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2008 YTD Numbers for Tulsa Housing Market Outperform National Averages                 TULSA, OK (January 26, 2009) - In 2008, amid what most consider the worst financial crisis of our time, Tulsa home values remained stable.  The local 2008 YTD average price outperformed the national market. Th...

 Daily Real Estate News  |  January 21, 2009  |     Mortgage Applications Surge on Low Rates U.S. mortgage applications spiked in the first full week of 2009 as record low interest rates triggered the highest demand for loan refinancing in 5-1/2 years, according to the Mortgage Bankers Associatio...

Toll Bros. Offers 3.99% Fixed Mortgage Deal Luxury home builder Toll Brothers last week began offering a 3.99 percent fixed-rate mortgage for loans $417,000 or below for 30 years with no points.The rate is well below the national average of slightly less than 5 percent and lower than most other b...

TINY THINGS The murmur of a waterfall a mile away, The rustle when a robin lights upon the spray, The lapping of a lowland stream on dipping boughs, The sound of grazing from a herd of gentle cows, The echo from a wooded hill of a cuckoo's call, The quiver through the meadow grass at evening fall...

Write Letters That SellWhether they're sent via e-mail or snail mail, well-written letters give buyers and sellers a compelling reason to do business with you. By John D. Mayfield, Sales Coach | February 2009 Think letter-writing isn't important anymore? Think again. Whether sent via e-mail or th...

SERVES 6 Ingredients 10-12 ounces linguine 1/4 cup dry red wine 1 tablespoon light olive oil or extra-virgin olive oil 1 medium shallot, minced 3-4 garlic cloves, minced 1 (14 ounce) can Italian plum tomatoes, lightly drained and chopped 1 (14 ounce) can crushed tomatoes or tomato puree 1/2 cup p...

Do It Now I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good thing, therefore, that I can do or any kindness  I can show to any fellow human being let me do it now.  Let me not defer nor neglect it, for  I shall not pass this way again. -Stephen Grellet  http://www.webweaver.nu/clipart/unico...

Tax Credit Changes Could Unleash Home Sales If all home buyers become eligible for a tax credit without a repayment feature, it could result in an additional 555,000 home sales, enough to meaningfully draw down excess housing inventory, the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® says. An evaluation o...

A Golden Day I Found you and I lost you, All on a gleaming day. The day was filled with sunshine, And the land was full of May.A golden bird was singing Its melody divine, I found you and I loved you, And all the world was mine.I found you and I lost you, All on a golden day, But when I dream of...

Daily Real Estate News  |  January 16, 2009  |   Share 30-Year Rates Fall Below 5 Percent Mortgage rates dropped to their 11th straight weekly decline, reaching new record lows, according to Freddie Mac. Interest rates on 30-year, fixed rate mortgages averaged 4.96 percent this week, down from a ...