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August 31, 2013

What's Up? Home Prices and Sales of Existing Homes

Hi Folks,
   It's great to report this, but guess what's up? The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) just released their figures for the June 2012-June 2013 time period, and there was a 7.7% increase in home prices. The big winner was the West Coast, which checked in with a 17% gain, followed by the Mountain Region, at 11%. The slacker was the Mid-Atlantic, including New York, which was only up 2.5%. Additionally, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) released figures for the July 2012 - July 2013 time period, and the median price of a previously owned home popped up close to 14%. As for sales, the sales of previously owned homes jumped by 6.5% last month.

   Know what else? Even with these increases, homes are reasonably valued, and they still have room to increase further. Additionally, it's still cheaper to buy than rent, which also bolsters the opinion that housing prices are still undervalued.

   What's going down? Not mortgage rates. That makes buyers nervous and makes them scramble to take action before the rates increase. A perfect example that John W. Schoen points out in his article on CNBC.com, titled, "Home prices across the US defy gravity, despite rising rates", Mortgage applications for both home purchases and refinancings dropped for a second straight week as rates rose, and he cites the Mortgage Bankers Association. "Demand fell 4.6 percent in the week ended Aug. 16 as the rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage rose to 4.68 percent, matching this year's high mark.". In order for people to keep buying homes, credit needs to stay available, and the post-bubble vice-grip needs to be eased further in order to allow folks to get approved.

   So overall, this is some pretty good news !! What are your thoughts?

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HomeRun Homes - Rent to Own Homes, since 2002
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TAGS: #homeprices #existinghomessales #rates #mortgage applications #refinance #fixed mortgage #credit #bubble

August 14, 2013

Printing Power, Redefined !

Hi Folks,
   I hope all is well, and I'm glad to be back here with you.

   The good people at Epson have provided me a wonderful opportunity to test out their Epson Workforce Pro WP-4533, which has truly made an impact in my chaotic office.

THE PRINTER:
   This is a solid multifunction machine! The Epson Work Force Pro WP-4533 has some pretty slick features, such as the ability to Network it or print from devices over the Apple or Google Cloud-Print types. It tops out at a maximum printing resolution of 4800x1200 dpi, but in work-horse mode, it also acts as a two-sided printer, plus it functions as a Copier, Fax machine, and a Scanner. Scanned images can be saved to a PC or a flash drive, saved to PDF file format, or sent as E-mail.

PROs:
   Let's start out with the positives; I'm a tech-guy, and I have unboxed some messy equipment before, but this was a snap. Great instructions and very easy to assemble, with the installation of the four ink cartridges, and no need to toss everything when it's gone. Real quality machine, and great value!

CONs:
   The printing speed is 16 black pages per minute, a little slow, but just fine for my team. Additionally, the printer sleeps in a power save mode, but it wakes up fast! The LCD control panel is a little small, for those of us with imperfect eyesight.


THE BOTTOM LINE:
   This is a turn-key printer that provides you with not only a printer, but also, a copier, scanner, & a fax. Additionally, it is quite a bit less to use that a laser printer.



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