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Nationally, housing starts came in lower than expected and banks are maintaining the current pace at which they put foreclosures on the market. Both of these have the effect of keeping inventories in line and home prices stable.
The Consumer Price Index came in at an annual rate of 3.6% and , at its current pace, the Fed will run out of money to buy mortgages next March. Both of these have the effect of pushing rates up.
What does this all mean? Housing prices will not go down and rates will go up, by the end of March, 2010. Folks, it's not rocket science.
Yes unemployment is high, but it's a lagging indicator. It will continue to go up even as the economy improves, and won't come back down significantly until 2011. But if buyers pay attention to the doom and gloom, they will miss out on the MOST affordable housing they will see in their LIFETIME.
This week, rates ranged from 4.75 - 5.0% depending on program, credit and points.
The above was provided by..........
LuAnn Davis
Sr. Loan Officer
WR Starkey Mortgage
Greensboro, NC 27401
Cell: 336.253.7220
eMail: ldavis@wrstarkey.com
Website: www.davisteamlending.com
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Happy Halloween Everyone!!
It's been a while since I've blogged. Just wanted to post some before and after pictures of a vacant home we just finished. This exact stuff was actually in a different house that ended up selling before the lease was up on the furniture, so we moved it to another house for the Realtor. I forgot to take before pictures, so these are the Realtors. I tried to get the same angle.
Don't eat too much candy tonight...Have fun and be safe!!!








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Source - Triad MLS
| County | New Listings | Current Actives |
| Guilford | 794 | 4130 |
| Forsyth | 633 | 3340 |
| Davidson | 192 | 1225 |
| Randolph | 119 | 736 |
| Davie | 56 | 419 |
| Stokes | 55 | 296 |
| Surry | 73 | 448 |
| Yadkin | 19 | 147 |
| Alamance | 72 | 348 |
| Rockingham | 78 | 508 |
The following numbers are the sold homes in each county for Sept - 2008 vs 2009
Source - Triad MLS
| County | SOLDS Sept 2008 | SOLDS Sept 2009 |
| Guilford | 452 | 274 |
| Forsyth | 357 | 229 |
| Davidson | 105 | 70 |
| Randolph | 63 | 47 |
| Davie | 35 | 14 |
| Stokes | 34 | 21 |
| Surry | 38 | 26 |
| Yadkin | 12 | 6 |
| Alamance | 42 | 31 |
| Rockingham | 50 | 33 |
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Hi Everyone,
Ok, so I went to this house Thursday and took some pictures and emailed the quote to the Realtor Friday. Well, instead of answering my quote, she called me yesterday (Saturday) at 11am and asked if I could help her do some staging for the open house TODAY (Sunday). So....I started throwing things into my car, ran to the store to get a few things, started at 4:00 and finished at 7:00, ready for open house today. A little goes a long way....she was happy. PS. I should start charging extra for same day staging. LOL





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