Showing posts with label Freddie Mac. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Freddie Mac. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Landscaping, Mortgage News, and a Link

Landscaping is a tool to accentuate the home, not hide it among a jungle of assorted plants, flowers, and overgrown herbi-monsters.



Good landscaping can always be seen right off the bat.  It can provide a soft touch to ease the rigid house exterior, or it can be used to push the voice that this house is of some importance with a bordered driveway, or guided walkway to the front door.

How your landscaping is shaped, flows, and whats in it says much about you and your home.  Do you have many holly bushes adjoining the front porch warning people to stay away?  Or do you have lambs ears giving a welcoming feeling to your guests?

Remember minimal landscaping is much better than an overdone circus of a yard.  There's one just off of South Parkway that screams for a vendor to be selling cotton candy.

Quick Excellent Reminder of Landscaping Mistakes by HGTV.

Mortgage News:  Word is coming from Phoenix where President Obama will speak about restructuring Freddy Mac & Fannie Mae or possibly shuttering them altogether.  These nationalized companies still hold a large amount of mortgages as well as foreclosures. This brings the big question: mortgages might be easier to unload but how will the current foreclosures they have on their books be moved out when they use a system of local agents to handle the marketing of the properties.  Not many private companies will want to jump and accept the responsibilities of foreclosures with the maintenance that comes with it, but if no takers will this be passed off to each of the states for more local control?  Just a question that remains unanswered for now.

Link to Popular Mechanics Strange Homes.

Today's Tidbit:  Use times of constant and heavy rains to check for roof and garage leaks in walls and ceilings.

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Friday, February 15, 2013

Freddie Mac publicly reporting on state of real estate

Yesterday Freddie Mac came out and publicly reported from their Chief Economist Frank Nothaft that "Across the nation, most local housing markets have room for sustainable growth, particularly in home construction and sales."  This comes as Freddie Mac's US Economic & Housing Market Outlook reveals that the level of buyer affordability is showing continued improvement in home prices and strong sales growth and construction. Freddie Mac also expects housing this year to increase to 950,000 units, about 22% higher than 2012 levels. Meanwhile, existing-home sales are projected to pick up as the housing-price recovery allows home owners who had been forced on the sidelines by negative equity to get back into the market.

Facts and quotes have come from the Dow Jones Newswires.

We believe this is the third iteration in which we've seen positive talk about new construction affordability being a driving point.  We are though, continuing to wait and see if existing home sales increase or will continue to lag behind new construction sales.

Today's Tidbit: We would like to congratulate local dentist Dr. Vicki Vest. for competing with her black Russian terrier, Zoe in the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.  Zoe won best in black Russian terrier breed.

We would also like to welcome Rolando McClain to the Huntsville Metro Area as the former Alabama star has bought a 1M dollar property in Clift's Cove subdivision.

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