In a recent post on Inman.com, the author asked Matthew Shadbolt – director of real estate products at the New York Times – to list the three trends agents should look out for in 2016, and Mr. Shadbolt kindly replied with these items: 1. Virtual Reality: “We’ve reached a tipping point with virtual reality,” says […]

The National Association of Realtors – you may have heard of them – recently conducted a survey of renters who are 34 years of age or younger. Nearly all of those questioned say they want to own a home in the future. The NAR titled the survey Housing Opportunities and Market Experience – you read […]

Recently, the National Association of Realtors posted a quiz on their website titled “Home Buyer Types” – it’s only five questions, so how hard could it be? Before we start, let’s lay down some ground rules: use a No. 2 pencil, don’t ask your neighbor or your neighbor’s Chihuahua for help, and don’t leave any […]

In last week’s edition of this award-winning publication (well, it won the “award” of being my grandmother’s favorite mortgage newsletter of all time), we tried to bring a little perspective to the mortgage world – the underlying message to it all was rather simple: keep calm, there’s no reason to panic. If last week’s edition […]

George Bernard Shaw is credited with having written the line, “England and America are two countries divided by a common language.” In other words, while speaking the same language, quite often two people can’t understand a word the other is saying. That, I fear, applies to us in the mortgage world more than we would […]