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Local Headlines- You can still sell your home in a down market February 7, 2012
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- King County home prices drop again; median at $315,000 February 6, 2012
- $16 house? Dallas area man evicted after squatting February 6, 2012
- Low home supply isn't helping prices February 6, 2012
- Rising rebuild costs force homeowners to boost insurance February 4, 2012
- Phoenix housing market starting to recover February 4, 2012
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- Snapshot of 2011 housing market: More activity, lower prices February 4, 2012
- Local mortgage rates February 3, 2012
- Rate on 30-year mortgage falls to record 3.87 pct. February 3, 2012
28Jan2011
Bellevue / Eastside Real Estate Mortgage Rate Watch 1/28/2011
Bellevue / Eastside Real Estate Mortgage Rate Watch: Have mortgage rates stabilized? For now we have developed support as a floor and as a ceiling. What we mean by this is when Good economic data comes out we are not Spiking higher in rates, on the other side if global or local data comes out wors
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Bellevue / Eastside Real Estate Mortgage Rate Watch 1/25/2011
Bellevue / Eastside Real Estate Mortgage Rate Watch: Britain & Consumer Confidence create a tug a war in the market. News on Britain missing their expectations on Gross Domestic Product send investors fleeing to the U.S. Bond Markets. Here in the U.S. Consumer Confidence surges higher than exp
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Bellevue / Eastside Real Estate Mortgage Rate Watch 1/20/2011
Bellevue / Eastside Real Estate Mortgage Rate Watch: Good Employment Data pressuring rates higher, BUT good news we are seeing some support to sustain these current levels in rates. However it does not look appealing to wait for rates to drop much lower. Month after Month we continue to see now po
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Mortgage Reel: Bellevue / Eastside Real Estate Rate Watch 1/18/2011
Bellevue / Eastside Real Estate Mortgage Rate Watch: Rates move higher this morning on NEWS that China was a NET seller of Treasuries in November. They sold more than they purchased. Treasuries and Bonds are very sensitive to a major purchaser like China making moves in the market. WHY? China cur
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Bellevue / Eastside Real Estate Mortgage Rate Watch 1/14/2011
Bellevue / Seattle Real Estate Mortgage Rate Watch: Where will interest rates go? 20 Years of history and two recessions later...... we break down where rates have been and what has caused rates to move. Great segment today. MUST VIEW. Leave comments below, if you have questions leave those f
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Eastside / Bellevue Home Owner Education 101 – Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac Changes
Eastside / Bellevue Home Owner Education 101 - Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac Changes: Buyers, Sellers, Investors and Refinancing all affected by the newest changes just rolled out by Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac. How does this affect you? Can this really cost thousands? How much more will it cost me?
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Bellevue / Seattle Real Estate Mortgage Rate Watch 1/6/2011
Thank you to Jordan and the Eastside Bubble to provide information to the viewer for Homeownership Financing! Bellevue / Seattle Real Estate Mortgage Rate Watch: JOBS, JOBS, JOBS, the theme of the week. ADP report yesterday SURPRISED the market. Today the Initial Jobless Claims Disappointed the m
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Using Trendgraphix Data to Create Excel Graphs
Trendgraphix is a real estate market research company that provides valuable and detailed market statistics to brokers and their agents to help clients when buying or selling a home. Having detailed real estate data to parse and quantify is useful when analyzing market trends - and there's no rea
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Washington State Transportation Commission Announces Proposed SR 520 Toll Rates
Washington State Transportation Commission announces proposed SR 520 Toll Rates The Washington State Transportation Commission, a governor appointed citizens committee charged with setting toll rates, has released proposed toll rates for the SR 520 floating bridge (more...)
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New Eastside Listings Comparison – Nov 2009 v. Nov 2010
New listings for the month of November have shown an average decrease of almost 11% from this time last year, with the largest decrease in listings East of Lake Sammamish. The South Eastside and Juanita/Woodinville markets stand alone in the Eastside Market as areas with increased listings for the month over last years numbers.
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