Shutdown is having ‘notable impact’ on mortgages
Applications for government mortgage products dropped to a six-year low last week, as negotiations to end the U.S. government’s partial shutdown and avert a debt [Read More...]
Industry News
One in six Sacramento Valley families with a mortgage refinanced last year
A sharp rise in home loan refinancing last year pushed down mortgage payments in the Sacramento valley and put millions of dollars back into the local economy, new federal [Read More...]
Home Prices Rising at Fastest Pace Since Start of Bubble
Home prices rose faster during the first seven months of 2013 than any year since 2004, the year that marked the beginning of the home-price bubble. [Read More...]
Mortgage News
Warren Buffett on Interest Rates- Friday Sept. 20th All Home Builders are Not Created Equal- Mon Sept. 23 Tracking Treasury Yields- Fri Sept 20 Two Tests For Tapering Bonus [Read More...]
Giving Your Personal Brand An Audit
You will automatically think of something personal about these people rather than their career in their chosen field because it’s their personal brand that you think about [Read More...]
Mortgage Advice and Trends
The Fed decision to maintain its current course of bulk purchasing mortgage backed securities took most every trader in the market by complete surprise. As a result, [Read More...]
Selling Homes to the Tech Generation
Generally speaking, every generation has a different idea of what attributes make up a dream home. For example, baby boomers often rank state-of-the-art kitchens, hobby [Read More...]
Sacramento’s frenzied housing market becomes more settled
After hyperventilating for months, Sacramento’s housing market is starting to catch its breath. Prices shot up this year faster than anyone predicted because of a tight [Read More...]
A Tale of Two (Diverging) Commercial Real Estate Markets
The big story in global commercial real estate markets today is the disconnect between real estate investment and office leasing markets around the world. Investment volumes [Read More...]
Reno-Sparks 15th Fastest Market in Housing Recovery
According to a new report from Realtytrac, the Reno-Sparks area is the 15th fastest market for real estate recovery in the country. Numbers show Nevada’s [Read More...]
My Select Life - By the Select Group 