Does this sound familiar? For home sellers it is the best of times, it is the worst of times, it is the age of wise choices, it is the age of foolish decisions, it is the age of sales success and the age of missed opportunities.
In short, it is an age where home sellers are […]

Sorry Countrywide correspondent sellers.  No posh ski trip to Avon, Colorado this year.  Countrywide canceled the excursion, replete with Kobe beef, caviar and a trip to Spago due to the recent mortgage crunch.  Not that cash is so tight - just the negative PR around the event seemed to be a bit too much.
So why […]

Scotiabank is presenting its Canadian Real Estate Outlook and Trends Forum 2008 on Tuesday, February 26 in Toronto. The purpose is to provide insights into the residential real estate market, including the latest underlying economic factors.
The forum presenters will provide an economic overview; a review of specific economic issues influencing the real estate sector; […]

Knoxville, Tennessee - Monday morning, February the 25th, the Tennessee men’s basketball team is almost certain to rise to the number 1 ranking in the country. This will be the first time ever that the UT men’s basketball team has been ranked number 1 in the country.They earned that spot by defeating the formerly […]

Montreal has the highest concentration of historic monuments in Canada and more than 40,000 buildings are protected under provincial or municipal legislation. These buildings represent an exceptional collective heritage that the city’s administration is dedicated to protecting and promoting in various ways.

Owners of classified buildings that are recognized as cultural property or located on […]

Cute story. Not true, but based on a composite of characters we’ve all met and worked with over the years.
So how can it always be a good time to buy a house?

Don’t be.  Hat tip to Keith at Housing Panic.  The FBI says that pursuing and prosecuting consumers who lied on their home loan applications by inflating their income to obtain a loan is at the bottom of a very long mortgage-related investigation list.  So breathe a sigh of relief if you were one of the […]

Will the Mortgage rates ease when the Bank of Canada meets in early March?

Borrowing costs declined the last Friday in January as major Canadian lenders and banks cut their mortgage interest rates on several longer-term mortgages and loans.
Royal Bank, TD Canada Trust and Laurentian Bank all announced cuts ranging from 0.05 to 0.1 of a […]

Thanks to reader Frank for sending this brief FAQ about the Federal Housing Administration’s Modernization bill and the Federal Stimulus Bill that was just passed.  With all of the confusion around the changes proposed to FHA loan limits as well as the new conforming loan limits that will be in effect as a result of […]

So I was at this open house today. I was holding a listing open for a fellow Zephyr agent.
While I was at the open house, I found myself talking to a gentlemen there that looked remarkably familiar. I came to find out that I had actually gone to camp with him […]