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Loving This Wedding Gift Idea: Down Payment Registry!

This is really a great idea for builders, and for sure mortgage companies, to put a promotional campaign together.  Cudos to Wells Fargo and Keystone Custom Homes for coming up with what could become a trend! 

Certainly newlyweds could use the money they get from their wedding toward a down payment on a house, but this just cements the goal of buying a home.  Friends and relatives would love to be a part of helping make homeownership a reality for the couple.  It just means a lot more than just giving money because there is a worthy goal.  Hey, maybe people would be inspired to give moreenlightened

Wedding Gift Idea: Down Payment RegistryA homebuilder has launched an ad campaign urging engaged couples to sign up for a gift registry with a mortgage lender so that their wedding... [Nar Daily News Magazine]

Foreclosures on the Rise Again? What's UP?

What does it mean?  Well, aside from more homeowners displaced . . . which is very sad . . . and more opportunities for buyers who are looking for distressed properties . . . good for them . . . it is more of a 'timing' issue with the large institutional lenders than anything else.  It's a combination of that 'shadow' inventory you've been reading about and the upcoming holiday moratorium on foreclosures.

Yes, there are still a lot of folks who are having trouble meeting their mortgage obligations, for sure.  Bad things sometimes happen to good people, so there will always be foreclosures.  Read what the experts have to say about the recent spike.  Big Spike Shows Foreclosure Crisis Isn't Over -

In October, foreclosures posted the biggest monthly gains since the peak of the crisis in 2010, but find out why housing analysts aren't... [Nar Daily News Magazine]

Welcome to Shaylynn Gosney and Katy Horner!

We're happy to welcome two new members to our staff of professionals!


Shaylynn Gosney Katy Horner
   

Shaylynn and Katy's special skills and talents will make a great addition to our group.