Check out this New American Mortgage Blog post http://www.newamerican.com/blog/2012/04/05/clearing-the-path-to-homeownership/ explaining how a Reverse Mortgage works. Most folks think they can only use this product when refinancing as this used to be the case. Now there is a purchase option as well which is providing folks over 62 a creative way to finance a home purchase. For more information, contact any one of the 4 New American Mortgage loan officers found here http://www.oldtrailvillagecenter.com/pg_rwloans.htm that work with our Realtors here at http:www.roywheeler.com
Leroy Houser who has been teaching Realtors for more than 30 years took the time last week to speak with Roy Wheeler's CEO on his weekly radio show. click on the link http://www.wina.com/play_window.php?audioType=Episode&audioId=5721329 to listen to a lively conversation about what buyers, sellers and their Realtors need to know about today's market.
More and more folks are demanding builders to include "green, environmentally friendly" aspects to their home. Listen to this podcast
http://www.wina.com/play_window.php?audioType=Episode&audioId=5630511
to hear how you can do the simplest of things to make your own home more energy efficient.
Thanks to our guests from http://www.leap-va.org/ and Realtor, Greg Slater for appearing on the show
Do you live in home that provides an environment for healthy living? Listen to this podcast from saturday's http://www.facebook.com/realestatematters show on making sure you Air Quality is the best it can be. Click on this link to listen to this 24 minute discussion with ductmedic http://www.wina.com/play_window.php?audioType=Episode&audioId=5686430
This is the time of year where real estate experts pontificate on where we can expect of the housing market in 2012. of course, one never knows what things occur that catch us by surprise but we can rest assured that the uncertain economy and this being an election year will be factors that can positively or negatively impact what many are saying will be a year of recovery. Here are a couple ways to see what folks think will happen in the Charlottesville/Central Virginia area. Click on this link http://www2.dailyprogress.com/business/2012/jan/22/4/report-housing-market-moderate-2011-ar-1626558/ to read several Realtors' insights or click on this link http://www.wina.com/play_window.php?audioType=Episode&audioId=5648715 to hear a http://www.facebook.com/realestatematters discussion on the same topic.
Here is the official 2011 real estate market report. http://www.caar.com/files/market/02_2011/2011%20Year%20End%20Market%20Report.pdf although the numbers aren't all positive, there is reason to believe some good things are starting to happen. For example, the pending contracts in the 4th quarter of 2011 far outpaced the the same period in 2010 and the number of homes that came on the market were significantly less in 2011 than in 2010. This would mean the market could become more balanced should this trend continue. Listen to Realtors discuss this report Saturday, 1/21 at 10am on http://www.wina.com. go there and click listen live
Eddie Giles from Professional Movers and our CEO Michael Guthrie discussed what it takes to make a successful move.. Listen to the podcast from the show http://www.facebook.com/realestatematters by clicking here http://www.wina.com/play_window.php?audioType=Episode&audioId=5638618 or cutting and pasting the url.
