By S-Crow on January 14, 2008
Our fellow blogger colleague “Peckhammer” will get credit for this post whether Peckhammer intended for that to happen or not. Hat tip to him/her for inspiring this post.
Regarding consumers capacity to understand loan documents, Peckhammer remarked :
“The loan documents they signed could have been reviewed by an attorney and explained if there [...]
Posted in Opinion | Tagged advice, escrow, Financing, S-Crow, terminology
By S-Crow on November 14, 2007
I enjoy discussions here because it’s where consumers are. It is like a laboratory of information. One area that is of interest to me, in a large way, is what makes people do what they do. I’m speaking of three groups primarily: consumers and the two primary players in our business, [...]
Posted in Opinion | Tagged advice, escrow, honesty, mortgages, S-Crow
By S-Crow on October 19, 2007
Here’s S-Crow’s Avatar/mug. Yep, sweater season.
Regarding Inventory
Although I have noticed homes dropping off the market in my neck of the woods in Snohomish Co, generally speaking, for semi-serious sellers, early and mid-October is a bit soon to pull the property off the market. I can understand if it was during the full holiday [...]
| Tagged affordability, anecdote, demand, escrow, Everett, S-Crow
By S-Crow on September 19, 2007
A thought (actually I LOL) just popped into my brain moments ago after reading all the quotes and comments over the last few weeks both here and at Rain City Guide, particularly since mid August when the liquidity crisis hit. This is meant to have fun on the Blog a bit, but I’m [...]
Posted in News, Opinion | Tagged affordability, Economy, escrow, fundamentals, lending, S-Crow
By S-Crow on September 13, 2007
National Mortgage News reports that Countrywide received an additional $12 Billion in secured financing and that mortgage powerhouse, WaMu, is exiting the warehouse biz. In addition, there are rumblings that Countrywide employees may be suing Angelo Mozillo et. al, complaining that the company allegedly cheated them out of millions by concealing the true health [...]
| Tagged affordability, escrow, fundamentals, S-Crow, WaMu
By S-Crow on August 27, 2007
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I just happen to look up at the ticker when I was in Times Square about a week or so ago (8/17) after a quick subway train ride up from Wall Street. Then shortly after, the following message in the picture below showed and I quickly took a shot of it. [...]
Posted in News, Opinion | Tagged Economy, escrow, S-Crow, Uncategorized
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