Those of you who are curious about Treasury versus mortgage rate spreads may want to scan this article from the Cleveland Fed. It has some excellent graphs that may be of use in explaining why sometimes Treasury rates don't matter any longer, along with some reasoning why. Plus, it isn't too long, and makes sense.

Staging can be as simple as adding some candles to inside a fireplace to moving some furniture out of a room to make it feel larger.

Here are some tips for properly staging a home:

• Remove the clutter and clear out the closets to make the home appear more spacious and orderly.
• Remove family photos, religious symbols, or ......

Predatory lending is still out there.  This is an interesting article on a single mother in Rhode Island.

http://realtytimes.com/rtpages/20080425_loanshark.htm

Who is to blame, the lender or the homeowner?  This situation is a every extreme. In this case I......

NEW U.S. MONTHLY HOUSE PRICE INDEX ESTIMATES 0.6 PERCENT PRICE INCREASE BETWEEN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY

See http://www.ofheo.gov/newsroom.aspx?ID=429&q1=1&q2=None for more information

I think we are nearing the bot......

Thursday May 16th I will be part of a seminar on building a home as well as selling your home in todays market.

Brookstone homes will be the featured builder. They will walk through the building process and show you that it is not as scary as you may think.  I will be talking about how to sell your home in todays market as well explai......

Here is an update I recieved from one of my lenders. Interesting reading.

Wells Fargo posted a $2 billion profit in the first quarter on record revenue of $10.6 billion, whereas Washington Mutual, the nation's sixth-largest originator, lost $1.14 billion. And JPMorgan Chase did better than both, reporting net income of $2.4 billion for......

Housing market update

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I was at a class on short sales and avoiding foreclosure yesterday.  I thought I new something but walked out of this seminar with some new knowledge.

I will be creating a website http://www.avoidwisconsinforeclosure.com/ to help out wisconsin families. 

A short sale ......

Interesting article on msn on giving incentives to help sell your home.  I have seen in wisconsin sellers giving away trips and cash.  Keep in mind some lenders may frown on that practice.  Are they loaning money on the home or the home and the $3000 big screen tv?

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