On July 5th, I wrote an entry to this blog titled: “Washington, We Still Have A Problem…”. Now, 2-1/2 months later, we still have the same problem. Call it S.S.D.D. (same stuff… different day) After going through what was called “The Sub-Prime Mortgage Crisis”, we are now heading (with force) toward a “Prime Mortgage Crisis”. [...]

Disclaimer: I am not a mortgage broker.  I am a real estate broker. That said, it is hard to do what I do for a living without a basic understanding of home mortgage loans.  The information below was gathered from conversations with loan officers and various searches of home mortgage and credit agency web sites [...]

I realize this blog is titled “One Broker’s Opinion” (and that broker is me) but once in a while someone else says what I want to say better that I could have said it. Not often…but occasionally it happens. This is one of those occasions. I have been saying for months that buyers need to [...]

Standard Intro: MLS (Multiple Listing Service) photos are photographs that real estate agents take and publish online to “advertise and market” their listed properties to other real estate agents. Those same photographs are ported over to real estate sites on the internet like Realtor.com that everyday consumers have access to. I have been in the [...]

I tell my clients that “every home sells eventually”… but lately I am starting to wonder if some homes will EVER sell.  The reason? Many agents, and sellers, have lost sight of basic real estate sales principles. They have the highest priced home in the neighborhood.  They ignore what other homes are selling for and [...]