November 21, Week in Review - Happy Thanksgiving

Rates crept up slightly from the mid-week rates. Rates, though, are still slightly better on the 30 YR fixed than last week. Keep your eye out as the outlook shows that rates may be even better in the next few weeks. Typically the trend is for rates to improve in early December, this has happened for the past four years.

Thanksgiving is upon us and yet another Holiday to share with friends and family. This may be the best one as no presents are exchanged, just the fortune of each other's company and the opportunity to be thankful for the blessings we have received this year. So, enjoy this weekend before Thanksgiving dinner and enjoy the time you have with family. Here are some highlights for this past week...

•1) Nick Bastian Annual Turkey Drive - As I was reading blogs through Active Rain this week, I came across Nick Bastian. He is a local realtor that has been doing a lot with blogs this past year. I had met him on a couple of occasions through different blogging events but was unaware of his Turkey Drive that he does before Thanksgiving. Now there are a ton of Turkey Drives that one can participate in, but the opportunity to help someone that does the shopping themselves and drops the Turkey's off to their locations was something that made me smile. Anyway, I was able to meet up with Nick this week and he is still in need of donations so that he can beat his total from last year. Here is the link to his blog... http://activerain.com/blogsview/793068/Time-for-Nicks-annual-Turkey-Drive

•2) REAL Training Seminar a Success - The training seminar on Wednesday the 19^th of November was awesome. It was a great opportunity to meet some new Realtors and at the same time teach them about the loan process. I enjoyed the time we had and hope that there are more successful seminars/classes in the future. I will keep you posted as new classes are planned so that you can plan on attending.

•3) Suns gave lackluster performance against dominate Lakers squad - If you caught any of the game last night you could see flashes of the Suns potential domination but mostly it seemed as though L.A. was just waiting for the right time to pounce. Which they did of course in the second half of last night's game. It's early in the season but it appears we may be chasing them most of the year.

Don't forget to take a minute to reflect on those people in your life you are thankful for and make sure to let them know as much.