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 | Jan 9, 2016 | Blog, Home Owners, Investors, Realtors
You have to have 2 years employment to get a loan. FALSE! I was reminded of this today when a realtor asked me if their client who had just graduated from their Bachelor’s degree last June could buy a home, or if they have to wait until 2017. I told her YES, that this...
by Athena Paquette | Oct 30, 2015 | Blog, Home Owners, Investors, Realtors
Though there wasn’t much “good news” this week, which means we should have seen rates decline, we actually saw rates increase a little on the comments made by the Fed after their FOMC meeting. They had less “dour” language hinting that they may raise rates in...
