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Charleston SC Foreclosures and Bank Owned Properties

January 8th, 2009

Since the market has slowed down and many homeowners have either over extended or were tricked into a short ARM loan and now need to sell. I have compiled a list of bank owned and short sale homes in the Charleston area. The information is located here in order from highest price to lowest. Many homes are selling for much less then they were purchased for!

http://www.dustinryan.com/charleston-foreclosure-homes-bank-owned.html

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Virgin Islands private Crewed Sailing charters

July 31st, 2008

I just got back from one of the best trips in my life, the Virgin Islands. If you have not been yet I recomend you contact USVI and BVI Sailing charters and book your trip for the fall and winter. Their brand new Beneteau 49 is one of the best boats I have ever sailed on.

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Forecast for the Week

June 26th, 2008

It looks like a promising week with interest rates possibly falling towards the middle to end of the week. The 30yr fixed is right around 6.25% today.

The coming week is chock full of economic reports that will likely have a big influence on the financial markets. We start off on Tuesday with a report on Consumer Confidence, and also the beginning of Fed meetings which will culminate in a Rate Decision and Policy Statement on Wednesday afternoon at 2:15pm ET. It is widely believed that the Fed will keep the Fed Funds Rate at 2%…but what will be most interesting is the wording of their carefully crafted Policy Statement. If it gives hints of their intent to hike rates in the near future to help fight inflation, it could actually be good news for Bonds and home loan rates.
A look at sales numbers in the new and existing housing markets will come Wednesday and Thursday, and Friday will wrap up the week with a bang as the Fed’s favorite gauge of inflation, the Core PCE (Personal Consumption Expenditure) data will be released. Since this will be following the Fed’s announcement on Wednesday – will the Fed look smart if they’ve held rates steady, or perhaps come under criticism if the inflation numbers are super-heated? Could be a greasy few days for the Fed, so stay tuned.
Remember that when Bond pricing moves higher, home loan rates move lower – and then take a look at the chart below. You can see how in recent days, Bonds have moved higher, but are now battling an overhead “ceiling” of technical resistance. If Bonds and home loan rates are to improve in the near future, it will take some very Bond-friendly news to help crash through the ceiling that has stopped progress in its tracks for the time being.
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Mathew Mieras

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