Real estate market update
The Mini Bubble
2013 blew by so quickly! I remember starting the year in January and feeling this huge shift in the Real [...]
Real Estate Bubble
There's one thing for certain you can always expect change in life. Change is constant and we can count on it. I [...]
Great Reasons to Buy in the Off Season
Conventional real estate wisdom often says that once Thanksgiving comes around, buyers and sellers might as well pack it in, [...]
Financing – Credit Report and Score
Cash buyers are decreasing in the Las Vegas real estate market. That means more opportunities for buyers that are financing. Many sellers were [...]
New FHFA Short Sale Rules to Take Effect June 1; Local Home Prices and Sales Rise as Inventory Shrinks
In a recent report published by CNN Money, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, which oversees Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, [...]
New Changes to Fannie & Freddie Short Sales
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has directed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to develop enhanced and aligned strategies for [...]
Please tune-in on Monday 4/23 at 5 PM to hear Dulcie on KNPR 88.9
Please join Dulcie Crawford as she is featured on-air at KNPR 88.9 on Monday afternoon, 5-6 PM for the Corporate [...]
RealtyTrac: Short Sales Up 33% in January, Outpace REO Sales in 12 States
With the number of short sales increasing and even outnumbering REO sales in certain states, experts are speculating short sales might [...]
Housing Affordability Index Hits Record High
The National Association of Realtors recently announced that the housing affordability conditions have reached the highest level since record keeping [...]
FANNNIE MAE & FREDDIE MAC CHANGES HARP GUIDELINES TO REACH MORE UNDERWATER BORROWERS
We would like to share with you upcoming changes to the Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP) that one of our [...]
Foreclosure Rates Decline on Both Quarterly, Annual Basis
You’ve probably heard or read it: foreclosure rates have declined for the last quarter and compared to last year’s. But [...]
National Open House Weekend on June 4 & 5 Aims to Rally Real Estate Market
The National Association of Realtors, in partnership with the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors and the Las Vegas Review [...]
NEW HOME AFFORDABLE FORECLOSURE ALTERNATIVES (HAFA) CHANGES FOR 2011
As a follow-up to the previous blog’s topic on the updated guidelines for the Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternatives (HAFA) program [...]
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION RELEASES OCTOBER HOUSING SCORECARD
Below is a recent press release from The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department [...]
TODAY’S INTEREST RATES ARE THE OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME TO BUY A HOME OR REFINANANCE
One of our preferred lenders, Bryce & Lova Reynolds from All Western Mortgage, Inc. has sent us a reminder that “today’s [...]