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Tuesday 6th mortgage droning: rates unchanged, UBS and DR Horton news
5/6/2008 11:19 AM
Those of you who are curious about Treasury versus mortgage rate spreads may want to scan this article from the Cleveland Fed. It has some excellent graphs that may be of use in explaining why sometimes Treasury rates don't matter any longer, along with some reasoning why. Plus, it isn't too long, and makes sense.

Staging your home does work
5/1/2008 6:22 AM
Staging can be as simple as adding some candles to inside a fireplace to moving some furniture out of a room to make it feel larger. Here are some tips for properly staging a home: Remove the clutter and clear out the closets to make the home appear more spacious and orderly. Remove family photos, religious symbols, or ......

Problems with our current mortgage system.
4/25/2008 6:32 AM
Predatory lending is still out there. This is an interesting article on a single mother in Rhode Island. http://realtytimes.com/rtpages/20080425_loanshark.htm Who is to blame, the lender or the homeowner? This situation is a every extreme. In this case I......

NEW U.S. MONTHLY HOUSE PRICE INDEX ESTIMATES 0.6 PERCENT PRICE INCREASE BETWEEN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY
4/23/2008 9:11 PM
NEW U.S. MONTHLY HOUSE PRICE INDEX ESTIMATES 0.6 PERCENT PRICE INCREASE BETWEEN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY See http://www.ofheo.gov/newsroom.aspx?ID=429&q1=1&q2=None for more information I think we are nearing the bot......

Upcoming builder/seller seminar
4/23/2008 9:08 PM
Thursday May 16th I will be part of a seminar on building a home as well as selling your home in todays market. Brookstone homes will be the featured builder. They will walk through the building process and show you that it is not as scary as you may think. I will be talking about how to sell your home in todays market as well explai......

Fannie would rather borrowers NOT walk away, and mortgage investor earnings
4/19/2008 3:03 PM
Here is an update I recieved from one of my lenders. Interesting reading. Wells Fargo posted a $2 billion profit in the first quarter on record revenue of $10.6 billion, whereas Washington Mutual, the nation's sixth-largest originator, lost $1.14 billion. And JPMorgan Chase did better than both, reporting net income of $2.4 billion for......

Market update
4/17/2008 2:25 PM
Housing market update At least one US government official has spoken out regarding mortgage practices in no uncertain terms; unfortunately he probably had little leverage over lenders generally and still doesn't: ‘Soun......

News on Short sales and avoiding foreclosure
4/11/2008 9:16 AM
I was at a class on short sales and avoiding foreclosure yesterday. I thought I new something but walked out of this seminar with some new knowledge. I will be creating a website http://www.avoidwisconsinforeclosure.com/ to help out wisconsin families. A short sale ......

First time home buyers is now the time to buy?
4/8/2008 12:38 PM
First-time Buyers: Is Now the Time to Buy?by Carla L. Davis Should you buy a house? As a first time homebuyer this can be one of the biggest decisions you've ever faced. Many of the stories in the news media would have you believe that buying a home right now would be too much of a gamble. They use scary figures a......

Do you give buyers incentives to purchase your home?
4/8/2008 12:32 PM
Interesting article on msn on giving incentives to help sell your home. I have seen in wisconsin sellers giving away trips and cash. Keep in mind some lenders may frown on that practice. Are they loaning money on the home or the home and the $3000 big screen tv?
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State of the City 2008 Tonight
4/15/2008 4:56 PM
Tonight’s meeting will feature my State of the City 2008. I’ll be posting it later tonight or tomorrow. ......

Voting Hours on Election Day
3/31/2008 4:23 PM
Tomorrow, Tuesday, April 1, 2008, is Election Day. The polls open at 7 a.m. and are open until 8 p.m. See my last entry to find out how to use your phone or a computer to find out where you vote and who represents you. I challenge the citizens of Waukesha to have a higher [.........

Newspapers Still Worth Reading and Election Day
3/30/2008 12:36 PM
For those who believe newspapers are not worth reading, the Saturday, March 29 Freeman and the Sunday, March 30 Journal Sentinel give strong evidence why that’s not true. First I have to commend the Freeman for recruiting my former Butler Middle School colleague (we taught together for 30 years) and friend John Schoenknecht to write [.........

Waukesha on TV
3/11/2008 4:16 PM
Tomorrow, Wednesday, March 12, on Channel 4’s ten o’ clock news, there will be a report on the public/private partnership between the city and the developers of the Clarke Hotel and Black Trumpet restaurant. I have encouraged the tv stations to give Waukesha more of the coverage the city deserves and they seem to be [.........

Waukesha on the Editorial Page
3/11/2008 4:10 PM
The Monday, March 10, edition of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has an editorial about the Great Lakes Compact and my role in fighting for what’s in the best interest of Waukesha’s citizens. It does a good job of explaining what the city has been doing the last two years to solve Waukehsa’s long term water [.........

Weekend Review
3/2/2008 12:40 PM
On Saturday I took my wife Dawn out to lunch at the new Steak ‘n Shake between Car Max and Target. The owners did a great job of working with our Plan Commission to upgrade their architectural design and fit their building on a less than ideal site. It continues to be well run, extremely [.........

Mayor’s Memo #36
2/22/2008 3:52 PM
Here’s my second most recent memo. If the Great Lakes Compact ever becomes state law and if Waukesha is ever successful in getting Great Lakes water, the meetings we had with legislators of both parties will turn out to be historic. MAYOR’S MEMO #36 To: Common Council Members Department Directors Media From: Larry Nelson, Mayor Date: ......

Voting and Mayoral Opinion Piece
2/19/2008 1:05 PM
Just a reminder that you have until 8 p.m. today to vote in the Wisconsin Presidentilal Primary. Also, because we have an open primary, you can vote in either the Democratic or Republican primary, but not both. I respect anyone who has strong political opinions of any party, but what I don’t understand is the [.........

Waukesha on the Radio
2/15/2008 4:05 PM
This Monday, February 18, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on 89.7 FM, WUWM’s Lake Effect program will feature an interview with me. ......

Week In Review
2/9/2008 4:58 PM
The real news of the last week or so is the exceptional work that three of our city departments did as their routine public service. First is the great police work that resulted in the arrest of the former owner of Twisted and then the leg work that resulted in multiple charges which if found [.........