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Why Having an 800 Credit Score Really Doesn't Matter
Sep. 11, 2009
Categorized in: Important Real Estate News
Tagged with: fico, good credit, home ownership, lower mortgage rates
High credit scores can lead to lower mortgage rates
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New Conforming Mortgage Guidlines Effective Sept. 1, 2009
Aug. 31, 2009
Categorized in: Important Real Estate News
Tagged with: borrowers, fannie mae, home buyers, mortgage guidelines change
New mortgage guidelines may negatively impact some borrowers starting September 1st.
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Another Sign of Economic Recovery: Consumer Sentiment Rising
Aug. 31, 2009
Categorized in: Important Real Estate News
Tagged with: consumers, economic recovery, home buyers, home sales
Rising consumer sentiment is another sign of economic recovery.
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The Long-Term Trendline for Existing Home Sales points to a Housing Recovery
Aug. 24, 2009
Categorized in: Important Real Estate News
Tagged with: bayside, econmic recovery soon, existing home sales rise, home buyers, northeast queens
Sales volume for existing home sales rose over the past four straight months for the first time in 5 years.
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Change your Closing Date to Get a lower Mortgage Rate
Jul. 29, 2009
Categorized in: Important Real Estate News
Tagged with: banks, borrowing, home owner loans, lower rates, mortgage rates, real estate
Varying your closing date can result in lower mortgage rates.
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What is causing Mortgage Rates to Rise Again & Why they may go Higher Still
Jul. 29, 2009
Categorized in: Important Real Estate News
Tagged with: bayside, bonds, home purchases, loans, mortgage rates, northeast queens, real estate, rising higher
The little known reason why mortgage rates are rising and why they may go higher still.
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Watch Realtor TV highly informative & educational videos
Jul. 16, 2009
Categorized in: Important Real Estate News
Tagged with: buyers, great advice, home purchase, nar, realtortv, sellers
Excellent real estate advice offered to buyers and sellers from RealtorTV.
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How to fight Mortgage Volatity When Buying a Home
Jun. 20, 2009
Categorized in: Important Real Estate News
Tagged with: economy recovering, home buyers, mortgage rate wide swings, sellers
Is the recovery underway but what explains wide and large mortgage rate swings?
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How the "Fed Minutes" can change Mortgage Rates & Home Affordability
May. 24, 2009
Categorized in: Important Real Estate News
Tagged with: american economy, federal reserve, lower interest rates, mortgages
"Fed Minutes" can reveal clues in future actions of Federal Reserve.
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Housing Starts are No Longer Falling, Another Positive Signal in Housing
May. 24, 2009
Categorized in: Important Real Estate News
Tagged with: bayside, housing starts, lower housing inventory, new houses rising, northeast queens real estate, stronger economy
Recent housing statistics signal economy is turning around.
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Home Affordability Increases on Weak Retail Sales Data
May. 14, 2009
Categorized in: Important Real Estate News
Tagged with: best for buyers, homes more affordable, lower mortgage rates, retail sales weak
Recent consumer spending weaker than expected causing mortgage rates to edge lower.
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Pending Home Sales rise in March - Another Sign that Housing is Recovering
May. 5, 2009
Categorized in: Important Real Estate News
Tagged with: bayside realtor, buyers, home sales, john maniec, market recovering, pending homes rise, queens real estate
Housing market appears to bottom out as pending sales rise for second consecutive month.
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Explaining What the Federal Reserve did in Plain English on April 29, 2009
Apr. 29, 2009
Categorized in: Important Real Estate News
Tagged with: economic recovery, federal reserve, lower home sale prices, rising unemployment
The Fed sees some signs of economic recovery along with several key upcoming threats too.
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Three States Account for Over 50% of March 2009 Foreclosures
Apr. 18, 2009
Categorized in: Important Real Estate News
Tagged with: california, florida, foreclosures, nevada, three states
Nevada, California, and Florida account for over 50% of America's foreclosures.
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Why Home Buyers Should Worry about Falling Housing Starts & Why Sellers Should Cheer them!
Apr. 18, 2009
Categorized in: Important Real Estate News
Tagged with: bayside, john maniec realtor, less new homes built, northeast queens, sellers, supply and demand
With fewer new homes built, the supply-and-demand curve should soon shift in favor of home sellers.
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A Few Reasons why Now may be the Least Expensive & Easiest time to go "FHA".
Apr. 15, 2009
Categorized in: Important Real Estate News
Tagged with: bayside, borrowers, defaults, fha, mortgages, northeast queens
With defaults climbing, best to apply soon for a FHA mortgage.
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How to Know if Your Adjustable Rate Mortgage will adjust Lower this Year
Apr. 12, 2009
Categorized in: Important Real Estate News
Tagged with: adjustable mortgage rates, bayside, john maniec realtor, lower in 2009, northeast queens
Will adjustable rate mortgage go lower this year?
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Another Positive Housing Signal: The Number of Homes Under Contract Increase
Apr. 6, 2009
Categorized in: Important Real Estate News
Tagged with: bayside realtor, closed properties, lower inventory, more buyers, nyc real estate, pending homes, queens homes
With pending home sales rising, market inventory shows signs of dropping.
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More Signs of the Bottom: New Home Sales Unexpectedly Rise
Mar. 28, 2009
Categorized in: Important Real Estate News
Tagged with: 8000 tax credit, more first time buyers, new home sales, rise, stimulus package
Stimulus package's $ 8,000 tax credit brought more first time home buyers into the real estate market.
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FHA Cash Out Refinances Getting More Strict as of April 2009
Mar. 28, 2009
Categorized in: Important Real Estate News
Tagged with: fha, mortgages, real estate, refinances
The clock is ticking for FHA cash-out refinances.
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