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Wall Street has come up with yet another way of getting into Tri Cities WA (and everyone else) homeowner pockets. Freehold Capital Partners advocates for the Wall Street Home Resale fees system. They describe it as a “real estate financing solution designed to more efficiently structure the economics of real estate projects.” How do they [...]
Yesterday the US House of Representatives passed HR 5072, the FHA Reform Act of 2010, by a nearly unanimous 404 to 4. Now it’s on its way to the Senate. So, what does this mean to you, the home buying (or selling) consumer? FHA would be able to increase the current mortgage insurance premium (MIP) [...]
The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) has recently announced that sometime this summer they will halve the amount a seller can offer in concessions to a Tri-Cities WA home buyer for things like renovations, or some of the services and taxes associated with a home purchase from the current 6% of the home’s purchase amount to [...]
Thanks to those friendly people at FICO (you know, the score used to tell you the “guaranteed” Gold/Optimum/Black/VIP credit card offer you received in the mail just isn’t going to happen) you now can now get a FICO score estimate right on your iPhone, anytime! And I quote their site- “and it’s fun to boot!” [...]
Growing up in Richland, WA for me meant summers on the Columbia River. Our house was only one block over from the dike built up to keep the river from invading town back in my mom’s youth. We’d grab a ski and go stand on one of the docks and wait for someone to come [...]
Local municipal government plans for a regional facility project to be aired on local cable TV stations.
Two water park plans announced in two days in the Tri Cities! How do we deserve such riches???
Some advice compiled from professional burglers on how to make their jobs harder…
I’m often asked, during the initial presentation for a home listing, why I don’t have a strong marketing presence with the local paper in the Tri Cities Washington. The reason is because advertising in the paper is a great way for me to get buyer clients for other homes, but not to sell your home. [...]
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