Not long ago, the lending business was very slow, due to the lower number of purchase contracts that were being processed. As a result, they reduced their loan processing staff and hours of operation to save costs. Now that the interest rates are dropping due to various forms of government intervention, the number of loan [...]
Archive for December, 2008
Lenders!!! ARRRGGGHHH!
Posted in Finance, Real Estate, tagged mortgages on December 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Why in the World Would I Sell My House Now?
Posted in Finance, General Real Estate Market, Real Estate, tagged home pricing, homes sales, real estate market on December 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Why, indeed? You’d think that based on what the media gloom and doom writers have to say, you’d better wait until the bottom of the housing market comes. You can pick the bottom, can’t you? No? You mean you’ll know when we’ve seen the bottom only when we see it in the rear view mirror? [...]
Neatness Counts
Posted in Quality of Life, Real Estate, tagged groceries, neatness, pantry, staging a home on December 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We have a kitchen pantry in our Mooresville home that through the year takes a lot of abuse. Groceries come home from the store and get crammed in there wherever there is a space. Then meals get made after lots of hunting for ingredients hiding behind other ingredients. Multiple containers of vinegar or powdered sugar or [...]
Carolina Christmas
Posted in Iredell County, Quality of Life, tagged Christmas, fireplace, weather on December 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Got another Christmas done! We enjoyed multiple family gatherings at our house with much food, good conversation and a few gifts. We’ve gotten past the honey baked ham or turkey and dressing dinner and moved on to something more interesting, like our jambalaya that is always a good winter meal and was a hit with [...]
Bloggift
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Christmas, gift on December 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Since it is the Christmas season, the time of giving, I thought I’d like to give you something. Blogs are about words, so here is my word gift to you- a couple of bits of wisdom from the pages of the 2009 Farmers’ Almanac. “The chicken doesn’t stop scratching just because worms are scarce.” (Appropriate for [...]
Lucky Man!
Posted in Quality of Life, tagged Susan on December 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today is the 36th anniversary of marriage to my lovely bride, Susan. Yes, I know. Two days before Christmas? Crazy, huh? I can only say that we were young and crazy in love and had very agreeable parents. See the results below:
The Silver Lining
Posted in Finance, Quality of Life, tagged affluence, affluenza, economy, greed, hard times on December 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve always been one to look at the world with a “glass half full” perspective. Now, that doesn’t mean I don’t get down in the dumps once in awhile. Just ask my wife. But I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the ultimate effect of the economic downturn that we’re experiencing now. On an individual [...]
Racing Crash?
Posted in Entertainment, Iredell County, Lake Norman, Mooresville, tagged economy, Mooresville, stock car racing on December 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
One of Mooresville, NC’s largest employer groups is the large concentration of auto and truck racing teams that are based in our area. They have provided a very good client base for our real estate agents over the years, so we are always concerned when they face difficulties in their industry. A while back, we started hearing about the [...]
Auto Ironic
Posted in Entertainment, Finance, Real Estate, tagged automobiles, Bailout, Big 3, Tucker Cars on December 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve spent a good bit of time today working on a large Christmas mailing to my friends. The assembly and stamping of all those pieces doesn’t require a lot of mental attention so I decided to watch a movie that I’ve had recorded for awhile. The movie was Tucker: The Man and His Dream. It stars Jeff [...]
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