Tri-Cities, Washington, real estate and homes - thoughts and conversation.
Posted in Tri-Cities Market on Dec 12th, 2007
Anecdotally speaking, the Tri-Cities’ largest mortgage company had their second best month EVER in November. I believe it.
Take a look at our non-anecdotal, but instead fact-based numbers and you’ll see we’re doing really well. If we figure we’ll close at least 200 sales in December (which is under average for December, actually), we’ll beat 2005 [...]
Posted in Buyers, Tri-Cities Market on Dec 9th, 2007
I had a client referred to me a few weeks ago. Her lender is out of Seattle, which is where she is from, and she’s been here for about a year. Her lender suggested she buy a house because of the tax advantages and to get her homeowning feet wet.
She was gung ho until she thought [...]
Posted in Mortgages, Tri-Cities Market on Dec 5th, 2007
Some people wanted more help for those struggling with their subprime mortgages. Others thought they shouldn’t be helped out at all. The Bush group compromised with this plan.
This paragraph struck me -
The administration plan is designed to deal with the crisis by letting subprime borrowers who are living in their homes and are current on [...]
Posted in Tri-Cities, WA, Washington on Dec 4th, 2007
no matter where you live - every state has rules re: the tenant/landlord relationship. Check out how your state (brought to us by the hardworking folks at The Consumerist) thinks it should be.
Note: I know it looks like all I do is read The Consumerist all day, but I promise, I really do sell real estate. [...]
Posted in Real Estate Career on Dec 3rd, 2007
I like the Internet. I like my laptop. I love my Mac desktop that I have at home but can’t use for business. Our MLS (multiple listing service) doesn’t run well on Macs, so I have to use a PC, which is what my laptop is. But the fact that I have two different kinds [...]