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Freddie Mac announced this week that the maximum amount of investment properties that an investor can have financed is changing from 10 properties down to 4 properties, as of now Fannie Mae has yet to make their announcement but with them limiting the amount of properties this will limit options ...
04/24/2008
There are over 100 open houses this afternoon in the Springfield, Missouri and surrounding Ozarks area, best of luck to the agents that are holding them open, for a list of homes in the area you can always check out the property search at the Greater Springfield Board of Realtors Website, www.gsb...
04/20/2008
I have spent many a blog post pointing out that right now the market is volatile when it comes to interest rates and the speed at which they change, but not only the changing rates we have seen loan programs changing more than some rate sheets as of late.   I think it is important for everyone to...
04/19/2008
What is the interest rate going to be?  This seems to be the million dollar question, and it is very hard, I would say impossible to predict on any given day where the market is going to be - just when you think you know the direction its going to head a major economic announcement or a not so ma...
04/15/2008
 I wanted to take the time to make sure that everyone here is familiar with the Special Home Adaptation Grant for Veterans.  Basically its a grant that allows a veteran to take any home he or she finds and apply for a grant to help retrofit the home to accomodate a disability.  When they find tha...
04/14/2008
Right now the word Rain is definitely a four letter word in the state of Missouri, we have seen some of the heaviest rain in my a lifetime in this state. Kay Van Kampen at Re/Max in Ozark has some great pictures of this located in her blog, be sure to check them out!ActiveRain on the other hand h...
04/13/2008
Springfield, Missouri - has a diverse and rich economy that has been surprisingly resilient when you view it against the backdrop of the national market. Several contributing factors make Springfield Missouri somewhat insulated to the wild swings we have seen happening on the East and West coast....
04/12/2008
ALL I REALLY NEED TO KNOW I LEARNED IN KINDERGARTEN(a guide for Global Leadership)All I really need to know about how to live and what to do and how to be I learned in kindergarten. Wisdom was not at the top of the graduate school mountain, but there in the sand pile at school.These are the thing...
04/12/2008
Every realtor out there probably has at least one nightmare story about an internet lender, I have one this week a realtor called me and asked for my help with a client that was supposed to close on Thursday morning I get the call at 5:30 pm on my way home Wednesday night, after calling the clien...
04/12/2008
With MHDC Bond Money program letting us  know that it could be awhile before the next issue of bond money I wanted to write and post here to all of the agents that assist First Time Home Buyers that there are some alternatives.  I am a firm believer in the MHDC bond money programs but they are su...
04/11/2008
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