Jeremy Cudd's (jeremycudd) Blog

  Due to low interest rate,s and a limited supply of homes currently on the market, Twin Cities home buyers had signed over 3,700 purchase agreements in February.  This is a 34% increase compared with last year at this time and is the best February since '06.  This is according to data released b...

Banks are foreclosing on America's churches in record numbers as lenders increasingly lose patience with religious facilities that have defaulted on their mortgages, according to new data. The surge in church foreclosures represents a new wave of distressed property seizures triggered by the 2008...

The Obama Administration this week announced a cost-cutting move to open the door to cheaper government loans for as many as 3 million borrowers. Helping refinancing homeowners cash in on today's rock-bottommortgage rates, the Administration ordered the Federal Housing Administration to significa...

Recently the St Paul Pioneer Press did an article on my company Property Executives Realty.  We focus on Property Managment in the Western Wisconsin area and Real Estate in MN & WI.  Below is the article:   Owner: Jeremy Cudd Type of business:Real estate services and property management Number of...

    Up to three million U.S. homeowners could save around $1000 a year through cheaper government-backed mortgages unveiled by the White House on Tuesday in an election year move to help the shaky housing market. The step is the latest in a series by the Obama administration to aid struggling hom...

The average time it takes to complete a foreclosure has nearly tripled nationwide, from four months in 2007 to about a year at the end of 2011, according to RealtyTrac, with the slowdown most evident in some of the hardest-hit states, including California, Florida and Illinois. As a result, the r...

    The St. Croix River Crossing passed through the House of Representatives this morning. The vote passed with a 339-80 vote. The bill's passage means the legislation now needs to be signed by President Barack Obama. In a phone interview with Rep. Michele Bachmann this afternoon, she said she "...

  Michael Jordan has always been the king of basketball (sorry Labron).  Ever since I was a young lad, I looked up to MJ and I always "like Mike, if I could be like Mike" (Gatorade commercial)   Recently MJ listed his 9 bedroom, 15 bath, 56,000 square foot pad for a cool $29 million.  This makes...

Did you know that REALTOR.com® is the most visited real estate website in the nation?  Consumers rely on Realtor.com because they pull direct feeds from over 933 MLSs and update the data every 15 minutes (according to the article).  This data includes Northstar MLS which provides Multipal Listing...

  A Cash Flow Safety Net   Above & Beyond the Security Deposit           If a tenant stops paying rent, you still have to continue to pay the mortgage and taxes while searching for a replacement.  The security deposit is helpful, but with money going out and no rental income coming in, the situat...