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2007
Dec. 31, 2007
This New Year’s Eve, as you plan all of the things you’re going to do next year – join a gym, clean out the closet, give up chocolate – whatever, add one more to your list: if you’re going to be buying a new home or refinancing your existing mor
Dec. 28, 2007
Today’s New Year’s resolution will help you save money all year round by reducing your energy costs. And, it will help save the environment, too. Listed below are 7 tips for reducing energy waste around your home.
Dec. 26, 2007
Today’s New Year’s resolution will help you if you’re thinking of buying a home, refinancing your current mortgage – or asking for any kind of loan. So let’s all resolve to clean up our credit or – if it’s already spick-and-span, to keep it
Dec. 24, 2007
It’s a day to celebrate in a slower housing market: you get an offer on your home. But then you look at the number and your face turns red – it’s so low, you can’t believe anyone would dare suggest that your precious home is worth so little.
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Dec. 21, 2007
Last month, I wrote a post, called “Maybe the IRS isn’t so bad after all? Oh wait, never mind” about the IRS rules on taxation of cancelled debt as income. Basically, the rules say that with a few exceptions, if a homeowner’s lender agrees to a sh
Dec. 19, 2007
When I heard on the news yesterday that housing construction starts had fallen in November – down 3.7% across the U.S. from October and off 24% from November of last year – I was happy. That’s right. The dip in housing construction starts and perm
Dec. 17, 2007
Certainly, being a real estate agent isn’t rocket science. But neither is financial planning, or accounting, or any of the other professional service jobs we use to make our lives easier. Sure, you can sell your home yourself. But 67% of people who sold
Dec. 14, 2007
Last week, the Bush Administration, mortgage lenders, and investors together agreed on a plan to freeze certain subprime rates for 5 years. The negotiations, between Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, and mortgage industry executives, came in the face of 2
Dec. 12, 2007
Yesterday the Federal Reserve decided again to lower the federal funds target rate by another 0.25% -- to 4.25%.
Dec. 11, 2007
There are presents to be bought, decorations to be hung, cookies to be baked. Who has time to buy or sell a home during the holidays? If you’re trying to sell your home right now, you may be inclined to take a “break” during this holiday season.
Dec. 7, 2007
A recently released National Association of Realtors (NAR) market report for the Phoenix area talked about the housing market in the Valley. This is the third in a series of posts explaining some of the NAR’s findings.
One of the most commonly cited
Dec. 5, 2007
Experts at the 44th Annual Chase/W. P. Carey Economic Forecast Luncheon (including S&P’s Chief Economist, JP Morgan Chase’s Senior Economist, ASU Economics Associate Dean, and local Economist) said that a dark cloud of uncertainty hangs over Arizona
Dec. 3, 2007
According to the report, prices in the Phoenix region decreased an average of 2.7% in the second quarter of 2007 over the same quarter in 2006. But prices in the second quarter of 2007were up 59.9% over the same quarter of 2004. The moral of the story: if
Nov. 30, 2007
A recently released National Association of Realtors (NAR) market report for the Phoenix area summed up the situation quite nicely: there are certainly some negative factors affecting the Phoenix-area housing market, but there are also a lot of positive f
Nov. 28, 2007
Earlier this month, the Fed released results of a survey showing that mortgage lenders had tightened their lending standards. “About 40 percent of respondents indicated that they had tightened their lending standards on prime mortgages, compared with on
Nov. 26, 2007
An article Saturday in the Arizona Republic talked about the lengths Phoenix area home sellers go to to try to get their home sold. One offers Cardinal’s season tickets with his Goodyear townhouse. Another will throw in a car and $1,000 in gas money. St
Nov. 23, 2007
A Realty Times article I ran across the other day got me excited. The title read, “IRS Says Foreclosures, Short Sales Can Be Less Taxing.” Great, I thought, now the IRS will pitch in, too, to help homeowners facing foreclosure.
Nov. 21, 2007
Last Thursday, the Arizona Department of Economic Security released its November employment report, which showed that Arizona hit a record 2,737,500 nonfarm jobs in October. The unemployment rate in the Phoenix metro area is 3% -- below the statewide aver
Nov. 19, 2007
Last Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act of 2007 (HR 3915) in a 291-127 vote. The bill is contentious, with some saying that it’s too strict and others saying that it’s not strict enoug
Nov. 16, 2007
In today’s tight market – where, let’s face it, selling a home can be difficult – homeowners are becoming creative, looking for a way to get an edge over other homeowners.
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