by Susanne Dwyer | Nov 27, 2011 | For Your Clients, Marketing, News |
Low home prices and strong demand for rental properties are causing a surge in investor buying, driving up the market share of homes purchased by investors. According to the latest Campbell/Inside Mortgage Finance HousingPulse Tracking Survey, investor purchases hit...
by Susanne Dwyer | Nov 27, 2011 | For Your Clients |
With its easy construction and convenient storage, this wine rack will be the toast of your household. Repurposed galvanized pipe hangers work in pairs to hold bottles of your favorite vintages with flair. Instructions: Step 1: For each bottle, you’ll need two...
by Susanne Dwyer | Nov 22, 2011 | For Your Clients |
(MCT)—Did you read the story saying most workers expect to labor long after they become eligible for “senior discounts?” The piece, by the Associated Press, quotes a national survey by Wells Fargo that concludes workers have “stopped fixating on their target...
by Susanne Dwyer | Nov 21, 2011 | For Your Clients, Marketing, News |
Recent home buyers are staying well within their means with notably higher incomes and modestly higher down payments than buyers in the previous year, due to the restrictive mortgage credit environment, despite historically favorable housing affordability conditions,...
by Susanne Dwyer | Nov 21, 2011 | For Your Clients |
(MCT)—When Caitlin McShane looks down San Francisco’s Mission Street, she doesn’t see taco joints and bodegas bulging with ripe fruit. She sees sharks. “Look over there—payday loans,” says the spokeswoman for San Jose-based Opportunity Fund, a San Francisco Bay...
by Susanne Dwyer | Nov 20, 2011 | For Your Clients, Marketing, News |
The national delinquency rate for residential home loans fell to 7.99 percent in the third quarter—the lowest reading since the fourth quarter of 2008. This represents a decline of 45 basis points from the second quarter of this year, and a drop of 114 basis points...