Okay, so the subject line is long – but, believe it or not I cut it short. It could have been, “First Time Home Buyers can couple $8000 Tax Credit and Low Interest Rates and high inventories to buy Longwood Real Estate” We are seeing an unbelievable ‘perfect storm’ for buyers! Beware though – when [...]

Well Good News for Lake Mary mortgage rates! The Federal Open Market Committee [maybe we will just call them the FED] voted to cut the Fed Funds Rate by at least three-quarters percent Tuesday. The benchmark rate now rests in a range of 0.000-0.250%… and no, that doesn’t mean your mortgage will be at 0%. [...]

In a world that seems to be consumed with consumption – sorry for the play on words – and kids that are only interested in getting ‘things’ there are a few heart warming stories that warm the heart -doooh… i did it again. [I sound like Yogi] A good friend of mine, and a solid [...]

For Lake Mary home owners that need a little bit extra deduction on their income taxes because of the ailing economy, this might be the little extra bonus you need. You see, for most Americans, mortgage interest paid on home loans secured by Lake Mary real estate is tax-deductible in the year in which it [...]

Finding the best Longwood mortgage interest rates can be tricky business… locking them in before the market swings makes it even more so! Each Wed., the Mortgage Bankers Association [MBA] releases its Weekly Applications Survey which gives a detailed look at the new mortgage applications done over the last seven days. A recent interest rate [...]

When we hit the day after Thanksgiving, shopping takes over… at least historically nationwide[ surprise!] and, this year, analysts are paying extra attention to sales figures since the news has been so negative about the economy. Dubbed “Black Friday” in reference to red ink representing loss and black ink representing gain, today’s start to the [...]

This is not meant to be a political post, but merely a post about truth and how it is not being taught in the public school system. It is no mystery that the public education system is failing our children, but I think only a small part falls at the feet of the front line… [...]

Lake Mary First Time Home Buyers… perk up.  We all know what inflation is and the ugliness that can go with it.  Most of us know that deflation is the opposite of inflation…. but don;t know much more than that. In fact, business TV and newspapers have inflated deflation [sorry for the play on words... [...]

If the presence of inflation causes mortgage rates to rise, then the absence of inflation should cause mortgage rates to fall. And, in most markets that’s true. Today, it’s not. Despite a deep, month-over-month dip in consumer prices not seen since 1947, Altamonte Springs mortgage rates not steady by any stretch of the imagination…  they [...]

So you wanna deal on Longwood Real Estate. I completely understand… I do to, in fact with the gloom they are painting for retail this Christmas [and Yes, iI am one of the ones still willing to CALL it Christmas] I have thought about scooping up a deal on one of those super-duper flat-screens… but [...]