Category Archives: First Time Home Buyer

History & Looking Forward – what the rear view mirror can teach us.

By empower | Published: January 11, 2011

Gerry Stewart, a veteran real estate broker from Salem, OR, reflects on over 30 years in the Real Estate industry. He comments on how we can use yesteryears experience in todays life. The key ingredient? Embrace change… http://empower.ws http://empowerhomeloans.com

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Sales of existing homes continues upward path.

By empower | Published: December 28, 2010

Existing-home sales got back on an upward path in November, resuming a growth trend since bottoming in July, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) reported Wednesday… http://empowerhomeloans.com

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Irony: Bernanke – No housing bubble to pop.

By empower | Published: November 20, 2010

…Rather, he has argued for many years that the Fed should respond to rising or falling prices for stocks, real estate or other assets only if they are affecting inflation or economic growth in an undesirable way. Thus, he would advocate cutting interest rates if a reversal in the housing market sharply dampened consumer spending, triggering job losses or a fall in inflation to very low levels. Bernanke believes “the Fed’s job is to protect the economy, not to protect individual asset prices,” said William Dudley, chief economist for Goldman Sachs U.S. Economics Research… http://empower.ws

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More Foreclosures – More Opportunities

By empower | Published: October 28, 2010

Still, many troubled homeowners have been unable to hang on. As a result, there’s been no letup in the inventory of foreclosed homes on the market this year, says John Bauer, an agent with ZipRealty in Seattle who represents lenders selling foreclosed properties… http://empower.ws

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Thoughts on Foreclosure Inventory

By empower | Published: October 9, 2010

Bank of America, Chase, PNC, GMAC, and others have announced, or unveiled, that they have not been dotting their ‘I’s’ and crossing their ‘T’s’ as carefully as they should have. “We feel the need to address and demonstrate that our process is accurate.” said spokesman, Dan Frahm… http://empower.ws