Weekly Blog Update from dana devine

For the week ending May 22, 2009

Thank you for reading my Real Estate industry blog, the devine report. This is a summary of my newest blog entries from the past week.

Publish Date: May 22, 2009
Over 24 Hours, Mortgage Rates Shoot Higher
Excerpt: Rates go up, rates go down.  Catch them while you can. After Wednesday's mortgage market rally drove rates down by a bunch, Thursday's sell-off pushed them right back up. This has been...

Publish Date: May 21, 2009
How The "Fed Minutes" Can Change Mortgage Rates And Home Affordability
Excerpt: Mortgage rates fell after the Federal Reserve released its April 28-29, 2009 meeting's internal notes Wednesday. Officially known as "Fed Minutes", the report is an in-depth account Federal Reserve's last get-together,...

Publish Date: May 20, 2009
Housing Starts Are No Longer Falling, Another Positive Signal In Housing
Excerpt: A "housing start" is a new home on which construction has started and, for the fourth straight month, single-family home construction remained flat in April. For the battered housing market, this is...

Publish Date: May 19, 2009
Effective Strategies For Selling A Timeshare In A Recession
Excerpt: According to the American Resort Development Association, there are more than 4 million timeshare owners across the United States.  There are ample buying opportunities, but what if you want to sell your timeshare? In...

Publish Date: May 18, 2009
Building Homes From Shipping Containers
Excerpt: More than 18 million freight containers make 200 million trips per year, moving the world's goods from port-to-port.  It's system that's been in place for 50 years. But ever since a...