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Fannie Mae is putting a ban on foreclosures and stopping people from walking away, if they actually have the ability to make their mortgage payments.  Unfortunately too many people have taken advantage of a situation in which legitimately thousands are struggling and losing their homes.  Fannie M...

With interest rates dipping as low as 4.25% to 4.75% on a 30 year fixed, the tax credit gone should not make much of a difference in the minds of home-buyers.  However, that has not been the case.  So far the mortgage application volumes since the tax credit ending has been very low.  Most borrow...

Happy Father's Day to all the men lucky enough to be called Daddy by someone. Your Friend in the City of Brotherly Love, Suzanne Strickler Email: s.strickler3@verizon.net Suzanne's Blog Suzanne's Website

You know I am very new to this business and I have been reading blogs, e-newsletters and newspaper articles that I am going blind. And everyone has a differing opinion. Yes the market is improving...NO we still have a couple of years to dig out of this market, before it will become stable again. ...

"Don't get too close to me...I have a cold!" We have believed for so long that breathing the same air will spread germs, that it's almost a given. But if you talk to medical professionals, they will tell you that colds and viruses are rarely spread by breathing the same air. It's the exchange of...

               The real estate brokerage business appears confusing until you understand how real estate agents, Realtors®, and Realtors® who work with REO properties in particular, work together and make a living.  The term ‘REO' refers to bank owned properties, or ‘real estate owned' by banks o...

It's simply not enough to have your company "be" on social media/ social networking sites or "have" social networking profiles. What is your "purpose" for being there? What is it you're trying to achieve from your social media marketing? Branding? Advertising? Google Ranking Improved? ...gotcha t...

Okay this is not necessarily a professional point of view as much as it is just my experience and opinion.  I have owned two homes in my life time and I have rented from private parties two times.  When I looked for a home, the first time with my now ex-husband, he and I both had specific needs t...

  Lender Now Required to Repull Credit Before Closing – As of June 1, 2010, Fannie Mae has now made it a requirement for all lenders to Repull Credit before closing to ensure that the updated information matches the information initially taken on the loan application. The “Loan Quality Initiative...

  We have all been there, spent hours each week going to networking events to come home with no new contacts and the feeling of "why did I waste my time on that event".  It takes more than jsut being a wall flower in a room full of potential customers. You have to work the room. Show up early and...