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Well I was talking with a friend of mine a few days ago from Wisconsin and he was talking about the recent snow storm. I told him...  "Send some of that my way" I'd like to make note that at the time of the conversation it was 60 DEGREES in January Colorado and was just unheard of.  Well, I'd lik...
02/02/2011
Market Comment - Week of January 31st, 2011 Mortgage bond prices rose last week pushing mortgage interest rates lower. There were several Treasury auctions and most resulted in decent foreign demand. Stock strength the middle of the week along with higher than expected new home sales put some up...
01/31/2011
The question I'm asked daily is "Where do you think rates are headed?" Let's use the image of a harbor with boats.  The tide will ALWAYS raise and lower all boats.  The tide is inflation.  The boats are rates.  Now from time to time storms will pass by and raise or lower the boats for a brief pe...
01/28/2011
As a lender I've come across this many times.  Agents ask me why my letter is different from another, or how solid is this other lenders letter.  The problem is, the definition of "Pre-approval" vs Pre-Qualified" is not standard.  Now I'm going to talk about some differences and before you start ...
01/27/2011
Market Comment - Week of January 24th, 2011 Mortgage bond prices started in negative territory and that carried through most of the week. Spain and Portugal had relatively successful bond auctions, which reversed the flight to quality buying of US debt instruments that helped rates fall. Lower t...
01/24/2011
This was a very nice post put together by The Foerster team.  Since I live in Parker and think it is a great place to live, I had to re-blog this!Why LIVE in Parker, Colorado? I can share my PERSONAL answer: Location, location, location.  We are close enough but not too close to Denver, major spo...
01/22/2011
Not to long ago, I did a re-blog about an amazing STORY. The short version is we heard through Keller Williams in Highlands Ranch about a family in need.  Two sisters that were separated into foster care have found each other! Myself, along with Ruth and WR Starkey Mortgage rallied to gether and ...
01/21/2011
Market Comment - Week of January 17th, 2011 Mortgage bond prices started the week in positive territory. We were able to establish some interest rate improvements as flight to quality buying emerged heading into some European debt auctions. Unfortunately there was a spike in rates the middle of ...
01/17/2011
I read this post from Missy Caulk and thought what a fantastic idea!  Great way to stay in touch with your clients and give them helpful information at tax time!Every year in January, we send all of our clients out a copy of their HUD statement. We do this so they don't have to go digging for tho...
01/14/2011
Well I've had a couple of great teachers with a ton of patience when it came to my "Blogging Skills."   Ruth Vogttook on the long challenge of training me on how to get out into the social media world.  She explained the process and the importance of becoming a rain maker.  I dragged my feet and ...
01/11/2011
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