tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-308582602009-10-26T10:02:19.172-04:00Living well begins at home. Take it easy. Find a cozy spot and a comfortable chair, and relax.Ian Huckabeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06411074807608870006noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30858260.post-30693224623503399032009-02-11T09:47:00.003-05:002009-02-11T09:51:54.929-05:00

Obama and his band are great salesmen, and if they don't start putting some meat into this current stimulus campaign, they'll soon look like great used car salesmen. Apparently, the $350 billion is still safely in the system; banks are simply too timid to lend it, and over $850 billion of reserves sit in the Fed's vault. Goldman Sachs wants to give their TARP money back in light of the executive

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In assuming certain measures that the Obama administration will enact, Moody's Economy.com came up with some siginificant key findings in their current house price forecast, the most eye-catching of which is that house prices will stabilize by the end of the year.But not before sliding another 11%, according to the Case-Shiller indices which Moody's sites in their study. That gives us a

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My friend Jimbo has been looking for a new home since November. Poor timing, because Jimbo needs a jumbo. He requires a large home and therefore a large mortgage. (A jumbo mortgage is any loan that exceeds the conforming loan limit of $417,000.) Before the housing crises, jumbos, the high end of non-conforming loans, were much easier to acquire as lenders used stated income and didn't require

Ian Huckabeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06411074807608870006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30858260.post-53303422348001059152008-12-27T12:27:00.005-05:002009-01-01T11:17:25.483-05:00

So, it'll be longer than expected before it's safe to go back in the water. Turns out, we're not even halfway through this thing. The sub-prime market, fingered as the cause of our current housing crises, is just the beginning and may pale in comparison when we look at the upcoming adjustments in Alt-A and option ARM loans. It's estimated that the sub-prime debacle has created over $1 trillion in

Ian Huckabeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06411074807608870006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30858260.post-1158098222303199342006-09-12T17:55:00.000-04:002006-09-12T18:06:40.286-04:00

You should meet Rusty Denman. Just about everyone who’s had the honor recently loves him. A short time ago I posted a piece about how to sell your home in five days, a method I found perfectly in tune with what we’re singing at DwellWell.com: Sell it yourself, it’s easier than you think, we’ll show you how, you’ll save thousands. Rusty’s a true believer. Not only did he save himself thousands

Jan McBeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03611028638208578579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30858260.post-1153191725998350502006-07-17T23:00:00.000-04:002006-12-07T10:19:04.683-05:00

Before you start looking for a home, it’s important to know how much you can afford. The best way to do this is to have a lender pre-qualify you. You’ll have to qualify for a mortgage eventually, but it’s best to do it up front for a couple of reasons. First, you’ll know the price range of homes you should be looking in. This keeps you from finding a home you love but can’t afford. Second, when

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Not necessarily. Many home sellers turn to real estate agents because it is the de facto method for selling a home. While working with a real estate agent is right for some sellers, increasingly sellers are discovering they really can do it on their own and save thousands in commissions. When you choose to sell your own home or property is much easier than you think, even though it may seem

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The economist Stephen D. Levitt and co-author Stephen J. Dubner wrote recently in their book Freakonomics (HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.) of Levitt’s study showing that when real estate agents sell their own homes, those homes stay on the market an average of 10 days longer than their clients’ homes. The same study shows that the selling price of real estate agents’ homes is on average 3%

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If you're selling your home or just thinking about selling your home -- or dreading selling your home -- you owe it to yourself to check out George Cappony's real estate classic, "How To Sell Your Home In 5 Days." It's hugely popular, and it'll be that little book that changed an industry. Cappony's ideas are truly iconoclastic. The real estate auction is nothing new, but after cutting it down to

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