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How Can We Expect Our Home's Equity To Behave?
Three and one half million homeowners gained positive equity (were no longer underwater on their mortgages) during the first half of 2013. The pace of improvement will likely slow as appreciation sl…

Which Boulder CO Businesses Are Pitching In For Flood Relief?
The generosity of local businesses/individuals is stunning. Funds and fundraising events keep rolling in. A partial list:Celestial Seasonings: All proceeds from its annual tent sale, which will be fr…

Relaxed Rules Keep Houses Closing During Shutdown
In an effort to keep mortgages closing during the government shutdown, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac temporarily changed the rules. Lenders are now approved to verify borrower income through other means…

Trade-Up Buying on the Rise
According to mortgage technology company FNC, rising home equity is allowing many buyers to trade-up.Nationally, the foreclosure market is close to pre-crisis levels. The glut of foreclosure invento…

How Low Can They Go? Mortgage Rates Limbo Lower
Unexpected win for both buyers and sellers: mortgage rates have dipped under the proverbial limbo bar again. The Federal Reserve surprised pundits last month by continuing their bonds and mortgage-ba…

Indoor RE Tour On Your Phone?
According to RE technology afficionado Joel Burslem, property pricing insights may soon be popping up on our handsets when we walk close to for -sale properties. Burslem also posits a new, better wa…
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