Kevin Michelson's (kmichelson) Blog

It has been said that you should always look for the silver lining. That might be hard to do right now for some as we appear to be looking down the barrel of a rec..., wait, let's just say leaner economic growth than previously experienced. This is an election year, 'et's be politically correct.T...

I had an old neighbor email me today asking about her financing as she gets ready to buy a home. The answers I gave are pretty vanilla, but for her they are probably shocking because she hasn't applied for a loan in 3 years. She inquired about doing an 80/20 to avoid MI - clearly she hasn't been ...

As we get rolling into 2008, the best sources are indicating that the Nashville market is extremely healthy. According to Moody's Economy.com, Nashville's housing market is "faring better than the markets of other larger metro areas and it maintains a positive outlook."  One of the reasons for th...