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Market Focus: The FOMC meeting appears to be at the epicenter of the coming week’s activity. Before Mr. Bernanke they tried to guess what Alan Greenspan was going to do by how he held his briefcase. Amazing how our entire economic system hinges on how one man states his case for what he wants to ...

Hello, and welcome to Real Estate Reality Radio. The most important hour of radio every Friday from 9 to 10 on WBCB 1490 am. Thank you for joining us. For those of you who are new to the show I have spent the last 40 years in the real estate industry both as a realtor and a mortgage banker. The s...

Hello, and welcome to another edition of Real Estate Radio News right here on WPHT 1210 am every Sunday morning from 5:30 to 6:00 am.   The next 30 minutes are reserved to share with you some of the Real Estate News in your local area and how it affects you. Every marketplace has obstacles. I hop...

Market Focus: This week seems like a giant let down after last week’s volatility.The important economic data comes at the end of this week, with jobless claims and retail sales on Thursday, along with business inventories. Then on Friday we get the latest reading on inflation with the producer pr...

Market Focus: Jobs, Jobs, Jobs. Forget everything else. Was Friday’s big loss in the Dow a sign of things to come? You may need to wait until Friday to find out. A big jobs number could cause a big drop as that would cause all the Fed watchers to speculate that the Fed will start to exit their bo...

Market Focus: The week ahead features consumer confidence  and preliminary data for first-quarter gross domestic product , personal income and spending, along with the final reading on consumer sentiment, and the Chicago Purchasing Managers Index. The past several weeks the news has been giving m...

Hello, and welcome to Real Estate Reality Radio. The most important hour of radio every Friday from 9 to 10 on WBCB 1490 am. Thank you for joining us. For those of you who are not familiar with the show I am the guy with a bow tie and a bit of an attitude. Our show is dedicated to dispelling the ...

For 30 minutes every Sunday morning from 5:30 to 6:00 on WPHT 1210 am. Vince and I look forward to sharing with you some of the issues we see every day. Face it. If we believed everything we heard or read none of us would never even think of buying a home again. The news has been nothing but nega...

Market Focus: In a light week Housing dominates the week with FHFA House Price Index, Existing Home Sales, and New Home Sales. But the biggest driver should be Ben Bernanke (Fed Chairman) as he testifies to the joint economic committee. Mix in some bond sales announcements and you should have an ...

Hello, and welcome to Real Estate Reality Radio. The most important hour of radio every Friday from 9 to 10 on WBCB 1490 am. Thank you for joining Vince and me. For those of you who are not familiar with the show I am the guy with a bow tie and a bit of an attitude and Vince is the fun affable be...