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Consulting the Mortgage Rate Crystal Ball

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Where are Mortgage rates headed and how will that effect Real Estate in Estes Park? Lets ask an expert – Rich Flanery of Cherry Creek Mortgage provides some advice.

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$8,000 Tax Credit and Other Estes Park Buyer Incentives

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There was an article in the Estes Park Trail Gazette today by Juley Harvey explaining all the benefits available to first time home buyers in Estes Park. I thought it was a great article explaining the many benefits available to first time home buyers and low income home buyers for our local area.

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5 Biggest Real Estate Myths

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy Here are the 5 Myths: Sellers today are desperate Don’t buy before prices have bottomed You can’t buy a home unless you have 20% down Now’s the absolute worst time to sell Before you refinance, shop around Does this apply to real estate [...]

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Free Money – What Lower Mortgage Rates Mean to You

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Mortgage rates are down across the board. While you can find out why on any major financial news portal, you may be a little confused as to what it means to someone trying to buy a home or condo in Estes Park, Colorado. FREE MONEY! Really? Well not exactly…but pretty close. You won’t find anyone [...]

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Mortgage Answers From the Local Estes Park Mortgage Experts

I had the privilege of sitting in on a panel discussion featuring practically ALL of the local Estes Park Mortgage Brokers. It was a lively discussion about how Estes Park property buyers are being affected by the national credit market upheaval. Panelists included Sarah Walsh of First Home Mortgage, Rich Flanery of The Mortgage Center, [...]

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Wall Street Hyperbole and the Real Estate Markets

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I stumbled upon this phenomenal article on one of the real estate news sites that I follow and I really think you should take a look. This is by far the BEST commentary on what is going on our financial markets. Its easy to understand and make sense of the issues at hand and how [...]

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Fannie and Freddie Who?

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If you’ve been anywhere near national news web sites in the last several days, I’m sure you’ve at least seen or heard the names of Fannie and Freddie pop up once or twice. Just do a Google News search for Fannie and Freddie (or click the link since I already did all the hard work [...]

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Which Way Should I Jump?

Seems like every other week, the mortgage rates are headed one way or another. I just had a conversation with one of my favorite mortgage brokers in town. Supposedly, the consensus in the mortgage industry is that rates will most likely be increasing over the next several months. Predictions are showing that rates may be [...]

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