Saturday, October 25, 2008

From the Good News Channel....

The Bottom Line is Good News!

Put it all together and what do we have? A recovering economy will help consumer and business spending to turn the corner and the economy to move to a self-sustaining pace. But it requires a catalyst to get things started. The tumbling housing market and subprime mortgage defaults have caused financial markets to freeze and have pushed the economy into a recession. However, recent rising home sales and some sustained momentum will bring the economy back into the fold.

Rising home sales will also thin out the housing inventory and begin stabilizing home prices. The credit market will start to unfreeze once home prices have passed bottom. Simply, the economy will not recover without a housing market recovery.

Fortunately, policymakers and both Presidential candidates clearly recognize the need to get the housing market moving. The two housing stimulus bills (homebuyer tax credit and higher loan limits), $700 billion Treasury plan and the Federal Reserve's actions are designed to assure steady mortgage flow and help revive the housing sector.

With it, the economy will expand and create jobs. America and its exceptional ingenuity always find a way to move past crises and back to economic prosperity.

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Real Estate Humor


Don’t Let the Cat Out.

Realtors have many stories to tell about showing Homes… Here is one: I was showing my clients a two-story home, and as we walked back down the stairs we saw a cat run out the front door. I was mortified that I failed to close the front door and let the cat escape. Luckily, my clients were very understanding and spent 20 minutes helping me chase and capture the cat. Successful in our pursuit, we returned the cat to the house and went on our way. But the story doesn’t end there—the listing agent called me that night to find out if I knew anything about the strange cat the sellers found in their home when they returned from work.


Reasons not to Mess with Children.

A little girl was talking to her mean teacher about whales.
The teacher said it was physically impossible for a whale to swallow a human because even though it was a very large mammal its throat was very small.
The little girl stated that Jonah was swallowed by a whale.
Very Irritated, the teacher reiterated that a whale could not swallow a human;
it was physically impossible.


The little girl said, "When I get to heaven I will ask Jonah".

The teacher asked, "What if Jonah went to hell?"
The little girl replied, "Then you ask him. "