4/9/2012 2:07:00 PM
1st Q 2012 real estate market review
Anecdotal evidence (provided by my fellow company associates and my own experiences) has led me to conclude that real estate has been on an upswing through the 1st quarter of 2012. Without a doubt I have received more inquires from potential clients and buyer ...
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3/29/2012 8:31:00 AM
Manitowish Waters' #1 Real Estate Blog? How so?
There is a statement on my email signature that says "Manitowish Waters' #1 Real Estate Blog", which I believe this actually is, even if sometimes qualifying only by default. This past winter I have not been very good at keeping up on this blog ...
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1/13/2012 1:58:00 PM
A more viable solution for the mortgage crisis?
Big problems seem to require big solutions. When the housing bubble burst and millions of homeowners fell into default and foreclosure, Wall Street and the big banks were subjected to great financial distress due to the over- and miss-use of mortgage-backed ...
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12/29/2011 10:26:00 AM
Seven crazy local laws and HOA rules
I like to believe that reasonable people can have differences of opinion and still get along, but sometimes I despair. The following content is courtesy of the NAR and worth sharing for its entertainment value alone. Regarding Home Owners Associations, they ...
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12/22/2011 4:17:00 PM
Another record set, but for how long?
According to Freddie Mac, the national average commitment rate for 30 year fixed rate mortgages fell in November to another new low -- 3.99%. See monthly average rates back to 1971 at the Freddie Mac website . Remember the days of 18% back in 1981?
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12/21/2011 11:32:00 AM
365 days and counting
The Mayan calendar ends on December 21, 2012, one year from today. According to various theories we can expect everything ranging from another day like today to the end of the world. If your own personal hunch leans to some sort of apocalypse, or you just ...
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12/21/2011 10:30:00 AM
Apparently it was worse than we realized, and it seemed bad enough.
Today a organization that I belong to, the National Organization of REALTORS (NAR), had to do a little back-pedaling on home sale statistics as reported for the last four years. The NAR has been criticized at times for being too much of a housing market cheerleader, ...
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12/16/2011 9:16:00 AM
Shall we pity the big banks?
The problems of the big banks are not problems that I lose any sleep over -- if it was up to me, I would look for a way to break them up, not make things easier for these "too big to fail" behemoths. Such is the sorry state of affairs that even what ...
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6/25/2011 8:01:00 AM
Manitowish Waters, cranberries, and controversy -- Part V
I have been holding off on writing about this topic lately as, quite honestly, sometimes I don't quite know what to make of all of it. As I am member of the town Planning Commission, one might naturally think that I would have access to information and ...
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5/20/2011 3:35:00 PM
Manitowish Waters remains a favorite destination -- anecdotal evidence.
Had an interesting and uplifting conversation with a gentleman yesterday. He had stopped into the office to inquire about the actual sale price of a property that hold sold recently, and our conversation proceeded into all directions from there. The part that ...
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