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Fannie Mae makes their move The lending industry has had a historic year so far as the landscape changes, the government changes policies and...
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Fannie Mae makes their move The lending industry has had a historic year so far as the landscape changes, the government changes policies and...
Construction spending hits historic lows Construction spending continued the same downward trend it exhibited all of 2009 in December, as real estate, public and...
Laptop with no screen With the lack of fanfare surrounding Apple’s announcement of the new iPad touch screen tablet, consumers are continuing their restless...
It’s nice that we enjoy “Freedom of Speech”, but we are still responsible for our speech, and lawsuits are a reality when an individual...
Good News! Your Raise Is Effective As Soon As YOU Are. No Brown-Nosing, glass ceilings, boot licking, politics, nepotism, seniority, annual performance reviews or...
This week on AG: This week’s most popular topics include social media and technology along with shadow inventories and short sales and it was...
Believe it or not, something other than healthcare and jobs was on the minds of policymakers in Washington this week. For tech wonks, the...
Florida and California hurt in 2009 In 2009, RealtyTrac reports that Las Vegas had the largest number of foreclosure filings with 12.04% of homes...
Disclaimer: The following are random musings from the black hole that is my mind. It seems it’s in our nature to explain things, even...
iPad debut = meh. Today’s mysterious product release from Apple was the less-than-mysterious tablet which Apple named iPad rather than iSlate or iTablet or...
Census and HUD say new home sales fell Today in a joint release between the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and...
Barney Frank isn’t the only one who can speak out This week, Representative Barney Frank (D-MA) called for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to...
Twitter announced yesterday the roll out of Local Trending Topics.(We knew they would be putting to good use their purchase of GeoAPI last month). ...
Ah yes, talking points This week, the National Association of Home Builders continues repeating the talking points that sound something like “we can’t get...
The worst commutes According to TheDailyBeast.com, America’s traffic congestion is predictably centered around some of the largest urban hubs in America. The report outlines...
Abolishing Fannie & Freddie? Barney Frank (D-MA), chairman of the House Financial Services Committee claims that new legislation is likely to propose elimination of...
Home shopping over age 55 The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and the Metlife Mature Market Institute (MMMI) teamed up recently to study...
Big changes Thus far in 2010, the lending scene and real estate sector have experienced rapid change with news coming out making it look...
Are We Victims? Some people allow events, people and circumstances to impact them permanently negative! These people are victims. You recognize a VICTIM like...
GAO Tells FCC to Step Up its Game on Oversight of Wireless Phone Service The Government Accounting Office (GAO), the Congressional “watchdog”, recently issued...
This week on AG: This week, many of the top 10 most read articles are focused on the use of technology to get ahead,...
If you thought the MLS was full of color and confusion, check out these gems from area newspapers and online real estate sites. ...
What a surprise Last month, we speculated that Apple’s next unveiling would be the iSlate or Tablet, whatever it would be called and Benn...
From the mouth of a real genius We write a lot about the recession as it relates to real estate- how the commercial sector...
Last year I wrote a post on marketing to women as a niche buyer. To further target this buyer, try appealing to mothers. Compelling...