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2011
Have you made an application for a mortgage loan recently and all of a sudden your getting mail and/or phone calls about mortgage loans? You are being contacted because of something called a Trigger Lead. What is a Trigger Lead and how did they get your private information? A Trigger Lead is gene...
06/30/2011
There's an old saying in real estate that it's about Location, Location, Location. This is especially true right now. While the national S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices showed prices fell year-to-year in the latest survey the housing market rebounded in the Washington, DC area showing a 4% in...
06/29/2011
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School may be out for summer but it's not to early to start thinking about the fall and the new school year. Recently I found a blog post on the Military Duty Stations-Blog titled Homework and Schoolwork Website Resources. The blogger opened the post with "I am an information miner….I could sit f...
06/26/2011
Would you sell a house using an ad like this? Back in the day real estate was advertised in the newspaper in classified and and the real estate section, in homes magazines, and by mailing post cards. Today the newspaper and home magazines, although still used, have been largely replaced by the In...
06/23/2011
We all know the economy and the real estate market have been experiencing a tough time over the past several years. But some light is beginning to appear at the end of what some have thought of as a dark tunnel. In recent weeks major publications including The Wall Street Journal, CBSMoneyWatch.c...
06/18/2011
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21304 Glendevon Ct Germantown, MD 20876-7600 Lovely Home With Privacy Backing to Parkland Home Photo Gallery Virtual Tour Property Map Payment Info Request Showing Contact Me Alan Gross Home Office:240.813.0614 Office:301.208.0055 Website:Visit Website Price : $500,000 Bedrooms : 4 Bathrooms : 3...
06/14/2011
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Fannie Mae announced an extension of the incentives to purchasers of properties in their HomePath program. This is an extension of a program was to run from April 11, 2011 to June 30, 2011. The new program runs from June 14, 2001 till October 31, 2011. The program offers the buyer up to 3.5% in c...
06/14/2011
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke spoke at the At the International Monetary Conference, Atlanta, Georgia on Tuesday. In his speech he said that economic growth had been slower than expected in 2011. He went on to say that the overall economic recovery was continuing at a modest pace. As for ...
06/11/2011
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Your headline is the first, and perhaps only, impression you make on a prospective reader. Without a headline or post title that turns a browser into a reader, the rest of your words may as well not even exist. But a headline can do more than simply grab attention. A great headline can also commu...
06/03/2011
It Wasn't Supposed To - But It's Happened Again - Mortgage interest rates have been falling for the past 3 weeks. The cause appears to be a slower than expected economy and slower than expected job growth. Here's a quote from HSH.com "As of last week, HSH.com’s Fixed-Rate Mortgage Indicator –a br...
06/02/2011