Storm Lake Iowa Free Home Buyer Seminar

Now is a great time to start getting ready to buy or sell. We're having  free Buyer Educational Seminars in March, they'll be offered in both English and Spanish. We plan to have one of educational seminars at least 4 times a year. We will also be holding Free Seller Educational Seminars. Follow the link to get more information.From the number of Buyers we have looking I would say our market is ahead of schedule, by about a month and a half.

Storm Lake IA - 3 New Listings and All Ranch Homes

Looking for a ranch home in Storm Lake Iowa, if so we have 3 coming, their prices range from just below $90,000 to just below $140,000. All are very nice solid homes, 2 have wonderful park like back yards, 2 have basements and all are priced to sell. If you think you may be interested contact Weaver Realtors to be scheduled to see these on the day they list. Properties are selling fast and ranch homes are very desirable especially in these neighborhoods and price ranges. Call me Georgia Weaver 712-291-0118 if you are interested.

Check out the NEW SIGN

Our new sign and we love it - Dan Waitt from Commercial Sign and Design designed it, made it and installed it.
You are awesome Dan!
Come by and see Angelica Lozano and me we will be open for business on MONDAY March 1st!

Weaver Realtors Your Storm Lake Real Estate Service Provider

Judge In Real Estate? Who Pays For Him to Run This RE Business and His Secretary to Collect Rents and Represent Him? The Tax Payer?

A very troubling article on REALTOR Magazine's website.

Apparently  a judge in Philadelphia, a Willis W. Berry Jr. has been able to avoid prosecution for running a real estate business out of his chambers because the DA declined to prosecute.  Apparently Berry has been suspended and asked to resign but has declined.

Who exactly pays Berry; isn't it the tax payers, I don't think they are paying him to do real estate? And who pays for him to have a secretary, yep I think it is again taxpayers and I am sure the Pennsylvania taxpayers don't pay to have this person manage the judges real estate.

Citigroup Shows Some Compassion - At Least Until New Years

Citigroup suspends foreclosure evictions and foreclosure notices for 30 days on approximately 4000 customers. read the whole story here

FHA and Tighter Lending Standards Could Negatively Impact The Storm Lake Iowa Real Estate Market

The FHA is looking into changing some of its lending standards for FHA backed loans in an effort to reduce the number of defaults and limit the risk to the FHA portfolia.  Some of these changes will include the amount of down payment required (currently set at 3.5%) and credit score a buyer will need, what percent of the closing costs the Sellers is allowed to pay and an increase in the annual mortgage insurance premium.  This is bad news for a lot of first time homebuyers. The FHA has become an important option for home buyers, insuring almost 30% of home purchases—more than 75% of which are to first-time home buyers—20% of mortgage refinancings. Just three years ago, the FHA’s share of the mortgage market was 3%. Read the full story by clicking on the link above.

Storm Lake Iowa Homes For Sale Newsletter - Check It Out

Interested in Storm Lake Iowa homes for sale, or maybe Alta Iowa homes for sale?Check out the new Lake Area Real Estate Newsletter.
All the local real estate market data. Information and a chart for reference to the new 09 Home Buyer Tax Credit, a little information about our new company, a great recipe to help use up all that left over turkey, why we stage every home to some degree, all those letters behind my name, and what it is like being a realtor.
Send me some input if you get a chance to read it. Just click on the link at the right top of the page, "November NewsLetter".
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