Real Estate Tales
Looking for an Alternative to Foreclosure
May 6th, 2010 Categories: Market Conditions, Market Watch, Real Estate Tales, Selling Thoughts
Really? Not a short sale? Not a foreclosure? It’s called a ” Deed in Lieu of Foreclosure” which actually lets a homeowner voluntarily turn over the deed to their house to the lender! This is not a new concept, however, neither is foreclosure, but this crazy real estate market we are living in now requires [...]
Written by Karen Cifala | Discussion: No Comments »
Why Coldwell Banker? The Whole Story.
April 25th, 2010 Categories: Buyer's Corner, Colorado Round Up, First Time Buyers, Focus on Boulder, Real Estate Tales, Selling Thoughts
The Coldwell Banker Story. I’ve been on a lot of listing appointments lately with spring arriving here in Boulder Colorado and included in the listing presentation are reasons why to choose Coldwell Banker. I, myself even had to ponder the reasons why to choose one brokerage company over another when becoming a real estate agent. [...]
Written by John Vaughan | Discussion: No Comments »
Bear Aware in Boulder
March 22nd, 2010 Categories: Boulder Subdivisions and Neighborhoods, Colorado Round Up, Focus on Boulder, Mountain Living, Real Estate Tales, Relocating
We pay a premium to live close to the hiking and biking trails in Boulder Colorado. Situated at the base of the foothills to the Rocky Mountains, our premium also comes with a responsibility. A recent increase of sightings this past year in Boulder of bears and mountain lions in our city of 100,000 people have prompted [...]
Written by Karen Cifala | Discussion: No Comments »
Buying a HUD home? Confused? It’s not that hard!!
February 18th, 2010 Categories: Boulder Subdivisions and Neighborhoods, First Time Buyers, Market Conditions, Real Estate Tales, Relocating, Selling Thoughts, Trends
So you are in the market for a HUD home. What is HUD, where do I find the, how do I get one?????? This can overwhelm you and may seem confusing but trust me it’s not.
If a loan insured by the Federal Housing Administration or FHA goes in default, the FHA takes certain steps to [...]
Written by Parker Krug | Discussion: No Comments »
For Sale by Owner – Buyers Beware
June 11th, 2009 Categories: Buyer's Corner, First Time Buyers, Home Inspections and Maintenance, Real Estate Tales, Selling Thoughts
Does it really pay to sell your home without representation? In the future, I will be hesistant to show properties that are not represented by an agent, it’s just too much brain damage and it’s not in the Buyer’s best interest. FSBO Sellers don’t know the laws and they do not have anyone to consult with.
Written by Ro Troia | Discussion: No Comments »
RATES FLAT DESPITE MORE NEGATIVE ECONOMIC DATA
February 6th, 2009 Categories: Buyer's Corner, First Time Buyers, Market Conditions, Real Estate Tales, Relocating, Selling Thoughts, Trends
Mortgage interest rates were mostly flat this past week despite continued negative economic data. Today’s January employment report showed that the unemployment rate jumped from 7.2% in December to 7.6% in January. This is the highest unemployment rate in 16 years. Non-Farm Payrolls declined 598,000 on expectations that they would decline by 500,000. This is [...]
Written by Ro Troia | Discussion: No Comments »
Boulder County Tax Lien Sale is a Safe Place to Stick Some Dough
January 15th, 2009 Categories: Buyer's Corner, Focus on Boulder, Real Estate Tales
It has been a while since my last blog and I am trying to get over a severe case of writers block. With the holidays and my writers block, blogging just wasn’t working for me, so this one is a little out of date, but definitely something that needs to be discussed, so here we [...]
Written by Ro Troia | Discussion: 4 Comments »
Water, Colorado’s Liquid Gold
November 24th, 2008 Categories: Colorado Round Up, Real Estate Tales
Where do we get our water? Yes, you turn on the kitchen tap and viola, there’s water. Seriously where does our precious water originate. Most of Colorado’s water is largely dependent on Colorado’s winter weather, from the mountain snow-melt. Once the snow melts it either streams east toward the Atlantic or West towards the Pacific [...]
Written by Ro Troia | Discussion: 2 Comments »
RATES INCREASE SLIGHTLY ON TREASURY DEBT AUCTIONS
November 14th, 2008 Categories: Buyer's Corner, Colorado Round Up, First Time Buyers, Focus on Boulder, Market Conditions, Real Estate Tales, Relocating, Selling Thoughts, Trends
Today’s Market Commentary:
Interest rates increased slightly this past week as the US Treasury auctioned off $55 billion of debt. Economic data continued to be negative. Weekly jobless claims jumped by 32,000 claims on expectations that claims would actually fall by 2,000. Continuing claims increased to 3.9 million from 3.84 million the previous week. October Retail [...]
Written by Ro Troia | Discussion: No Comments »
Explanation of Fannie Mae Math
November 3rd, 2008 Categories: Real Estate Tales
came across this video that someone emailed me and I just had to post it. It’s not something I produced but I thought it was pretty funny. It’s Fannie Mae Math explained to Americans and it’s probably the best explanation I’ve seen so far! Does anyone have a better explanation?
Written by Ro Troia | Discussion: 1 Comment »
