BlogUncategorized July 23, 2012

Cities vs. suburbs

Mortgage loan rates have fallen again.  CNN Money   reports that the 30-year mortgage dropped to 3.53% from 3.56% over one week ago, according to Freddie Mac’s weekly report. One year ago, the 30-year fixed rate was 4.52%.

Blog July 20, 2012

Have we bottomed out?

Has the housing market bottomed out? Most economists surveyed by  the Wall Street Journal   (44 out of 47) agree that it has.

BlogUncategorized May 18, 2012

A picture is worth a thousand words

Imagine driving by a house, snapping a photo of it with your iPhone, and then obtaining relevant data about the home and surrounding community. It’s possible with the HomeSnap app by Sawbuck. Walt Mossberg, personal technology columnist for the Wall Street Journal , reports on HomeSnap’s utility.