Working with a REALTOR to buy or sell a home

Have you ever needed a referral to a doctor or dentist or better yet a good vet for your pooch.  Well if someone tells you they had a very good experience with that person or place of business, wouldn’t you think you would too.  Whow and you do and it was the best referral you [...]

What is this Country coming too?

Howard Stern in Harlem  This is amazing.  Not knowing what Obama or McCain’s agenda is, is uninformed, but to not know who is running, in the game, and on which side is just plain stupid.  If this election is on change, that is between the canidates, if it is on race that is amoung the [...]

Weekend Interest Rates

Rates rose sharply this week as investors sold off both stocks and mortgage backed securities, as investors showed no tolerance for risk of any kind.  A concerted .5% cut to short term rates by central banks did little to calm the markets.  The Fed cuts rates on the overnight rate at which banks lend to [...]

Still a great time to buy a home in Richmond, VA

Mortgage rates were nearly unchanged this week despite reports by the media that other loans are drying up for consumers and business owners.  President Bush signed into law the financial services rescue plan, and the Treasury is expected to begin purchasing distressed assets quickly, but it may take a few weeks for any impact to [...]