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Category Archives: Mortgage
2020 vs 2008
Hits: 202020 vs 2008 What is going on in the market? When are the foreclosure rates going to rise? These are but a few of the questions that we hear from our clients these days. Behind those and many other questions are real concerns that this may become like the financial crisis of 2008; sub-prime […]
Continue readingCareful what you wish for
Hits: 32You had plenty to be worried about over the last 10 years including ‘will my home ever sell’ or ‘will I ever see my 401-K regain the level it was at before the storm’. You didn’t know if you’d ever get what you paid for when you finally sold that house. You would have […]
Continue readingA moment of balance
Hits: 15Librans like to focus on balance and harmony. There is a time when balance in the real estate market can be found and its right about now. This is the time we change over from cool to warm when taking the temperature of our market. We’ve had enough of tepid. What happened in June […]
Continue readingAt the first quarter pole
Hits: 17Three months in the books and we can say the year looks promising, although best ever or wonderful do not need to be said. No predictions here, yet March this year was a busy month with more sales recorded (from the Santa Fe Association of Realtors database known as MLS) than all but 4 […]
Continue readingThe foreclosure lessons
Hits: 15A couple of days ago, a daily Santa Fe New Mexican issue included legal notices of three foreclosure actions in progress. It’s public notice to publish the foreclosure action by a note holder against a borrower. Mostly the note holder will end up with ownership and possession of the property after a costly and […]
Continue readingTierra Contenta – a study
Hits: 15As requested, I have compiled some sales information on homes in the Tierra Contenta area in the western part of Santa Fe. Generally it is the area
Continue readingHow do you rate? and some News
Hits: 14Interest rates are published at least daily on many websites. Mortgage interest rates are a major factor – likely the most important variable – in a home buyer’s choice of loan programs and lending sources. A real estate professional like me should have a good working knowledge of mortgage products and a mortgage calculator or device […]
Continue readingAll real estate is local
Hits: 16The phrase real estate is local is not street legend or a fanciful excuse for living in one city versus another.
Continue readingThe Doo-Hickey
Hits: 19None of us know all the assorted jargon for each profession and trade. In real
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