Feature Article #1
Need To Finance A Whorehouse, See ACORN For Advice
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!A conservative videographer and his girlfriend went to the Maryland and Washington DC ACORN offices acting as a pimp and a prostitute looking to finance a whorehouse with ACORN’s help. What is amazing at these 2 offices the counselors [...]
Feature Article #2
Why We Might See Another Housing Slowdown if FHA Loans Blow Up
When the mortgage companies were writing loans to anyone with a pulse, you rarely saw an FHA loan being written. Even in 2006 only 2.7 percent of loans were FHA.
But when credit tightened and lenders backed away a funny thing happened. FHA loans skyrocketed up to 23 percent in the second quarter of 2009. All is well [...]
Feature Article #3
The Waxman-Markey Cap and Trade Bill Will Control Housing Standards
Remember the local and state building regulations that you have worked under if you are a builder. As New Yorkers would say, Forgetaboutit…
The new legislation that passed through the House last night, unread by any of the Congress people, had inserted into the bill a new NATIONAL BUILDING CODE. You heard me right, there is [...]
Feature Article #4
1 in 3 Buyers Now Come From The Internet
Sometimes a picture tells the story:
Obviously newspapers are nearly useless to real estate agents now. The investment that was made in advertising in the papers should be moved to the internet, either through websites or tools to get maximum exposure for the agents listings.
In real estate we have already seen the value of newspapers [...]
Feature Article #5
Housing Starts Down 54.2 Percent For April, 2009
New housing starts dropped significantly in April, 2009 down 54.2 percent from April, 2008. There were only 458,000 homes started in the month.
The Commerce Department also is reporting new housing starts dropped to levels not seen since 1959. New building permits, an indicator of future building, were also down.
New building permits, which give a sense [...]
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The Senate last night passed an extension of the $8,000 Home Buyer Tax Credit for new home buyers and added on a $6,500 bonus for those who are buying a new home and have lived in their old home for 5 of the 8 previous years. The House of Representatives is expected to pass the bill and the White House has said they will sign it.
Reports are that bad business decisions, he is suing his business manager for 20 million dollars, is forcing the actor to liquidate his housing holding around the world. The IRS has a 6.3 million dollar lien on a couple of his houses and the actor has an auction scheduled for November 12th in New Orleans to sell 2 of his properties including the Haunted
If you are renting and money is tight, call your landlord and see if they can give you a reduction. A new survey shows that 69 percent of landlords will be willing to lower the rent for tenants that are struggling if they are asked and the request is legitimate.
You dirty rat, the great Jimmy Cagney line is being heard more and more around town these days. Especially in the 10 cities that d-CON has announced as the worst cities for rat infestations.
New Home sales dropped in September as buyers decided this may not be the time to purchase a new home. Single family homes sales were down nationwide by 3.6 percent. 

