone:  one of them has a listed property, and the other has a...
01/03/2008
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I wish everyone the very best for 2008!  May your life be full of peace and wellness.
01/02/2008
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Even though this is technically my "first post,"  I've been blogging for some years now.  My professional blog is at BridgetMagnus.com.  Some more personal thoughts on the world are at ShortWoman.com.  As if that were not enough, I am the editor-in-chief over at Central Sanity.Drop by!  Say hi!  ...
12/08/2007
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