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• 10 Government Websites You May Find Useful

  Here are 10 government websites that cover everything about the housing industry: http://twitter.com/HUDFHA - As of March 20, 2009, HUD is now on Twitter—not only sharing updates, but also providing links to websites! Subscribe to the RSS feed and Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 28, 2009 9:57 AM by Laura & Ron Canny | 0 Comments Filed under: FHA, mortgage, homes, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, home prices, stimulus oackage, VA, HUD, loan modification, federal housing tax credit, loans

• Fed Officials: The Worst is Over

  The worst of the economic crisis is over, according to U.S. officials speaking at a financial conference Friday at Vanderbilt University. Frank Nothaft, the chief economist for Freddie Mac, said housing sales have just about hit bottom and a third of Read More... Posted Saturday, April 25, 2009 10:07 AM by Laura & Ron Canny | 0 Comments Filed under: foreclosures, homes, Freddie Mac, housing market, economic crisis, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, hit bottom

• 10 Cities where home prices could fall more

  With incomes falling and loans remaining hard to get, the best bargains are probably yet to come in some of the nation’s largest housing markets, predicts Forbes magazine. To figure out which housing markets still haven’t hit bottom, Forbes Read More... Posted Saturday, April 25, 2009 10:03 AM by Laura & Ron Canny | 0 Comments Filed under: Phoenix, homes, housing crisis, best bargains, home prices, housing market, AZ

• The Valley's foreclosure scene in March

  Here's a rundown of foreclosure activity in metropolitan Phoenix last month, thanks to real estate analyst Tom Ruff of the Information Market. "March’s Numbers are 'who we thought they were,'” said Ruff. Notice of trustee Read More... Posted Thursday, April 16, 2009 4:58 PM by Laura & Ron Canny | 0 Comments Filed under: homes, Phoenix foreclosures, pre-foreclosures, forecosure notices, trustees sale

• The Time is NOW!

  They say that you'll never know when we have reached the bottom until we are on our way up. This month in Arizona there are 11,000 purchases opened...that is more purchases in one month then in the height of the market in 2005. Since the Fed announcement Read More... Posted Monday, March 23, 2009 8:28 AM by Laura & Ron Canny | 0 Comments Filed under: Real Estate, Phoenix, Arizona, homes

• Get off that Fence!

  I've been saying it for months, and I'll say it again. NOW is the time to get off the fence and buy! Why am I so convinced that the time is now? Well, it's a combination of things. Regardless of whether you're building a new deck, or whipping Read More... Posted Sunday, March 08, 2009 8:30 AM by Laura & Ron Canny | 0 Comments Filed under: Real Estate, homes, tax credit, first-time home buyer, mortgage rates

• Urgent message from Dave Liniger, Chairman & Co-Founder of Re/Max

  If you have been watching the news this week, you may have noticed that the debate in Washington has finally turned toward real stimulus for the housing industry. As a result, I believe that we could be on the brink of a substantial turn around in the Read More... Posted Friday, February 06, 2009 7:57 AM by Laura & Ron Canny | 0 Comments Filed under: Real Estate, homes, forelcosures, Amendment 353, Lieberman/Isakson Amendment, dave liniger, economic stimulus bill

• Mortgage Rates Continue Falling to Record Lows

  For the fourth consecutive week, mortgage rates have fallen to all-time lows. The 30-year mortgage rates averaged 5.01 percent this week, which is a drop from last week's 5.1 percent. Last year at this time, rates averaged 5.87 percent. "Interest Read More... Posted Friday, January 09, 2009 9:53 PM by Laura & Ron Canny | 0 Comments Filed under: mortgage, homes, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Ginnie Mae

• Barney Frank & the mortgage situation

  Here's a video of Bill O'Reilly flipping out on Barney Franks: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=alm5mp-mmRU&NR=1 Here's a video of Barney Franks as the Banking Queen: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=FCEF-dNdeXo What do you think, folks? Have Read More... Posted Friday, December 26, 2008 4:12 PM by Laura & Ron Canny | 0 Comments Filed under: Real Estate, mortgage, homes, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Barney Franks, crisis