Archive for March, 2009
Home Prices on the Rise
March 31st, 2009
By Ross Domke
The Time to Buy is Now!
In a recent online article, Marketwatch writes that home prices rose for the first time this year. While this is good news for sellers, it marks the beginning of the shift I’ve been warning you about for… a while. Seriously, check my past blogs if you don’t believe me… I [...]
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Stimulus Scams!
March 19th, 2009
By Ross Domke
Feds Warn of Online Scams
The FTC (which stands for Federal Trade Commission- I know…BORRRRING!) has just released a report warning everyone about what they should already know: The Internet is a scary place. But not this corner of the internet- we only offer advice and encouragement, kinda like if the Dalai Lama was a Real [...]
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Home Ownership and Rad Pop-Culture References
March 19th, 2009
By Ross Domke
Is Home Ownership Even Right For You?
First off, I want you to own a home. I think it’s one of the best investments anybody not named Warren Buffet can make. Home ownership rules. Of course, owning a Maserati rules too, but not if you live in Alaska and your median income isn’t the gross national [...]
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Fraud Alert!
March 17th, 2009
By Ross Domke
Mortgage Fraud at “All-Time” High
You certainly don’t need me to tell you there are bad people in this world. Any perusal of the daily paper, or a casual flip through the channels for all of six seconds, and you’ll start believing there aren’t any good people in the world. Well, the baddies are at it [...]
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Half-full Housing
March 17th, 2009
By Ross Domke
NAR Releases a Half-Glass Housing Report
So there’s this super-secret organization I belong to called NAR (It’s like Skull and Bones only waaaayyyy more powerful and secret.) and they just released a report that may just be the single most important American document since the Declaration of Independence. It’s called….(gasp) ‘Pending Home Sales Down but Housing [...]
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Spring Forward
March 13th, 2009
By Ross Domke
Why Now is a Grrrreat Time to Buy in Redding
I’ll be perfectly honest here- Redding totally rules. It’s true. I’ve been trying to keep it a secret for far too long, but its time the world knew what I’ve had locked in the vault for decades. This town is wonderful. Did you know it’s nicknamed [...]
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Passive Energy- not as oxymoronic as you might think.
March 13th, 2009
By Ross Domke
I feel like every time I turn around, I’m learning something new about how awesome the sun is. I mean, not only is it a mass of incandescent gas, a gigantic nuclear furnace, AND huge atom smashing machine (turning hydrogen into helium at a temperature of millions of degrees), but apparently, the sun has also got into [...]
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The Giving Tree(s)
March 9th, 2009
By Ross Domke
Redding, California… where we call home. While it’s brief history as a mining town may be unknown to most residents nowadays, we do know one thing about this town- It has trees. Lots, and lots, and lots of trees. In fact, if you don’t know someone in the logging or forestry industry, you probably haven’t [...]
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Lighten Up
March 5th, 2009
By Ross Domke
There is a term in the “green” world (which in and of itself is terminology I’m starting to see too much of, even I myself propagate it’s ubiquity.) called “daylighting”. And no, it is not a new TV show based loosely on a beloved 80’s sitcom, in case you were wondering. Now, I’m the type [...]
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Don’t Sit on This Fannie!
March 3rd, 2009
By Ross Domke
Fannie Mae is looking to invest in some property. Honest. The troubled lending company has released an official announcement declaring they have rescinded their policy of a four property limit for certain investors.
So what does that mean for us average joes? Surprisingly, it could mean quite a bit. The few houses around that haven’t been [...]
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