Is the Sky Falling?

Everyone is asking me about interest rates: I heard rates skyrocketed and now the market is bad!

Relax. The sky is not falling. Yes, rates are higher now than they were a couple of months ago. However a couple of months ago rates were super, super crazy low. That's not a professional description, but I'm trying to make a point.

Mortgage interest rates are still very low. They are about 1/2 of what they were when I bought my house in 1999. If I would have waited until 2011 - 2013 to buy a home to wait on the rock bottom interest rate, then I would have been renting for ... well, you do that math.

Read this:

http://money.cnn.com/2013/07/18/real_estate/mortgage-rates/index.html

Land, Views, and Garages

In today's hectic world, a number of people are looking for some room to breath and relax. This might mean a house on a couple of acres. It might mean mountain views. It might mean a giant detached garage w/ it's own furnace. Sometimes, with a little luck, you can find all of those things in one location .

Housing Shortage or Thought Scarcity?: A Common Sense Proposal

Photo by Roberto Nickson from Pexels With low inventory, BOTH buyers and renters are having a challenging time getting into a home. A solution, one would think, is creating more available homes. A gut reaction would be to build big developments, with large homes or maybe a condo complex. But what if you could build a home on your current property and rent it out? I see small towns around me push back, and a common reason is "parking" . Meanwhile, a quick drive down their streets will show plenty of parking. And get this, the people that would shop in the now almost empty stores in their town wouldn't need to drive there - they would walk. Another pushback I hear is that a new structure will create too much non-permeable space . It's always an interesting thing to hear from a sector that listens and smiles - but does nothing - when I talk about clean water bills, riparian buffers, and other common sense solutions to a healthy local environment. The more I learn a...

Warm Up -- Add Value --- Get Money

Save some big bucks on your heating bill and get $300 credit from the federal government if you install a wood burning fireplace insert by the end of 2011. Read all about it here . You may not be ready to sell now, but when you do --- it's a good idea to have a leg up on your competition. Most people prefer to have an alternative heat source. Many of us found that out over the weekend during the "Halloween Snow Storm".

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