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The Guiding Light, All My Children and What We Know About Housing In 2012' So Far
Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:05:49 +0000
Growing up, my mom was a stay-at-home mom. Each day while doing the laundry, cleaning, and preparing the evening's dinner she would watch soap operas on the television. It really didn't matter which show was on; the premise was always … Continu..[read more]
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I'm Mad As Hell And I'm Just Not Going To Take It Anymore
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:01:57 +0000
Peter Finch in Network, remember? Well I'm glad that's over. What? Didn't you hear? The banks are settling the foreclosure debacle for $25 billion' that's billion with a 'B.' I guess that means it's all behind us now. The banks … Continue readi..[read more]
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The Short Sale Effect vs. The Short Sale Dilemma
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:32:34 +0000
Selling short sale properties is a reality most Realtors have come to accept. This past week I received an offer on a short sale listing, where my seller had already tried to modify their loan but had been declined. In … Continue reading →..[read more]
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Pending Home Sales And The Lessons of Rocky And Bullwinkle
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:31:11 +0000
The Pending home sales for December came out today and rosy is almost all you can say about them ' not that you'll find that in the headlines which read, "Pending Home Sales Down For December', none the less, the … Continue reading →..[read more]
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How Will We Be Remembered?
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:09:40 +0000
So what's a Realtor writing about ho,w we should be remembered? Hey, everyone's got an opinion right? But seriously, I was watching ESPN tonight as players and people from State College were remembering Joe Paterno. To put this in some … Contin..[read more]
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Change Is Gonna Come
Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:41:26 +0000
This week we celebrated Dr. Martin Luther King and with his memory as a backdrop I'm reminded of what in 1963 recording artist Sam Cooke wrote in response to the rising tide of a nation tired of racial inequality, "It's … Continue reading ͛..[read more]
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Ben Bernake Hits For The Cycle!
Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:10:47 +0000
A baseball term? Bernanke in a baseball uniform? Not exactly the image most of us have of our Federal Reserve Chairman. A few months ago, I criticized Chairman Ben Bernanke for announcing that rates would stay low to 2013. I … Continue reading ..[read more]
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Pending Housing up Again! How Rosy Will 2012 Be?
Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:18:49 +0000
Well that all depends. The Rosy-ness depends on Congress not blowing it again; it depends on the election dialog and most importantly it depends on Jobs. The National Association of Realtors Pending Home Index posted another month of improvement and ..[read more]
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Ho-Hum Case-Shiller'
Tue, 27 Dec 2011 16:20:47 +0000
As kids are often quoted, “Bor-ing…” It’s the last Tuesday of the month and Case-Shiller posted the numbers from November. No surprises; prices down, sales up; blah, blah, blah. When I was selling homes during the 1990′s..[read more]
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All I Want For Xmas Is'
Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:22:22 +0000
All I want for Christmas is my two par-tees, my two par-tees, my two par-tees, all I want for Christmas is my two par-tees, so we can have a merry Christmas. So the song goes… sort of' No I'm not … Continue reading →..[read more]
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