1. Chasing the Rates, AKA, When should I refinance???

    Chasing the Rates, AKA, When should I refinance???

    With the rates dropping once again to ‘historic lows’, people are clamoring for refinances. I have been bombarded with calls from recently closed clients asking whether More

  2. VA IRRL Refinance:  No Appraisals Needed To Lower Your Rate

    VA IRRL Refinance: No Appraisals Needed To Lower Your Rate

    Veterans hoping to refinance their VA home loan, using the VA IRRL program, need not worry about recent market declines.  A VA Interest Rate Reduction loan More

  3. Mortgage Rates for 11-28-2008

    Mortgage Rates for 11-28-2008

    Black Friday Mortgage Rates have been updated. They have dropped a little bit since Wednesday.   Why?  A couple of things: 1. The stock market is opening More

  4. Seneca Falls, NY — It’s a Wonderful Life Locale

    Seneca Falls, NY — It’s a Wonderful Life Locale

    Today, if we’re fortunate enough, we gather with family and friends for a meal, give thanks for what we have, and then relax in front of More

  5. Windermere Real Estate Thanksgiving Food Drive

    Windermere Real Estate Thanksgiving Food Drive

    When the Windermere Services Company and the Windermere Foundation invited Zillow to participate in their Thanksgiving food drive with Food Lifeline, which is a local hunger More

  6. The FHA Streamline Program: Take Advantage Of It (If You Can!)

    The FHA Streamline Program: Take Advantage Of It (If You Can!)

    As pointed out by other authors on this blog, interest rates have recently dropped and with the announcement by the Fed that they will be buying More

  7. Bang 4 Your Buck: $200,000 Homes

    Bang 4 Your Buck: $200,000 Homes

    It’s no secret that home values fluctuate widely across the country.  What you can get for “X dollars” in one market differs widely in another. As More

  8. Mortgage Rate Update for 11-26-2008

    Mortgage Rate Update for 11-26-2008

    Sorry for the delay in getting this out.  The Land America bankruptcy has been taking up a fair amount of time with explaining and discussing the More

  9. Forks, Washington — Home of Twilight

    Forks, Washington — Home of Twilight

    There are very few reasons to travel to 3.5 hours northwest from Seattle to the remote city of Forks, Washington, unless you are a surfer, hiker More

  10. Segway Inventor Takes His Island Home Off the Grid

    Segway Inventor Takes His Island Home Off the Grid

    Dean Kamen, inventor of the Segway, has turned his tiny island retreat of North Dumpling Island, off the coast of Connecticut in the Long Island Sound, More