You may remember from our recent conversations on the phone or in presentations I’ve given recently where I cautioned playing the “waiting game” on real estate. The point that I made was that there is a chance that planned economic stimulus will heat the economy some months from now, cause inflation and thus, cause mortgage [...]
It occurs to me that many people aren't perfectly sure what TARP is. I found this explanation on Investopedia.com to be great. Troubled Asset Relief Program - TARP What Does Troubled Asset Relief Program - TARP Mean? A government program created for the establishment and management of a Treasury fund, in an attempt to curb [...]
The people who know me well know that I am a Charlie Rose nut! On October 1st, Charlie interviewed the world's finest investor and richest man, Warren Buffett. If you can spare an hour, put your feet up and enjoy this video about Warren's perspectives about the our currunt economic condition and what he sees [...]
a snippet from today's Sacramento Business Journal - by Michael Shaw Staff writer ForeclosureRadar, a daily tracker of residential real estate, on Monday reported a steep decrease in the number of foreclosure filings in September and suggested that new regulations in California designed to give homeowners more warning when a foreclosure is imminent may be [...]
It seems that most of our Realtors are plenty busy and can always use a little help making sure that they get good news out to their clients in a way that's easily understood. We'll try to help with the following down loadable documents!You may have heard that, as a result of HR 3221 (or [...]
The latest I have seen about HR 6694 is that it made it out of the House Financial Services Committee with huge support. Apparently, the committee is composed almost entirely of the bill's supporters so there was no shortage of enthusiasm. The bill should make its way to the floor of the House of Representatives [...]