Greg's Blog

With all of the dismal news put in the papers, finally, something that will help you and your customers out!  Here is a head lines for you I found: Mortgage-rate drop bright spot in Freddie/Fannie takeover If you closed on a house recently, prepare to kick yourself. One of the outcomes of the fed...

Well its here, the Federal Government is finally taking out both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.  While the national and world markets rose sharply over this news, the direct affect on real estate agents, brokers, investors and mortgage originators will have to be seen.   While bi-partisan support is...

6. "We're excited about your trip to Europe, too!" It's bad enough that the dollar is hovering near historical lows against most major currencies, but when you travel overseas, every transaction comes with big fees attached. Take out cash from an ATM in London, and you'll get hit with a foreign-t...

 Do you assume that your bank serves your best interests? That a big bank's products are better? That your online account information is accurate? Don't believe any of it. 1. "Our branches are there to sell you, not serve you." In the late 1990s, bank branches were considered outmoded relics soon...

Our model homes are now for sale. Every few years we replace our model homes. This creates an opportunity for a homebuyers to buy a new home at a substantially reduced price. Our loft home is 1779 square feet with three bedrooms,one andd three quarters baths, fireplace, knotty pine ceiling, hicko...

Here is a super article regarding home equity line of credits issued by lending institutions, specifically Savings and Loans.  These lending institutions are arbitrarily decreasing and some times closing home equity lines of credit for you and your customers!  Because of complaints, the OTS has i...

The end of summer is coming, unfortunately, the leaves will be turning and high school football games will be being played.  Believe it or not, change is coming.  As far as we are all are concerned, we are all used to change, especially in our industry.  If fact with all of the changes that have ...

We are getting a new model in.  We have surveyed real estate agents, clients, lookers and other dealers and have found that the customer is looking for a lower priced new home.  Since the foreclosed homes and lower end homes have been picked through, this offers a very good opportunity.  In addit...

We sold a new house for $73,000.  It is a three bedroom two bath house.  The market under $100,000 is very active now in our area.  There are many upper and mid scale foreclosure homes but the lower end has been picked through.  People are just now seeing that they can save time and money with mo...

I met yesterday with a representative of Wisconsin Homesand he said that the company was going to start do business in Canada.  I found that they have a huge housing need.  This is due to the oil and gold they have up there. Does anyone know the steps for a realtor to get licensed there?   I thin...