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• Mortgage Brokers & Home Loan Lenders

  Mortgage Brokers & Home Loan Lenders You have a number of choices in approaching your quest for a mortgage. You can choose mortgage lenders right from your neighborhood, or you can employ someone who'll do all the comparison shopping for you and Read More... Posted Sunday, February 21, 2010 5:31 PM by Lyn Trask ABR | 0 Comments Filed under: Finances, Buyer Information, Community Information, first time homebuyer, home financing, Economy, Home Values, home sales, New Orleans, NEW ORLEANS REAL ESTATE, loan, mortgage, Time to buy, rates, new Orleans Home Sales, mortgage rates, sales, news, current events, loan help, assistance, buyers, MONEY, mortgages, home, new home

• Buying a Home

  Buying a home can sometimes feel like an overwhelming prospect, whether it is your first home, an income property or a retirement residence. The trick to avoid getting stressed out when you are buying a home is to break the process down into manageable Read More... Posted Tuesday, February 16, 2010 1:43 PM by Lyn Trask ABR | 0 Comments Filed under: Real Estate, Market Conditions, Announcements, Events, Finances, Buyer Information, first time homebuyer, New Orleans, NEW ORLEANS REAL ESTATE, mortgage, Time to buy, new Orleans Home Sales, mortgage rates, Worth, Value, TIme to buy real estate, topics, sales, news, assistance, buyers, tips, MONEY, mortgages

• Analyst: Housing a Good Investment in 2010

  Forbes housing reporter and analyst Francesca Levy makes some thought-provoking predictions in the latest issue of the magazine. She predicts: Real estate will be an attractive investment strategy in 2010 with wealthy investors devoting an increasing Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 20, 2010 7:14 AM by Lyn Trask ABR | 0 Comments Filed under: Real Estate, Economy, Time to buy, real Estate recovering, topics, sales, news, current events

• Economy Improving in 4th Quarter

  The economy grew 2.2 percent in the third quarter. The U.S. Commerce Department had previously estimated a 2.8 percent growth rate. Officials attributed the discrepancy to consumer caution, saying that consumers simply didn’t spend as much. Many Read More... Posted Monday, December 28, 2009 2:51 PM by Lyn Trask ABR | 0 Comments Filed under: Real Estate, Market Conditions, Announcements, Events, Finances, Economy, home sales, NEW ORLEANS REAL ESTATE, Time to buy, new Orleans Home Sales, real Estate recovering, sales, HOME SALES RISE

• Home sales rise to highest level in 2.5 years

  Home sales surged for the second month in a row in October, climbing to the highest level in 2 1/2 years as first-time buyers rushed to take advantage of an expiring tax credit . Home sales nationwide are now up nearly 36 percent from their bottom in Read More... Posted Friday, November 27, 2009 7:18 PM by Lyn Trask ABR | 0 Comments Filed under: Real Estate, Market Conditions, For Sale, Announcements, Events, home sales, New Orleans, NEW ORLEANS REAL ESTATE, Time to buy, new Orleans Home Sales, real Estate recovering, topics, sales, news, buyers, home buyer tax credit, sellers, RISE TO HIGHEST LEVEL IN 2.5 YEARS, HIGHEST LEVEL, HIGHEST LEVEL IN 2.5 YEARS, BIDDING WARS, HOME SALES RISE

• 5 Tips to Buying a Home on Deadline and How the Tax Credit Extension Can Help

  House shopping usually slows down in the winter, as people put their home searches on hold to trim the tree, buy presents to put under it and avoid the chilly weather. This winter, however, might be different, thanks to the extended—and expanded—first-time Read More... Posted Friday, November 27, 2009 7:03 PM by Lyn Trask ABR | 0 Comments Filed under: For Sale, Announcements, Buyer Information, tax credit, first time homebuyer, Economy, Time to buy, TIme to buy real estate, topics, news, government, current events, tax, extend tax credit, assistance, buyers, home buyer tax credit, tax credit for first time home buyers, Tax credit extended, tax credit for home owners, sellers, tips, 5 Tips to Buying a Home on Deadline and How the Tax Credit Extension Can Help

• Yun: 2010 Sales to Rise 15 Percent

  Home sales will increase 15 percent to about 5.7 million units and REALTOR ® income will be up 20 percent in 2010, NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun told a packed room of REALTORS ® today in a residential economic update at the 2009 NAR Conference Read More... Posted Sunday, November 15, 2009 9:40 AM by Lyn Trask ABR | 0 Comments Filed under: Market Conditions, For Sale, Events, Finances, Buyer Information, Seller Information, first time homebuyer, Economy, Home Values, home sales, New Orleans, HOMEOWNERS, NEW ORLEANS REAL ESTATE, Time to buy, new Orleans Home Sales, Worth, Home Value Rise, new Orleans home values, Value, real Estate recovering, TIme to buy real estate, topics, government, current events, extend tax credit, buyers

• Bringing the Dream of Homeownership Within Reach-TAX CREDIT EXTENDED

  Bringing the Dream of Homeownership Within Reach As part of its plan to stimulate the U.S. housing market and address the economic challenges facing our nation, Congress has passed new legislation that: Extends the First-Time Home Buyer Tax Credit of Read More... Posted Saturday, November 14, 2009 8:46 PM by Lyn Trask ABR | 0 Comments Filed under: Real Estate, Seller Information, tax credit, first time homebuyer, Economy, HOMEOWNERS, NEW ORLEANS REAL ESTATE, Time to buy, new Orleans Home Sales, Worth, new Orleans home values, Value, real Estate recovering, TIme to buy real estate, topics, sales, government, extend tax credit, home buyer tax credit, tax credit for first time home buyers, Tax credit extended, tax credit for home owners

• Aides: Home Buyer Tax Credit Extension Likely

  Extending the First-Time Home Buyer Tax Credit, due to expire at the end of November, is high on the Democratic Congressional to-do list, legislative aides said. After Wednesday’s meeting with President Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Read More... Posted Friday, October 09, 2009 7:29 PM by Lyn Trask ABR | 1 Comments Filed under: Market Conditions, Announcements, Events, tax credit, first time homebuyer, home sales, New Orleans, HOMEOWNERS, NEW ORLEANS REAL ESTATE, Time to buy, new Orleans Home Sales, new Orleans home values, sales, news, government, current events, tax, extend tax credit, assistance, buyers, home buyer tax credit

• A Historic Time to Buy

  Young people just starting to invest and buying their first homes are potentially the winners in this recession. First-time homebuyers, most between the ages of 25 and 45, accounted for about 45 percent of home sales from January through July 2009, according Read More... Posted Friday, October 09, 2009 7:16 PM by Lyn Trask ABR | 1 Comments Filed under: Real Estate, Market Conditions, Announcements, Events, Industry, first time homebuyer, Home Values, home sales, New Orleans, NEW ORLEANS REAL ESTATE, Time to buy, new Orleans Home Sales, Low Rates, new Orleans home values, Value, TIme to buy real estate, sales, news, current events, buyers

• 7 TIPS FOR FIRST-TIME HOME BUYERS

  A year after the financial collapse of 2008, the housing market is very different than it was before the foreclosure crisis. Here are seven bits of wisdom from economists and financial planners for anyone contemplating a home purchase today: Old-fashioned Read More... Posted Monday, September 14, 2009 8:24 PM by Lyn Trask ABR | 1 Comments Filed under: Real Estate, Market Conditions, Announcements, Events, Buyer Information, first time homebuyer, Economy, home sales, New Orleans, HOMEOWNERS, Time to buy, new Orleans Home Sales, Value, TIme to buy real estate, topics, sales, news, current events

• "Home Mortgage Rates Dropped This Week"

  Interest rates on home mortgages dropped this week, with the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaging 5.08%, according to Freddie Mac's weekly survey of conforming mortgages. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 5.14% last week and 6.35% a year ago. Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 09, 2009 8:41 PM by Lyn Trask ABR | 1 Comments Filed under: Real Estate, Market Conditions, Announcements, Events, Industry, Economy, NEW ORLEANS REAL ESTATE, rates dip, mortgage, Interest Rates Drop, Time to buy, rates, mortgage rates, Low Rates, TIme to buy real estate, news, government, current events

• NOW'S THE TIME TO BUY IN REAL ESTATE

  Investors are returning as the real estate market recovers. BusinessWeek’s real estate guru Marc Roth points out these opportunities, which he says make sense if investors are willing to look over the property carefully and ask tough questions. Read More... Posted Thursday, August 27, 2009 11:13 AM by Lyn Trask ABR | 1 Comments Filed under: Real Estate, Market Conditions, Announcements, Home Values, home sales, NEW ORLEANS REAL ESTATE, Time to buy, real Estate recovering, TIme to buy real estate

• First-Time Buyer Tax Credit Extension Possible

  Bills to extend the maximum $8,000 tax credit for first-time home buyers, which expires Nov. 30, are pending in both the U.S. House and the Senate. Sen. Christopher J. Dodd, a Connecticut Democrat and chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 25, 2009 12:23 PM by Lyn Trask ABR | 1 Comments Filed under: Real Estate, Announcements, Buyer Information, first time homebuyer, home financing, Economy, Home Values, home sales, New Orleans, $8000 DOWN PAYMENT, HOMEOWNERS, NEW ORLEANS REAL ESTATE, Time to buy

• Mortgage Rates Dip Slightly

  The 30-year fixed mortgage rate dropped to 5.22 percent during the week ended Aug. 6 from 5.25 percent the prior week, Freddie Mac reports. Over the same period, the 15-year fixed-mortgage rate slipped to 4.63 percent from 4.69 percent. As for adjustable-mortgage Read More... Posted Saturday, August 08, 2009 12:15 PM by Lyn Trask ABR | 1 Comments Filed under: Real Estate, Finances, NEW ORLEANS REAL ESTATE, rates dip, mortgage, Interest Rates Drop, Time to buy, rates, Interest Rates, new Orleans Home Sales, mortgage rates