While the housing market in Cache County is doing pretty well, Cache County Land is far from recovery. For residential lots less than an acre, we are looking at more than three YEARS of active inventory. The prices of these Cache County properties still need to come down by about 15-30%. Here is a break [...]

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Alan Barker on January 28th, 2010

Introducing the New Cornerstone Real Estate Video Blog

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Alan Barker on January 26th, 2010

Upcoming Housing Fair this Friday in Logan Provided by USDA.

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Alan Barker on January 25th, 2010

First Cornerstone Real Estate Video. It’s very important to select a real estate agent based on qualifications, not based on being related.

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Alan Barker on January 25th, 2010

A few details on meeting the mortgage financing deadline for Utah Real Estate transactions.

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Alan Barker on January 22nd, 2010

Something to consider when selecting a title company for buying or refinancing a home.

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Alan Barker on January 21st, 2010

The FHA is making some changes to FHA loan requirements. Among these are higher required down payments for people with poor credit, and increased upfront mortgage insurance premiums.

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Alan Barker on January 19th, 2010

There has been a large loss in the number of construction jobs for the Logan Utah Metro.

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Alan Barker on January 18th, 2010

The number of short sale homes in Cache County Utah has remained pretty constant since October. Currently there are 47 homes for sale in Cache County that require “short sale” bank approval. This is the same amount of short sale homes as were on the market last month. Percentage wise, the number of short sale [...]

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Alan Barker on January 18th, 2010

Here is a really good article on why interest rates, including mortgage interest rates will begin rising next year. Essentially, the demand for US treasury bonds is drastically dropping. The two primary sources of demand for Treasury Bonds have been China, and artificial purchases by the federal government with the specific purpose to keep interest [...]

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