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March 2010

Interest Rate Forecasting in a Volatile Time

March 31, 2010

This past weekend, I saw a decent movie… Hot Tub Time Machine and one of the running themes in the movie reminded me of the shift in the bond market last week (and what our immediate future looks like). Without giving away the whole movie, I want to explain…. In the movie Crispin Glover plays [...]

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The Fed’s Report Card in Real Estate

March 30, 2010

“Alas, all the Fed’s purchases and all the government’s men can’t put the residential real estate market together again.” – from a column by Caroline Baum in Business Week In yesterday’s blog, I covered the reasons the administration’s new modification program could make sense. Today, I want to look at the other side of the [...]

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New Modifications: Nonsense or Does It Make Sense?

March 29, 2010

Last week ended with a somewhat surprising announcement that the administration has decided to offer an addition to their modification program called Making Home Affordable Program Enhancements to Offer More Help for Homeowners. The new enhancements look to give relief to people who are unemployed and those approaching 20% negative equity in their homes. Why [...]

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KCM Weekend Library Links

March 27, 2010

Interested in knowing what’s been going on in the real estate market as of late?  Check out our KCM Weekend Library Links below, and see all the real estate articles that we’ve shared over our Blog, Twitter and Facebook the past week.  There is a lot of information floating around out there, so we’ve done [...]

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A Short Sale on the New HAFA Program

March 26, 2010

The new Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternative (HAFA) program is rapidly approaching. As of April 5, 2010 the new guidelines for short sales will be in effect. Everyone should be aware of the changes and understand why this will have a tremendous impact on the real estate market throughout 2010. Today, I want to talk about [...]

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Pricing a House in Today’s Real Estate Market

March 25, 2010

A question that I am often asked is how you correctly price a home in today’s rapidly evolving market. The word that comes to my mind first when thinking about pricing is compelling. If you are looking to sell a home anytime this year, I believe you must make the price so compelling that a [...]

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5 Good Reasons to Sell Your House NOW!

March 24, 2010

In Monday’s blog, 5 Good Reasons to Buy That Home NOW!, I discussed why now was the best time to jump in and buy a home. Today I want to discuss why now is also the time to sell a house you own. It might seem contradictory to claim that it is the best time [...]

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The Countdown to March 31st

March 23, 2010

There’s only a few days left until The Fed exits the Mortgage Back Securities Purchase market…..and there is no shortage of opinions of what that means for mortgage rates available to consumers. In one camp are those who believe that when the only purchaser of any product (whether they be mortgages or pencils) decides to [...]

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5 Good Reasons to Buy that Home NOW!!

March 22, 2010

If you are considering whether or not to purchase a home in the near future, let us discuss why this might be the optimal time to do so. There are five excellent reasons to buy a home now instead of waiting until later. Let’s go over them quickly in this post. 1.) The Homebuyer’s Tax [...]

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Foreclosures Easing Up? Not Exactly

March 19, 2010

There has been much conversation about how distressed properties will impact home prices as we move into the second half of 2010. And it appears that no matter how much data is available, there still remains a feeling that the situation is improving. People look at the foreclosure filings and say things are in fact [...]

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