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  • HomeGain Blog

  • Real Estate 360 Live With Louis Cammarosano 5/7/12

    Real Estate 360 Live With Louis Cammarosano 5/7/12
    On Monday May 7, 2012, Louis Cammarosano, General Manager of HomeGain, was a guest on the Real Estate 360 Live radio show on The Big Talker 1580 WHFS AM, hosted by Ryan Sloper. Listen to the show. Part 1 (14:54) Ryan discusses the issues in Europe relating to the Euro and austerity plans. Louis notes [...]

  • Real Estate 360 Live With Louis Cammarosano 4/30/12

    Real Estate 360 Live With Louis Cammarosano 4/30/12
    On Monday April 30, 2012, Louis Cammarosano, General Manager of HomeGain, was a guest on the Real Estate 360 Live radio show on The Big Talker 1580 WHFS AM, hosted by Ryan Sloper. Listen to the show. Part 1 (15:27) Louis and Ryan discuss Ben Bernanke’s recent comments relating to keeping interest rates low for [...]

  • Top Deadbolt Locks to Keep Your Home Safe

    Top Deadbolt Locks to Keep Your Home Safe
    One excellent home safety tool is the use of dead bolts. Keeping your doors protected by sturdy dead bolt locks is a great way to keep your home safe from would-be intruders. Of course, it?s vitally important to find the best deadbolt you can purchase. Some are simply far more effective and thus more discouraging [...]

  • Which Home Loan is Right For You

    Which Home Loan is Right For You
    The steady uptick in temperature ushers in more than just pool-side cocktails and barbeques. It?s the start of real estate season, and people are hitting the MLS and local Realtors in search of For Sale signs to lead them to their perfect home. But before you move from hunter to homeowner, the mortgage industry must [...]

  • Real Estate 360 Live With Louis Cammarosano 4/23/12

    Real Estate 360 Live With Louis Cammarosano 4/23/12
    On Monday April 23, 2012, Louis Cammarosano, General Manager of HomeGain, was a guest on the Real Estate 360 Live radio show on The Big Talker 1580 WHFS AM, hosted by Ryan Sloper. Listen to the show. Part 1 (14:40) Ryan notes that the Fed is going to meet again next week and that many [...]
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  • The Day Ahead: Markets Free To "Trade It Out" Amid Data-Free Session

    The Day Ahead: Markets Free To "Trade It Out" Amid Data-Free Session

    Posted To: MBS Commentary

    With so many unprecedented and hefty considerations, markets might enjoy today's complete absence of scheduled economic data as some sort of chance to seek its own equilibrium. That sentence was actually lifted from an article we wrote in July 2011 when European drama was first beginning to collide with impending Fed policy changes. The first four days of the week contained plenty of events informing both of those heavy hitters and markets attempted to reconcile those versus the decreasingly significant scheduled econ calendar. Back then, we thought that the data-less Friday looked like a decent opportunity for markets to "trade it out," but as it happened, things didn't move too much until two weeks later when 10yr yields dropped about 60bps in 5 days in the run up to NFP. Interestingly enough...(read more)

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  • MBS RECAP: Snowball Buying As Fedspectations Team Up With Euro-Drama

    MBS RECAP: Snowball Buying As Fedspectations Team Up With Euro-Drama

    Posted To: MBS Commentary

    MBS Live : MBS Afternoon Market Summary Two of our favorite made-up terms joined forces today to carry MBS to yet another all-time high and 10yr yields to the high 1.6's! The day looked as if it would be a deceleration in terms of volume and volatility this morning, but we turned out to be quite wrong about that, although rates moved in the right direction for MBS watchers. The culprits were overnight headlines in Europe that noted a similar "run on the bank" going on in Spain as the one just seen in Greece. Even if the news and events themselves weren't responsible for subsequent all-time lows in German Bund yields, they certainly reminded investors that there are bigger fish to fry regardless of how Greece plays out. Then there was the Philly Fed data, which in and of itself, isn't cause...(read more)

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  • Mortgage Rates Officially Hit New All-Time Lows!

    Mortgage Rates Officially Hit New All-Time Lows!

    Posted To: Mortgage Rate Watch

    Mortgage Rates hit new all-time lows today. In most cases, lenders' offerings are just slightly better across the board than they were in late January, the last time we officially noted "new all-time lows," though some lenders are not quite back to their previous best levels. A much weaker-than-expected reading on a widely followed report on business conditions in the mid-Atlantic region gave rates markets a bit of an early jolt lower. From there, an absence of additional data gave way to technical momentum, helping rates even lower. Markets are facing tremendous uncertainty over the eventual outcome of Greek elections in June as well as the fate of the Spanish banking sector. Today, Spain saw their own version of the "run on banks" that occurred in Greece yesterday, reminding traders that...(read more)

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  • NAHB, NAR Agree, Homes Never More Affordable

    NAHB, NAR Agree, Homes Never More Affordable

    Posted To: MND NewsWire

    For the second time in a week a national housing trade organization has shown that purchasing a home is now within the reach of a record number of Americans. On Tuesday the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) published its affordability index indicating the purchasing power of American households had broken through 200 on its index for the first time in its history. Today the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and Wells Fargo released their Housing Opportunity Index (HOI) which showed that 77.5 percent of all new and existing homes sold in the first quarter of 2012 were affordable to families earning the national median income. This is up from 75.9 percent in the fourth quarter of 2011. While NAR used a national median income of just under $61,000 the one used by the NAHB...(read more)

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  • MBS MID-DAY: More Gains On Philly Fed Miss

    MBS MID-DAY: More Gains On Philly Fed Miss

    Posted To: MBS Commentary

    MBS Live : MBS Morning Market Summary The main market-mover of the morning was the release of the Philadelphia Fed Survey, the chief component of which fell from 8.5 last month to -5.8 today. This happens occasionally with regional manufacturing reports and particularly, we're reminded of the August Philly Fed Index that fell to -22 from a +6.2 in July. Although that instance constituted a bigger discrepancy, today's is arguably as much of a surprise considering the recent relative stability of the data (or even "uptrend" with the exception of last month's minor pull-back). Amazingly, it kicked off the biggest hour of volume of the week by a small margin over y'day's hour following the Greece/ECB news. MBS hit another all time high albeit by a small margin and 10yr yields now trade under 1...(read more)

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  • Roost Blog

  • Just Like Steve Austin, Roost by VerticalResponse Gets Better, Stronger & Faster!

    Just Like Steve Austin, Roost by VerticalResponse Gets Better, Stronger & Faster!
    We are excited to announce some great new features to the Roost by VerticalResponse social marketing platform. They include the following: * LinkedIn Integration * Top Blogs & Breaking News Content * Quotes Library * Conversations To read more about these exciting new features, hop over to the VerticalResponse Product Blog to get the details.  

  • Big news for Roost users ? Roost is now part of VerticalResponse!

    Big news for Roost users ? Roost is now part of VerticalResponse!
    We?re excited to share a big announcement today. VerticalResponse, a leading email, survey and event marketing provider, who shares our passion for helping Small and Medium businesses, has acquired Roost. This is terrific news for all our customers because it means that we?ll soon be able to provide an even easier and smarter way to [...]

  • 7 Billion People Sharing the Same Planet (Infographic)

    7 Billion People Sharing the Same Planet (Infographic)
    Well it’s Friday and we thought we would drop a little information that impacts pretty much everyone…The World’s Population. Thanks to the good folks at Masters Degree Online who provided the awesome infographic below, we can think about some very interesting data points that will impact the world now and into the future. We would love [...]

  • New Roost Data Report Finds SMB?s In Music, Entertainment & Luxury Goods Have Highest Social Marketing Reach

    New Roost Data Report Finds SMB?s In Music, Entertainment & Luxury Goods Have Highest Social Marketing Reach
    Social Marketing for small- and medium-sized businesses (SMB’s) is still in its infancy. Because of this, there’s not a lot of information regarding trends or even data on industries that seems to be winning the social marketing battle. But due to Roost’s unique position in the marketplace, we have access to data that can can [...]

  • Roost Launches ?Less Than 5? Social Tip Video Series

    Roost Launches ?Less Than 5? Social Tip Video Series
    Here at Roost we get a ton of questions. From Facebook to Twitter to our own products we’ve probably heard them all. So we wanted to be a little proactive in helping people find answers to all these great questions. That’s why we started the “Less That 5″ Social Tip Video Series. Each week we [...]
 
 
  • Real Estate Market Conditions

  • Phoenix, AZ ? Pinal County Housing Update for November 2010

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    Phoenix, AZ ? Pinal County Housing Update for November 2010
    County: Pinal Year to Year Comparison Month to Month Comparison Month Nov-2009 Nov-2010 % Change Oct-2010 Nov-2010 % Change % Sold Price to Asking Price 98% 96% -2% 95% 96% 1% Sold Homes 803 690 -14% 635 690 9% Asking...

  • Phoenix, AZ ? Maricopa County Housing Update for November 2010

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    Phoenix, AZ ? Maricopa County Housing Update for November 2010
    County: Maricopa Year to Year Comparison Month to Month Comparison Month Nov-2009 Nov-2010 % Change Oct-2010 Nov-2010 % Change % Sold Price to Asking Price 97% 96% -1% 96% 96% 0% Sold Homes 6,562 5,886 -10% 5,777 5,886 2% Asking...

  • Los Angeles, CA (County) ? Housing Update for November 2010

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    Los Angeles, CA (County) ? Housing Update for November 2010
    County: Los Angeles Year to Year Comparison Month to Month Comparison Month Nov-2009 Nov-2010 % Change Oct-2010 Nov-2010 % Change % Sold Price to Asking Price 98% 97% -1% 97% 97% 0% Sold Homes 5,528 4,924 -11% 4,937 4,924 0%...

  • Orange County, CA ? Housing Market Update for November 2010

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    Orange County, CA ? Housing Market Update for November 2010
    County: Orange Year to Year Comparison Month to Month Comparison Month Nov-2009 Nov-2010 % Change Oct-2010 Nov-2010 % Change % Sold Price to Asking Price 98% 104% 6% 96% 104% 8% Sold Homes 2,193 1,864 -15% 2,028 1,864 -8% Asking...

  • Los Angeles, CA ? Riverside County Housing Market Update for November 2010

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    Los Angeles, CA ? Riverside County Housing Market Update for November 2010
    County: Riverside Year to Year Comparison Month to Month Comparison Month Nov-2009 Nov-2010 % Change Oct-2010 Nov-2010 % Change % Sold Price to Asking Price 100% 98% -2% 100% 98% -2% Sold Homes 3,160 2,693 -15% 2,794 2,693 -4% Asking...
 
 
  • Commercial Property Executive

  • RECon Preview: Show Veterans Expect Stepped-Up Dealmaking in the Desert

    RECon Preview: Show Veterans Expect Stepped-Up Dealmaking in the Desert
    As tens of thousands of industry professionals flock to Las Vegas this weekend for RECon, the International Council of Shopping Centers? annual spring convention, the mood of the attendees -- like the prospects for retail real estate itself -- continues to trend in a modestly upward direction.

  • Summit Housing, Bailey Properties Merge into $1B Multi-Family Firm

    Summit Housing, Bailey Properties Merge into $1B Multi-Family Firm
    Summit Housing Partners and Bailey Properties have merged to form BSR Trust, a $1 billion multi-family housing entity with properties in 10 states.

  • Economy Watch: E-Commerce on the Rise; Greece, Spanish Banks Downgraded

    Economy Watch: E-Commerce on the Rise; Greece, Spanish Banks Downgraded
    Initial jobless claims came in at the same number as last week. E-commerce, though, rose 15.4 percent over the first quarter of 2011. Moody's cut ratings for 16 Spanish banks, and Fitch downgraded Greece to CCC status.

  • Cresa Opens Baltimore, Salt Lake City Offices

    Cresa Opens Baltimore, Salt Lake City Offices
    Already holding the distinction of being the largest commercial real estate tenant-representation firm in North America, Cresa is expanding its reach with the opening of new offices in Baltimore and in Salt Lake City.

  • KBS REIT Acquires 199 KSF Salt Lake City Office Building

    KBS REIT Acquires 199 KSF Salt Lake City Office Building
    KBS Real Estate Investment Trust III has shelled out $30.3 million for the acquisition of Gateway Tech Center, a 198,600-square-foot office building in downtown Salt Lake City.
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  • Cities where jobs in manufacturing pay the most

    Cities where jobs in manufacturing pay the most

    Not all manufacturing jobs are created equal -- and certainly not manufacturing pay. According to a new study released by Brookings? Metropolitan Policy Program, manufacturing wages differ widely between large cities.Not all manufacturing jobs are created equal -- and certainly not manufacturing pay. According to a new study released by Brookings? Metropolitan Policy Program, manufacturing wages differ widely between large cities.




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  • The condo that's home to 'Fifty Shades of Grey'

    The condo that's home to 'Fifty Shades of Grey'

    Banned, embraced and parodied for its graphic sexual content, "Fifty Shades of Grey," is fiction, but the home much of it takes place in is real. A luxury condominium in Seattle.Banned, embraced and parodied for its graphic sexual content, "Fifty Shades of Grey," is fiction, but the home much of it takes place in is real. A luxury condominium in Seattle.




  • Mortgage rates still falling, hit record lows

    Mortgage rates still falling, hit record lows
    Mortgage rates have continued to fall over the past week, setting record lows for both 30-year and 15-year contracts, mortgage giant Freddie Mac said Thursday. The 30-year benchmark now stands at 3.79 percent, down from 3.83 percent a week ago, with an average "point" fee of 0.

  • Back from foreclosure to homeownership

    Back from foreclosure to homeownership

    Daniel and Robin Akerman inspect their new house after buying in short sale in Pensacola, Fla.When Jennifer Anderson's family could no longer afford their mortgage and lost their home, she expected many years to pass before they would again become property owners.