Mortgage & Real Estate Blog http://www.eastlandmortgage.com/blog brought to you by: Eastland Mortgage Corp. Mon, 08 Jan 2007 19:01:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 en Making Your House Pay in Retirement http://www.eastlandmortgage.com/blog/index.php/2007/01/08/making-your-house-pay-in-retirement/ http://www.eastlandmortgage.com/blog/index.php/2007/01/08/making-your-house-pay-in-retirement/#comments Mon, 08 Jan 2007 16:01:10 +0000 mwilliams Real Estate A reverse mortgage can help ease your finances after you retire, or it could cost you and your heirs a lot of money. Long weighed down by high fees and complexities, these loans are now coming in for a cost-saving makeover.

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]]> http://www.eastlandmortgage.com/blog/index.php/2007/01/08/making-your-house-pay-in-retirement/feed/ Some boomtowns face rising crime http://www.eastlandmortgage.com/blog/index.php/2007/01/08/some-boomtowns-face-rising-crime/ http://www.eastlandmortgage.com/blog/index.php/2007/01/08/some-boomtowns-face-rising-crime/#comments Mon, 08 Jan 2007 17:01:44 +0000 mwilliams Residential Mortgages Browsing through the real estate listings in Youngstown, Ohio, is a bit like taking a trip back through time.

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]]> http://www.eastlandmortgage.com/blog/index.php/2007/01/08/some-boomtowns-face-rising-crime/feed/ Mortgage Rates Move Higher On Consumer Spending and Calendar http://www.eastlandmortgage.com/blog/index.php/2007/01/08/mortgage-rates-move-higher-on-consumer-spending-and-calendar/ http://www.eastlandmortgage.com/blog/index.php/2007/01/08/mortgage-rates-move-higher-on-consumer-spending-and-calendar/#comments Mon, 08 Jan 2007 19:01:27 +0000 mwilliams Residential Mortgages Inflation jitters caused mortgages rates to increase
a bit during the last full week of 2006 according to the Primary Mortgage
Market Survey released by Freddie Mac for the period ending December
28.

Frank Nothaft, Freddie Mac vice president and chief economist cited
figures indicating that increased consumer spending in November was the
primary cause for the markets’ worries. “Financial markets,” he
said, “were…

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]]> http://www.eastlandmortgage.com/blog/index.php/2007/01/08/mortgage-rates-move-higher-on-consumer-spending-and-calendar/feed/ Green House Exhibit Is An Invitation To Think Twice About The Environment http://www.eastlandmortgage.com/blog/index.php/2007/01/08/green-house-exhibit-is-an-invitation-to-think-twice-about-the-environment/ http://www.eastlandmortgage.com/blog/index.php/2007/01/08/green-house-exhibit-is-an-invitation-to-think-twice-about-the-environment/#comments Mon, 08 Jan 2007 19:01:29 +0000 mwilliams Residential Mortgages The main reason we ventured to Washington D.C. and the href="http://www.mortgagenewsdaily.com/12122006_National_Building_Museum.a
sp">National Building Museum was the museum’s nearly year-long Green House exhibit. The exhibit, which runs through
June 3, 2007 is not large but is filled with information on green basics,
energy-saving building techniques, and recycled or sustainable materials,
and products.

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]]> http://www.eastlandmortgage.com/blog/index.php/2007/01/08/green-house-exhibit-is-an-invitation-to-think-twice-about-the-environment/feed/ Manhattan real estate cools off http://www.eastlandmortgage.com/blog/index.php/2007/01/08/manhattan-real-estate-cools-off/ http://www.eastlandmortgage.com/blog/index.php/2007/01/08/manhattan-real-estate-cools-off/#comments Mon, 08 Jan 2007 18:01:00 +0000 mwilliams Residential Mortgages The once-bulletproof Manhattan housing market suffered a minor setback during the fourth quarter of 2006, according to the latest figures from two of the leading New York City real estate brokers.

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]]> http://www.eastlandmortgage.com/blog/index.php/2007/01/08/manhattan-real-estate-cools-off/feed/ Couple Sells Summer Cottage After 12 Months and a Price Cut http://www.eastlandmortgage.com/blog/index.php/2007/01/08/couple-sells-summer-cottage-after-12-months-and-a-price-cut/ http://www.eastlandmortgage.com/blog/index.php/2007/01/08/couple-sells-summer-cottage-after-12-months-and-a-price-cut/#comments Mon, 08 Jan 2007 17:01:53 +0000 mwilliams Real Estate Two attorneys purchase a Cape Cod vacation home for $34,500 after law school, and after 27 years and $100,000 in upgrades and fixes, sell it for nearly $450,000.

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]]> http://www.eastlandmortgage.com/blog/index.php/2007/01/08/couple-sells-summer-cottage-after-12-months-and-a-price-cut/feed/ Is ‘going green’ worth the cost? http://www.eastlandmortgage.com/blog/index.php/2007/01/08/is-going-green-worth-the-cost/ http://www.eastlandmortgage.com/blog/index.php/2007/01/08/is-going-green-worth-the-cost/#comments Mon, 08 Jan 2007 17:01:20 +0000 mwilliams Residential Mortgages Jason and Kelly Joseph don’t drive a hybrid car. They don’t shop exclusively in the natural foods aisle. And they don’t lose sleep worrying about global warming.

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]]> http://www.eastlandmortgage.com/blog/index.php/2007/01/08/is-going-green-worth-the-cost/feed/ Homes sales back from the dead http://www.eastlandmortgage.com/blog/index.php/2007/01/08/homes-sales-back-from-the-dead/ http://www.eastlandmortgage.com/blog/index.php/2007/01/08/homes-sales-back-from-the-dead/#comments Mon, 08 Jan 2007 18:01:39 +0000 mwilliams Residential Mortgages New home sales and prices both showed surprising strength in November, according to a government report Wednesday.

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]]> http://www.eastlandmortgage.com/blog/index.php/2007/01/08/homes-sales-back-from-the-dead/feed/ Is The End Of The End Of The Housing Bubble Near? http://www.eastlandmortgage.com/blog/index.php/2007/01/08/is-the-end-of-the-end-of-the-housing-bubble-near/ http://www.eastlandmortgage.com/blog/index.php/2007/01/08/is-the-end-of-the-end-of-the-housing-bubble-near/#comments Mon, 08 Jan 2007 16:01:15 +0000 mwilliams Residential Mortgages Is it the end of the end of the housing bubble? The
National Association of Realtors (NAR) seemed to think so as it issued
its November report on the sales of existing houses, the second month in
a row when sales showed slight improvement over the previous month.

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]]> http://www.eastlandmortgage.com/blog/index.php/2007/01/08/is-the-end-of-the-end-of-the-housing-bubble-near/feed/ Manhattan’s Housing Market Starts to Show Some Cracks http://www.eastlandmortgage.com/blog/index.php/2007/01/08/manhattans-housing-market-starts-to-show-some-cracks/ http://www.eastlandmortgage.com/blog/index.php/2007/01/08/manhattans-housing-market-starts-to-show-some-cracks/#comments Mon, 08 Jan 2007 19:01:29 +0000 mwilliams Real Estate The average sales price of an apartment fell 5.7% between the third quarter and the fourth quarter of 2006. It isn’t clear how much further prices may drop, one economist says.

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