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10/27/2010

Worried about what the cost of what the "Robo-signings" are? Me too.

10/08/2010

Foreclosure Activity Increase 4 Percent in August 2010

Foreclosure filings were reported on 338,836 properties in August, a 4 percent increase from the previous month but a 5 percent decrease from August 2009.

09/30/2010

Foreclosure mess unfolds...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - An outcry over questionable foreclosures by GMAC Mortgage and other lenders is likely to hit some states more than others because of major differences in real estate law across

09/09/2010

Bellingham makes another "Best" list. #5 best place to retire on CNN.com: Money

Your post-work years are a time to improve your golf game, take up a new hobby, or just enjoy a well-deserved break. In these great college towns, you can expand your intellectual horizons too.

09/08/2010

Local real estate sales remain sluggish.

August turned out to be nearly as sluggish as July for Whatcom County real estate, making it the slowest summer in recent years.

09/07/2010

Price tag is in for the Homebuyer Tax Credit.

The three versions of the homebuyer tax credit are expected to result in revenue losses to the federal government of about $22 billion, according to estimates just released by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). Looking at Internal Revenue Servi

09/04/2010

Shadow Inventory shrinks

That ominous shadow inventory of distressed homes that’s been hanging over the industry was cut back in July, according to Barclays Capital. It marked the fifth straight month that the company has recorded a decline in the shadow supply. Barclays

09/02/2010

College towns make great investments.

College towns have innate demand for apartments, whose rents often are pegged to room-and-board fees, not market rates. In some towns, off-campus rental rates can exceed average mortgage payments.

09/02/2010

REO's are a hot topic in Washington

Neighborhoods across the country are riddled with empty bank-owned homes and unoccupied foreclosures that erode neighboring property values and open the door for blight and criminal activity. The nation’s glut of vacant REOs took center stage in W

09/02/2010

Loan Mods suprass 1 million mark for 2010

The industry has completed 1.13 million permanent loan modifications for at-risk homeowners so far in 2010, according to data released Wednesday by HOPE NOW. The organization also reports that since January of this year, mortgage delinquencies of 60 day

09/01/2010

MBA reports loan applications are up

The number of mortgage applications last week rose 2.7% on a seasonally adjusted basis from the prior week, once again pushed up by refinancing activity that remains at the highest level since May 2009, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

09/01/2010

Buyers Market for awhile....unless Sellers are in that "sweet" spot of the market

Moody’s Investors Service says it expects home price appreciation to be soft for the next couple of years. The company says there were 1.8 million more vacant homes sitting on the market than what is considered the norm at the end of the second qu

08/31/2010

WA State just releases School Report Card. All-in-all, Whatcom County did pretty well. And why we are at it, why hasn't school started here yet?

08/31/2010

Possible more declines coming...

The recent bond rally is good news for the secondary market, but it may be an unsustainable trend, as analysts predict more declines in the housing industry, potentially sapping mortgage-backed bonds.

08/31/2010

We have been discussing this the last could of days around our office. We are wondering what Obama & Bernanke are going to do.

After a worse than expected falloff in home sales during the month of July, buzz about a possible revival of the federal homebuyer tax credit has begun to surface. Sales of previously owned homes plummeted 27 percent last month, hitting their lowest mar

08/31/2010

Short Timer in your new home? Keep an Adjustable Rate mortgage in mind...

If you’re in the market for a new mortgage, you owe it to yourself to investigate all your options. An alternative that may be the best choice for you is an adjustable-rate mortgage, known as an ARM.

08/31/2010

08/31/2010

Thinking of buying or selling? Give us a call, we think that you'll be glad that you did.

You might think buying or selling on your own will save money, but it could be more costly in the long run.