The readers of this site will remember the convention competition early this summer, wherein Valparaiso Mayor Jon Costas lost to Deputy Attorney General Greg Zoeller. It was hard fought, but clean and professional. After he lost, Mayor Costas not only endorsed Zoeller but he also asked to chair the campaign.
This site has wholeheartedly endorsed Greg Zoeller for Attorney General of the State of Indiana, and we hope you can make time to attend the debate, here's the announcement on NWI Connect today:
Democrat Linda Pence and Republican Greg Zoeller will debate at Purdue Calumet on Tuesday, October 21st. Of course I can't find anything about this on Purdue Cal's website, but it is in the NWI Times. What's up with local colleges not posting political events on their public calendars? Recently Bob Barr spoke at Valparaiso University and not a word about was to be found on the Valpo website. Oh well. Sorry to get on a tangent.
The debate will take place at noon on the Hammond campus. Further details are pending. Zoeller, who defeated Valparaiso mayor Jon Costas as the Republican Indiana AG nominee, specifically pushed for the debate to held in Northwest Indiana. NWI Connect fully supports Greg Zoeller for AG! Be sure to watch the debates if you can!
Pending home sales index rises 7.4% in August: NAR
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Despite the credit crunch gripping the U.S. economy, the National Association of Realtors reported Wednesday that an index of sales contracts on previously owned homes rose 7.4% in August from the prior month.
NAR says pending home-sales activity rose because of buyers taking advantage of low prices and affordable interest rates. August's results show an "unleashing of pent-up demand" before the credit crisis worsened in September, Yun said.
I used to have a funny running joke with a friend that when we got a haircut, we changed up our attitudes too. Well today is just one of those kind of turning (or tipping) point days.
For the last year I spent the bulk of my time shutting down our home building company. The emotional toll was heavy and frankly I really loved building homes for first time buyers. But, that market was so beat up by the hurricane like winds of media attacks, sub-prime fallout, commercial bank vision failures and then job losses ... that I really needed some new challenges.
I have always loved the mortgage business, actually started my career as a loan orginator in Indianapolis. So I am boldly going into the storm, while happily sadly watching many others leave. Those of you that know my personality and temperment, know that I follow politics closely. It is my heartfelt belief that we turned some important corners this year: the potential for a woman in the White House, finally settling the score on Fannie and Freddie so they can be re-tooled, and I'm hoping that in the next couple weeks the final resolution of the FHA down payment assistance program. (as an aside I'm pulling for a full re-instatement)
I will be using today to write my business plan for jumping back into mortgage origination, and if you've got advice, I'm open. I know we're all beat up, and sick of the media piling on, but I really think it's a fine time to buy a home today. I posted on my Mortgage Blog that rates are dropping and the Fed may even cut again tomorrow.
It's time for a haircut, funny if you know how little hair I have, and some new challenges!
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