Comments for Oregon Real Estate Round Table

Comment on Overpass Construction, 1962 by Fred Stewart

Fred Stewart — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 00:42:26 +0000

I must drive over this 10 times each week. Great photo!

Comment on Westside Seawall Sandbagging, 1948 by Fred Stewart

Fred Stewart — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 07:21:41 +0000

When this photo was taken the Willamette river was a lot more polluted than it is today. Somewhere around this time the river caught on fire. It was so polluted that the oil and other pollutants actually caught f ire. It had to be horrible working on this project.

Comment on Forclosure Stopped for 91-Year Old Widow by Fred Stewart

Fred Stewart — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 03:49:26 +0000

It is important that people work with highly qualified Mortgage Brokers and lenders when they are obtaining a reverse mortgage. There are more brokers getting into this area of lending every week and most are not qualified to offer this product.

Comment on Forclosure Stopped for 91-Year Old Widow by askcarolynwarren

askcarolynwarren — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 01:09:20 +0000

Thank you, Fred. People need to read the fine print in their mortgage documents. Too many “sign and date here” without understanding what they’re signing. Even still, there is no excuse to take advantage of the elderly. Loan officers need to explain the options and the consequences of the options.

Comment on Beck Building, 1910 by sarabensonexpert

sarabensonexpert — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 06:20:55 +0000

Wonderful history. Thanks for sharing.

Comment on Nearly Half of U.S. Families Teetering on Edge of Ruin. by MANDI WOODRUFF, Business Insider by Fred Stewart

Fred Stewart — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 01:48:39 +0000

I hope our political leaders read this article. As we move into a higher taxes and fewer serves phase of American live. They have to understand that regardless of the recovery. People and entire families are still struggling.

Comment on FHA costs rising in April – and HARP 2.0 refi program just got better! by Fred Stewart

Fred Stewart — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 02:16:32 +0000

Just when we need changes that will make it easier for people to buy real estate we ahve the opposite occuring.

Comment on CoreLogic: 11.1 Million U.S. Properties with Negative Equity in Q4, Calculatedriskblog.com by milancole

milancole — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 06:25:11 +0000

Some scary stats…. but the big question on everyone’s mind is where do we go from here?

Comment on America’s Credit and Housing Crisis: New State Bank Bills, Marketoracle.co.uk by Fred Stewart

Fred Stewart — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 06:56:04 +0000

A state bank in Oregon could help stabilize the lending and credit markets relationship with big and small businesses in Oregon. It would have to have a well defined mission that the leadership would have to stick to and develop. Would not want a state bank that was aimed at competing directly in all ares with private market banks.

Comment on MERS by kwddost

kwddost — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 19:59:54 +0000

thank you Sara Benson….mission is to smack people out of their blindness……could us all the help I can get..!!

Comment on MERS by sarabensonexpert

sarabensonexpert — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 00:43:07 +0000

Nothing could be more true. Excellent article!!!

Comment on Short Sale Listing: 1337 SW LINNEMAN AVE Gresham, Or. $230,000 by Fred Stewart

Fred Stewart — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 08:27:51 +0000

I hope Congress revisits this issue and fixes this. Would hate to live with this very long.

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Comment on Is The National Association Of Realtors Hurting The Real Estate Market? by Brett Reichel, Brettreichel.com by Jason Hillard

Jason Hillard — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 22:44:26 +0000

Spot on Brett regarding the information being fed to consumers! I got so fed up with the misinformation in the media about the current mortgage environment and Real Estate in general that I had to start a blog because my wife got tired of me yelling at the TV

I really think we as Mortgage have an opportunity, and responsibility, to use new media forums like Oregon Real Estate Round Table to get the truth out. The fact is, even if the nightly news gets it right (which doesn’t happen), you still can’t pack enough relevant information into a 45 second report.

Fred – I really wish that most Brokers wouldn’t discuss financing. You know a lot about it, but most don’t. Much in the way I don’t know enough about negotiating a purchase & sale agreement to speak intelligently about it. I can’t tell you how many times I have had to “re-educate” borrowers who were told something completely inaccurate about financing by their Agent.

Comment on Is The National Association Of Realtors Hurting The Real Estate Market? by Brett Reichel, Brettreichel.com by Fred Stewart

Fred Stewart — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 22:11:11 +0000

Brett,

You are being unfailr to real estate brokers. Brokers are writing offers and trying to put deals together every day. If they tell a client they feel they will need 20% down there is agood reason for it. It is not like Brokers have a reason to mislead people that trust them to help them fullfill their real estate needs and goals.

I feel if anything the consumer is not being served well by the National Mortgage Broker and Mortgage Banker associations. They have allwoed the needs of the consumer to be ignored during this credit crunch.