How We Got Here . . . .
Wednesday, September 27th, 2006 Posted in Buyer Stuff, Inside Real Estate | No Comments »When "The Fed" dropped short-term rates to an unprecedented 1%, it precipitated the cheapest mortgage money of the past 40 years.That led to creative, new lending practices (interest-only, option ARMs, etc.) which made it easy for borrowers to get into ...
The Mother Of All Incentives !
Monday, September 25th, 2006 Posted in About Our Area, Buyer Stuff, Inside Real Estate, Seller Stuff | No Comments »Last week, it was Corey Barton Homes new "Live Free" program, offering to pay the first six months of mortgage payments to draw buyers to their subdivisions.This week, it’s Hubble Homes offering buyer agents a $10,000 bonus commission, in addition ...
Boise Real Estate Is On Sale !
Thursday, September 21st, 2006 Posted in Buyer Stuff | No Comments »Smart buyers wait for a sale to buy what they want at a lower price.Many real estate buyers jump into the market when they feel good about it and try to get out when sentiment turns negative. The shrinks call that "herd psychology" ~ when ...
Builders Offering Inventive Incentives
Thursday, September 21st, 2006 Posted in Buyer Stuff | No Comments »You don't have to look far to find a deal if you are a buyer interested in a new home.Buyer incentives abound, and some are becoming pretty creative ~ like Corey Barton Homes' "Live Free" program that offers to pay ...
Why Californians Move Here
Saturday, September 16th, 2006 Posted in About Our Area, Buyer Stuff | No Comments »(the following is a tongue-in-cheek posting based upon an actual newspaper article published in California earlier this year)The Republic of California will soon begin enforcing new air quality regulations to control "bovine flatulence".The CFBC (California Bovine Flatulence Commission) intends to crack ...
