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- Just keep building up the pile
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The buy to let industry was quite noisy during the last couple of weeks. I don’t know how many times I’ve seen media stories telling me that everything is just fine, and that seasoned buy to let investors are picking up bargains as property prices soften. Like the old song goes, “when the going gets tough the tough get going.” The buy to let hard nuts dive right back in into a declining market, when the more anxious and nervous types are pulling out….
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21 May, 2008| housingblogs |
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- Architecture Billings Index Remains Weak
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From the American Institute of Architects: Architecture Billings Index Remains Weak Click on graph for larger image….
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21 May, 2008| housingblogs |
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- Latest Fed Minutes
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Original Source: www.mortgagenewsdaily.com
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21 May, 2008| housingblogs |
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- House Price Mosaic
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Last night I posted a video from Jim the Realtor showing an area of Oceanside, CA with numerous REOs. Jim has an REO listing in the area and he sent me the details.260 Securidad, Oceanside, California2 Bedroom 1 Bath, 820 sq ftThe house sold for $318,000 in July 2004, and the owner refinanced a year later for a total of $375,000 in loans.T…
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21 May, 2008| housingblogs |
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- World Savings Option ARM Training Video
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Channel 5 in San Francisco got its hands on some “training videos” used by World Savings–now owned by Wachovia–to teach brokers and loan officers how to originate their “Pick-A-Payment” negative amortization ARM. It’s pretty disgusting:But what concerns [housing advocate Maeve Elise] Brown even more was the way World Savings employees were instructed to answer questions about the minimum payment on those option ARM’s….
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21 May, 2008| housingblogs |
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- It is slipping away…
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Here is just one more piece of evidence pointing to a slowdown in the property market. This chart tracks the number of transactions paying stamp duty. As you can see, the numbers have been declining sharply for the last couple of months. …
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21 May, 2008| housingblogs |
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- LET THEM EAT CAKE! Angelo Mozilo (Angelo_Mozilo@countrywide.com) has just discovered the power of the internets (and the ‘reply all’ button)
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Gotta feel a bit sorry for the Great Orange One. He’s gonna go to jail, we all know that. He’s gonna have his assets seized, we all know that. His company is going to go bankrupt and all his employees are going to lose their jobs, and some will go to jail too, we all know that. And what’s left of his reputation has been destroyed, we all know that….
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21 May, 2008| housingblogs |
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21 May, 2008| housingblogs |
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- Boats - the newest economic proxy
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The Big Picture highlights the New York Times piece on the booming business that is the boat repo trade as boat-owners, many who used cheap credit to buy their dreamboat, let their payments lapse in the face of rising credit and gas costs.
From the New York Times article on the newest economic proxy:…
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21 May, 2008| housingblogs |
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- What Should You Find on a Taos Real Estate Website?
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Actually, all real estate websites with the consumer informative ethic, not just a Taos real estate site, should present the same types of information:
A great deal of specific property information in the way of full MLS listing searches.
Information about how the negotiation and transaction process works in the area.
Title and Survey articles to inform visitors about land and ownership issues.
Septic, water and utility information.
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21 May, 2008| housingblogs |
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- Mortgage applications off 10% from same time last year
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Mortgage applications fell 7.8% this week according to the Mortgage Bankers Association weekly survey. The application rate is 10% lower than the same week a year ago. The mortgage application activity tracked by the MBA is holding mostly steady over the past 4 weeks with a .6% declining moving average.
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21 May, 2008| housingblogs |
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- CRE Slowdown?
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Has the Commercial Real Estate slowdown hit Oregon?From the Portland Business Journal:Oregon’s retail and restaurant industry offers an odd combination: lots of closures but solid employment figures.According to the Oregon Employment Department, 199,300 Oregonians worked in retail in April, about 3,500 more than a year ago. The sector is growing at a rate of about 1 percent, down from nearly 2 percent a year ago.”…
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21 May, 2008| housingblogs |
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- Countrywide CEO Mozilo’s "Disgusting" Email Reply: OOPS!
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Posted By:Diana OlickMozilo, who has gotten tons and tons of these, writes, “This is unbelievable. Most of these letters now have the same wording. Obviously they are being counseled by some other person or by the Internet. Disgusting.” …
Original Source: www.cnbc.com
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21 May, 2008| housingblogs |
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- Investing in Home Builders
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Original Source: www.mortgagenewsdaily.com
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21 May, 2008| housingblogs |
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- Cheap Properties and Charity
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Original Source: www.mortgagenewsdaily.com
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21 May, 2008| housingblogs |
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- Crackdown on Foreclosed Kids?
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Periodically I wonder how my life would have been different if, instead of becoming a heartless banker whose only concern is the bottom line, not human lives, I had devoted my career to something socially redeeming, like education of the young. Then I read the WSJ:Some school districts, hoping to control costs and prevent overcrowding, are intensifying efforts to make sure students actually live where they are registered….
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21 May, 2008| housingblogs |
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- UBS Sales $15 Billion Mortgage Assets
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Original Source: www.mortgagenewsdaily.com
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21 May, 2008| housingblogs |
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- Pass it along…Taos Plaza Live starts this week!
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Local favorites Michael Hearne and South By Southwest will open the seventh season of Taos Plaza Live Thursday evening May 22nd from 6 to 8pm.
Special guests will be legendary county western star Lynn Anderson along with musician/songwriter Mentor Williams.
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Original Source: galleryrealtyoftaos.com
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21 May, 2008| housingblogs |
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- Taos River Cleanup on Saturday June 7
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What? Taos River Cleanup
When? Saturday, June 7, 2008. 8:30 AM to Noon (Cookout Afterward)
Where? Meet at Centinel Bank Main Parking Lot 512 Paseo Del Pueblo Sur
Why? To clean up portions of the Rio Fernando and the Little Rio Grande
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21 May, 2008| housingblogs |
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- TRAVEL CHANNEL FEATURES NEW MEXICO
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Into America’s West with Jeff Corwin Explores Land Of Enchantment
New Mexico (May 21, 2008) – Into America’s West debuts this week on the Travel Channel. Emmy Award Winner Jeff Corwin’s trail of discovery and adventure shows off the state of New Mexico to an international audience….
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21 May, 2008| housingblogs |
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