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Loan Applications Down Nationwide The Mortgage Bankers Association released new numbers this week showing loan applications are down 40% from this time last year and refinancing applications are down for the first time in 6 weeks. Refinancing is down 3% and home purchases are down 37%. A 30-year-...

Housing Numbers Looking Bleak... Real Estate Investors Help Us Out!   As I am sure everyone has seen the headlines this morning on the the latest housing number, I couldn't resist the urge to blog about it. This is a topic my husband and I talk about nightly. We discuss the fact that we cannot be...

Highlands Ranch Sold Statistics July 2010 - Highlands Ranch, Colorado Overall the sold homes in Highlands Ranch, Colorado were down about 23% from June due mostly to the Homebuyers Tax Credit expiring. This was a huge push for many homeowners to go out and make the purchase they had been saving f...

Colorado Economic Outlook - Colorado Will Shine Again  The July economic report for the beautiful state of Colorado came out today and is very hopeful!  The Colorado economy continues to emerge from the Great Recession. Employment growth has improved, the unemployment rate remains nearly two perc...

Jazz At The Mansion - Highlands Ranch, Colorado The historic Highlands Ranch Mansion provides a wonderful setting for his annual Jazz event sponsored by the Highlands Ranch Community Association. This casual setting is wonderful for families to attend and relax to some wonderful music. The Highla...

Denver Parade of Homes - Denver, Colorado   The Annual Denver Parade of Homes will be held in Denver, Colorado from August 14th through Labor Day. This year there will be over 58 homes will be on display located in 21 cities throughout metro Denver. The Denver Home Builder Association has changed...

Local Denver Woman Changing The World - Denver, Colorado I was reading The Denver Post this morning and came upon the most inspiring story about a local 25 year woman who is changing the world literally...all by herself. Jessica Posner is a determined 25 year old who is developing schools in one ...

Refresher Course - Items Needed For A Complete 1003   As I was reading through some of the blogs today, it seemed one of the hot points of discussion was that no more preapproval letters will issued. Alot has been written on this already today so I would just like to discuss one of the main issue...

Congress Passes Reform Bill - Now What? Today the Senate passed the controversial Financial Reform Bill of 2010 with a vote of 60-39. Regardless of your political affiliation, this has and will affect all of us in the real estate industry. If your like me, I have been trying to find the final ver...

Mortgage Lenders Helping Realtors Get Their MOJO Back! As all of us know, we have to always market ourselves and try and build business to bring in new clients. This in itself can be a full time job! With all the different ideas and strategies you can pursue there is no end to what you can do to ...