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QUOTE OF THE WEEK..."...never retreat, never retract...never admit a mistake."--Napoleon Bonaparte INFO THAT HITS US WHERE WE LIVE...Wisely, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) did not follow the diminutive Emperor's advice last week, admitting they uncovered some mistakes in the statistic...

QUOTE OF THE WEEK..."Do what you can with what you have where you are."--Theodore Roosevelt INFO THAT HITS US WHERE WE LIVE...The famous President's sage advice from a century ago is still the appropriate approach to today's housing market. In the midst of all the media noise, it's always good to...

YOUR END-OF-THE-YEAR FINANCIAL CHECK-UPS Now is the right time to take a look at a few financial matters: 1. Review health and dental care choices. Many employers allow you to make changes to your benefit plans now. Check with doctors and dentists to make sure they’re still in your plan’s preferr...

Market Update  QUOTE OF THE WEEK..."Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it."--Dwight D. Eisenhower INFO THAT HITS US WHERE WE LIVE...Enough people were motivated to buy new homes in October to push monthly sales up 1.3% to a 307,000 annua...

  INFO THAT HITS US WHERE WE LIVE...The patient approach advocated by the 1st Marquess of Halifax is proving to be the right tactic for mastering today's housing market. Last week, October Existing Home Sales inched up to an annual rate just under 5 million units. And although things appear to be...

Market Update QUOTE OF THE WEEK…”Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”–Confucius INFO THAT HITS US WHERE WE LIVE…Last week some observers felt there were signs home building may be starting to rise. October Housing Starts came in above expectations at a 62...

QUOTE OF THE WEEK…”Life will always be to a large extent what we ourselves make it.”–Samuel Smiles, Scottish author and reformer INFO THAT HITS US WHERE WE LIVE…Like life, the situation in the housing market depends on what we make of it. Last week, both options were covered in the latest quarter...

  Cut your electric bill 10% without ever noticing it! PLUS...24 tools every homeowner needs.   Most people don't know that TVs, DVD players, game consoles, computers and chargers for cell phones and other electronic devices can draw energy 24/7, even when idle. The typical American home has 40 o...

QUOTE OF THE WEEK…“Success seems to belargely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.”–WilliamFeather, American author and publisherINFO THAT HITS US WHERE WE LIVE…Last week’s housing news did give allof us in the industry a few more things to hang onto. First, we saw newsingle-family ho...

QUOTE OF THE WEEK…“It would be so niceif something made sense for a change.”–”Alice in Wonderland,”Lewis CarrollINFO THAT HITS US WHERE WE LIVE…What didn’t make sense last week wasthe way the media reported the latest housing data. Housing Starts wereUP a strong 15% in September, hitting a 658,00...