February 2009

Could “Produce the Note” Save Your Home?

Foreclosures

Hat tip to fellow blogging Realtor Dean Ouellette who posted about this today. Good Morning America recently ran a piece spotlighting a Florida homeowner who’s fighting to prevent foreclosure on her home by using a tactic touted by Florida lawyer Chris Hoyer. Hoyer offers the appropriate paperwork free on his website, The Consumer Warning Network. [...]

26 February 2009 Read the full article →

Wake Up!

Technology

This post has absolutely nothing to do with real estate. But with the market as heavy and depressing as it’s been lately, I’m casting around for lighter blog material. I found a couple of intriguing online vendors today, after sleeping  a whole lot later than I’d meant to (again!). Realtors work odd hours. My days never start [...]

26 February 2009 Read the full article →

Wall Street Journal Quotes The Phoenix Agents

Buyer Help

To readers who found us via Realtor Heather Barr’s quote in today’s Wall Street Journal article “Bargain Hunters Descend, Cash in Hand”, welcome! We’re glad you’re here and hope you enjoy our blog content. Long-time readers who aren’t Wall Street Journal subscribers might have missed our mention.  The story is behind the WSJ’s subscription firewall [...]

25 February 2009 Read the full article →

FHA Loan Limits Increased for Maricopa County

Buyer Help

Just got word from one of my fave lenders, Kristi Collins of Maricopa Mortgage (602-750-8594) that the FHA loan limits for Maricopa County have been raised, back to 2008 levels. Buyers in Maricopa county using an FHA loan can now purchase a home with a maximum loan amount of $346,250 (single family homes). The FHA [...]

25 February 2009 Read the full article →

Spring in Phoenix

See Arizona

Spring has sprung, with a vengeance. We had a fairly mild and wet winter, so the mountainsides are awash in green. These snaps are from a quick hike this morning through North Mountain. I’m working on the followup to my Feb 23 post about part 1 of President Obama’s Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan. Part [...]

25 February 2009 Read the full article →

13 Years

General Musings

Thirteen years ago I didn’t have any idea what I was getting myself into when I said those famous words, "I do." I can’t put into words everything we’ve shared since then, and I couldn’t imaging sharing it with anybody else. Happy Anniversary baby. (for some reason I don’t have a digital picture from our [...]

24 February 2009 Read the full article →

Obutter’s Plan – The Real Solution

Foreclosures

Why am I the only one who doesn’t like President Obama’s plan? I don’t think I’m the only one smart enough to see what everyone else is missing, and I don’t think I’m the only one dumb enough to miss what everyone else is seeing. Either way, it feels lonely over here.  Today I’m going [...]

23 February 2009 Read the full article →

Obama’s Homeowner Help Plan, Part 1

Foreclosures

edited 2-23-09 at 9:57am to fix all my broken links; sry! Late last week, President Obama announced his plan to help 7 to 9 million American families restructure or refinance their mortgages to avoid foreclosure. It’s called the Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan. Many plan details are still being worked out, and the White House said [...]

23 February 2009 Read the full article →

Sunday Stats

Sunday Stats

photo credit to MiamiAmia, courtesy of StockExchange. Click the picture to enlarge; use your browser’s “back” button to return to the blog. Click here to see the entire Sunday Stats series, and for historical perspective. Background and Color Coding: red is bad, green is good, inasmuch as it means the stats are moving towards a [...]

22 February 2009 Read the full article →

Legalize Gambling Already. Glendale aims to build a casino in the stadium district

In The News

The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act was passed by congress in 1988, allowing casinos to be built on Indian Reservations.  During the first year about $100 million was generated nation-wide from casino operations.  By 2004, that number had ballooned to $19.4 Billion, spread across the 224 tribes operating casinos.  And with money comes greed. Somewhere along [...]

22 February 2009 Read the full article →

Local Fave Vendor, Scramble

Central Phoenix

The North Phoenix area has a new breakfast joint and it’s in a neighborhood that sorely needed more & better breakfast food. I’m so excited! Partly over the food, partly over the wi-fi, and partly because I know someone who knows someone who’s a co-owner of the spot, so I got to go to a [...]

21 February 2009 Read the full article →