Homes of Presidents of the United States 10th Tyler to 19th Hayes

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Celebrating Presidents Day I thought it would be fun and educational to see the homes of where our former Presidents lived at some stage of their life. We will be posting them throughout the day.
Tenth President, John Tyler’s Home:

Eleventh […]

Suburban Blight Caused By Foreclosures

Suburban Blight typically is thought of as ill placed lawn knomes and pink flamingos. However, with the rash of foreclosures occurring, the blight is much more reminicent of what you would see in the inner city.
When homes are empty too long gangs and kids tend to take them over or vandalize the properties. Plus, homes […]

Real Estate Bloggers: Gen Y Agents in a Gen X Body

The Seattle Post Inquirer has a story out today saying the real estate industry is looking for Gen Y agents. Since real estate attracts a second career demographic for the most part, I think I have the answer.
Instead of fretting that there are not enough 20 somethings running around the real estate office, find those […]

Bernanke Signals More Rate Cuts In Congressional Testimony

I am not sure if this will impact the mortgage markets, but Bernanke just hinted that there will be more rate cuts in the coming months. He was speaking to the Senate Banking Committee this morning.
Economists are fearing a recession based upon a weak housing sector and tougher corporate earnings. The rate cuts would […]

Morgan Stanley Cuts 1,000 Mortgage Related Jobs

Morgan Stanley (MS), the investment firm, is cutting 1,000 jobs in it’s United States and British mortgage departments. The reason is that slowing demand has created excess capacity in these departments.

The move affects 1,000 jobs in the United States and Britain, and will lead to the discontinuation of the British-based residential mortgage lending business […]