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2012
I read an article yesterday where a Federal Reserve Board Governor Elizabeth Duke attributed our slow market recovery to tight credit policies. I had to read the article a couple of times, because I thought that I was misunderstanding what she was saying at first. Ms Duke seems to forget that ...
01/10/2012
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The latest Jobs Reports are showing that another 200,000 Plus Jobs Were Added In December. Granted a number of those jobs were probably seasonal jobs, but there were still many that were not. Jobs are what our economy needs to get us out of the down economic market that we have been in for a ...
01/09/2012
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Yesterday was Not A Good Day For UCONN Fans. College basketball is big here in Connecticut, we love our Husky Women and Men Basketball teams. So it is not a good day when one of them loses much less when they both lose like they did yesterday. The UCONN Women's Basketball team started it off pl...
01/08/2012
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Trust is essential in all businesses, but especially important if you are a Loan Originator. As a Loan Originator you are asking everyone involved in the purchase of a property to trust you with getting the financing required to purchase a property both quickly and as stress free as possible. O...
01/07/2012
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We are just 6 days into 2012 and I have already seen more activity than I seen for almost all of January 2011. I know one week does not make a year, but to start off the year with the activity that I had this week is very encouraging to me. Here is how this week went: I started out the week wit...
01/06/2012
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I read an article earlier in the week by Ken Harney that caused me to question the title of the article. The article was titled "It really is a buyer's market", and there are many people that would completely agree with that statement. But after reading one particular point that Ken Harney make...
01/05/2012
The Middlesex Chamber of Commerce has announced the speakers of their Monthly Member Breakfast Meetings. Since I am a huge UCONN Basketball fan the March 12th and October 1st Member Breakfast Meetings really stand out for me, and will most likely be sold out. If you have never been to a Midd...
01/04/2012
Yesterday I wrote a blog titles 2012 Promises To Be A Better Year Than 2011. Today I would like to do a follow up blog on why I feel that 2012 Promises To Be A Better Year Than 2011 to elaborate just a little more on what I wrote yesterday, and on what potential new homeowners need to start do...
01/03/2012
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2011 Close on a positive note for Mortgage Interest Rates. Investors were not willing to take risks at the end of the year, as a result they sought safer investments like Mortgage-Backed Securities. Because of this Mortgage Interest Rates remained low, and in some cases even went lower. The...
01/02/2012
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