The Rockford real estate market for January 2nd, 2009 has the following inventory: 26 Single Family Homes For Sale $251,437 is the average asking price 194.9 days on market so far 3.65 beds on average 2.46 baths on average 1992 built on average 2,269 finished square feet finished on average 8 Town homes For Sale …
Voted Rockford’s Best Realtor
First thank you very much to the community of Rockford for your local support of our business and we will continue to strive to do our best locally and stay in tune with the real estate market for you. We recently received the note and award below and are truly honored – thank you! Note …
9 Tips In 09 For Sellers
New Years Day is here and 2009 is going to be a great year of changes for us all. One thing I was looking forward to doing this week was starting off with some great tips for sellers in 2009 to keep more equity and help the process stay as smooth as possible. I have …
Happy New Year
It’s just about noon on 12/31/2008 leaving only 12 hours left for the 2009 countdown. Can you believe it will be 2009 already, seems like yesterday Prince came out with “Tonight I’m Going To Party Like It’s 1999″ and we all had “Y2K” on the brain, 9+ years sure does go by fast and the …
Happy Holiday’s
Well here we are Christmas Eve and we just got 4 inches of fresh snow and it’s actually lightly falling now. I am in the office this morning catching up on some “to-do’s” while it’s a little quieter and looking forward to the real estate market of 2009. I wanted to take a moment to …
Selling In The Winter
Winter is officially upon us and whether you love or hate it you must understand as a seller there are things you should do. Selling your home in the winter is different for obvious reasons in cold climates with snow, its cold and the foliage is not the same. Your once canopy tree covered home …
Price & Expertise Matters
I have been thinking about this blog post for a while. It’s about price, it’s about money and it’s about equity. Sometimes price and money is like talking about religion or politics, it can be a touchy subject. Touchy subject or not I talk about it all the time with my clients and co-workers and …
Rockford MN Snow Rules
Now that we see some white stuff out there and I hear more on the way lets make sure all of us local Rockford residents are aware of the snow rules. Rockford city ordinance 801.08 prohibits the parking of a vehicle on or within 6 feet of the roadway in the areas zoned for non-residential …
Citigroup Receives Bailout
Making headlines is yet another bailout for the financial industry. U.S stock markets opened higher today as news of the Citigroup bailout plan traveled. The U.S government announced Sunday a rescue package for Citigroup, the parent company of Citibank that would inject another $20 billion on top of the previous $25 billion that was part …
Fannie Mae To Suspend Foreclosures
I just read an article released yesterday that Fannie Mae will suspend foreclosures until January 2009 while the streamlined modification program is implemented. The streamlined modification program was announced November 11, 2008. The program is targeting those high risk borrowers who have missed at least 3 payments and own and occupy the subject property. The …