Chris LaGarde on July 7th, 2010

The Chris & Caleb Team Assessment Depending on whether your outlook is the “glass half full or empty”, the stats are either going to excite you or scare you. Let’s discuss what the stats are telling us… PENDINGS: June was another “slow” month. Pendings were down at an extremely low point around the 300 mark. [...]

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Chris LaGarde on June 21st, 2010

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Chris LaGarde on June 21st, 2010

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Chris LaGarde on May 8th, 2010

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Chris LaGarde on February 12th, 2010

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Chris LaGarde on January 29th, 2010

Q: How do I check if my fireplace is in good condition? Fireplaces are considered very inefficient heat sources, but they are a feature homeowners look for in their homes. There are two types of fireplaces: brick (or sometimes rock) and mortar fireplaces and a prefab unit with masonry surrounding it. Fireplaces and chimneys are [...]

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Chris LaGarde on January 27th, 2010

Here is a question that was recently asked on Trulia.com and my answer. . . Buying a mobile home is very much like buying a car, in that the mobile home, generally speaking, does not improve in value. If you don’t have cash and need to get a loan, lenders see mobile homes exactly as [...]

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Chris LaGarde on January 20th, 2010

As you may, or may not know, the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) is in some trouble from a financial standpoint. I read the “Daily Forecast Update” from the National Association of Realtors today, and that update mentions that the loan underwriting standards for FHA loans will be changing, in the MORE STRICTER side of things. [...]

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Chris LaGarde on January 14th, 2010

Here are some highlights Pending Home Sales Rise Tax Credit gets spring season off to early start Why you should list your home now, not in the spring Share on Facebook Technorati Tags: this month in real estate, video

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Chris LaGarde on December 28th, 2009

Home sales both nationally and locally had their strongest performance of 2009 in November. Undoubtedly aided by the deadline on the 2009 First Time Homebuyer Tax Credit, sales showed modest gains over a strong October 2009 and substantial gains from a year earlier (November 2008). Nationally, sales were 44.1 percent higher than in November 2008, [...]

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