Mortgage Market Info: Marketing Info For Realtors and The Growth of Their Business!

Our recommendation remains the same.If you are interested in investing in real estate long-term, now is the time to be actively searching for properties to buy:  There is little competition, so bargaining is easier.If you plan to trade up there is not much risk, if you stay in the new property fo...

When Will We Return To a Normal Market? First, we all have to recognize that a normal market is not what we have been in for a number of years. Widespread stated income loans, 100% and/or piggyback loans and many of the interest-only programs were not “normal” as few as five years ago. So, seeing...

Has government action helped? Yes it has, by averting a complete shutdown of US financial markets. But no it hasn’t solved the basic problem: Financial institutions are saddled with immeasurable declines in the value of their assets, which prevent lenders from assessing the true solvency of those...

Are We Near the Bottom of the Housing Slump? A lot has happened since the beginning of the year in the housing and lending industries. Credit markets remain choked, limiting lending and keeping the housing marketing depressed. Big financial institutions like Bear Stearns and a number of hedge fun...

How Many Affected by The Market? Whether or not each of us has been affected by the housing slump, it is affecting our financial markets and causing gloom among consumers, who feel less wealthy. The first quarter of this year saw a lot of ‘shoes dropping’ (Bear Stearns’ closure being just the big...