Category Archives: Real estate economics

Yet Another ‘Black Monday’ on Wall Street

Talking about Wall Streets most recent ‘Black Monday’ over at the Genius Bar…
Blood in the streets folks, watch your step…

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6 Steps To Properly Position Your Real Estate or Mortgage Business For Financing

Below is the final post in a three part series by Ryan Page who maintains the not so ironic nom de plume of The XBanker.  Ryan and the crew over at XBanker, which also include renowned personal credit guru Gerri Detweiler and incorporation specialist Garret Sutton, focus on small business advice and financing strategies.
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Mortgage Yield Spread Premiums and The Transparency Thing

Yield Spread Premium: A consumer option to finance some or all of closing costs by accepting a higher interest rate than they otherwise qualify for.
There has been much debate about Yield Spread Premiums (YSP’s), from overall required disclosure policies to their potential abolition.  All mortgage professionals have a personal opinion on the topic, some resort [...]

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REALonomics Nails Traditional Real Estate Economics

Times are a changin…
REALonomics is a bit edgy…we ride the rim of the business model discussion orb, hoping to pull owners out of the spinning vortex of financial destruction to the edge of new thinking that tells them, you can make a lot of money in this business but not the old way. We [...]

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