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Window of Opportunity

In recent months, I have been talking to you about the “window of opportunity” when it comes to mortgage lending.  As I type this post, rates are within a half a point of the lowest rates in country’s history.  If you have been sitting on the fence waiting for 4% interest rates, here are a [...]

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Positive Action for Mortgage Rates

According to the Washington Post this morning, the Treasury Department is considering intervening into the mortgage market.  This intervention would dramatically force down interest rates.   They are actually talking about driving rates down to an interest rate of no more than 4.5%.  The National Association of Realtors feels this would definitly boost the housing market.  [...]

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Gwinnett County – Have home prices bottomed out?

Recent information from Standard and Poor’s Case – Shiller Price Index shows that the Atlanta/Gwinnett Market home prices MAY have bottomed out? For three months now, resale prices of single-family homes in the metro area have been inching up, according to new data from the Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller Home Price Index. “Atlanta, Dallas, Minneapolis and [...]

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