by Athena Paquette | Nov 13, 2016 | Blog, Home Owners, Investors, Realtors
Like me, I’m sure you are glad the elections are over. The night of the elections, the stock market futures lost 800 points, but on November 9th, rebounded. A strong rebound! In fact, investors ran to the stock market, giving it the biggest its biggest increase in one...
by Athena Paquette | Nov 5, 2016 | Blog, Home Owners, Investors, Realtors
This week was a bit slow, but the Fed was active. They announced that they would not raise the Fed funds rate (sometimes called the prime rate), but that there was enough indication that they should be able to soon… The market was slightly relieved, but did not move....
by Athena Paquette | Nov 5, 2016 | Blog, Home Owners, Investors, Realtors
Successful tech professional and mother of 2 children with her hands in too many pots… sound familiar? This lady has worked for some of the top innovative and highly competitive companies in the world, working her way up, and on top of that started her own online...
by Athena Paquette | Oct 29, 2016 | Blog, Home Owners, Investors, Realtors
This week was a fairly quiet week with Friday being the big number day. The 3rd quarter GDP was announced, and it came out very strong (in comparison to recent history not US history). At 2.9% growth, our economy grew at two times the pace of the 2nd quarter, mostly...
by Athena Paquette | Oct 29, 2016 | Blog, Home Owners, Investors, Realtors
Speaking of solutions… a woman called me this week who had been referred by her co-worker. She had inherited her dad’s home and owed very little on the house. But over the last 4 years she had had an aggressive form of cancer and been off work. She got behind on bills...
by Athena Paquette | Oct 29, 2016 | Blog, Home Owners, Investors, Realtors
My friend at work wants to buy a house but he was turned down because he co-signed for his brother who foreclosed on a property. Can you help him? Yes, I can help! As long as the property is foreclosed and sold AND that there is no judgement against him for the money...