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Nashville Mortgage Rates Drop Below 6%
by Grant Hammond|December 10, 2007|Blog, Mortgage Rates
Concerns that a severe housing downturn and prolonged credit crisis could rattle consumer confidence and hurt the broader economy contributed to a sharp drop in mortgage rates last week, according...
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The Encore in downtown Nashville, TN
by Grant Hammond|December 5, 2007|Blog, Condos
I was driving through downtown Nashville today and happened to notice that the Encore condo tower was shimmering in the late afternoon sun. This project will be complete in mid...
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Nashville Mortgage Rates Hit Two-Year Low!
by Grant Hammond|December 3, 2007|Blog, Mortgage Rates
The 30-year fixed mortgage rate fell to a more than two-year low in the week ended Nov. 29, slipping to 6.1% from 6.2% the prior week. Freddie Mac further reported...
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2008 Conforming Loan Limit Remains $417,000
by Grant Hammond|November 30, 2007|Blog
Director James B. Lockhart of the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight announced that the maximum 2008 conforming loan limit for single-family mortgages purchased by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac...
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Nashville Mortgage Rates Drop, Again
by Grant Hammond|November 26, 2007|Blog, Mortgage Rates
Last week, Freddie Mac released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey in which the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 6.20% with an average 0.5 point for the week...
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The Media Vs. The Real Estate Market
by Grant Hammond|November 11, 2007|Blog
With all of the doom and gloom on the nightly news, this question has to be asked: Is the news media creating an artificially bad real estate market? Is the...
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