Archives for December 2015

What May Impact Mortgage Rates this week, December 8, 2015

2015-12-04 12.28.54I apologize for not getting this post done yesterday as I typically do. Last week, I was in Nashville attending the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Independent Mortgage Bankers Conference. It wrapped up on Friday which gave us some time to visit with my son who currently lives there. Our flight home Sunday afternoon was cancelled, which meant my sister-in-law and I had the pleasure of spending most of yesterday on flights to get back home to Seattle.  Just for fun, I thought I’d share a pic I took of Minnie Pearl’s hat and shoes, which are on display at the Ryman Auditorium, home of the original Grand Ole Opry.

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Redfin releases “Redfin Estimate”

mortgageporterhomeRedfin has unveiled their online home valuation estimating tool called (ready…) “Redfin Estimate”.

I’m doing some quick comparisons and from what I can tell so far by checking out homes in my West Seattle neighborhood, Redfin seems to offer more accurate home value estimates than Zillow’s Zestimates.

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DIY Penny Floor Update

Would you believe that as week four, we are about 75% down with gluing pennies to our floor? Rocko, our cat, has been sneaking his way into the room to supervise us.

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