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As the technology chairman of the Lane County Council of Realtors (yes there are men in the group), I take care of the website and have recently posted the notice of the January 27th business meeting. I want to get this out to as many people involved in the Real Estate community as possible as this will be an excellent meeting. Read More

Hello everyone. I just wanted to announce that I have received my mortgage loan originator’s license for Washington. I had been able to make mortgage loans in Washington previously to the new NMLS licensing system and am now able to again. Read More

Foreclosures are a huge part of the real estate market. Foreclosures and short sales often make up the majority of the sales in the Eugene/Springfield area. However, Congress is concerned about the irregularities of the foreclosure procedures being followed by many of the banks and servicing companies. Read More

Mortgage Rates have continued to trend downward as worries continue over the status of the economy. Although the Eugene/Springfield area has mostly stabilized, more distressed (foreclosures and short sales) are continuing to keep the real estate market low. So, we have bad news and good news as a result of this combination. Read More

I read a lot of different reports and article to keep up with what is happening in financial markets in general and the Eugene/Springfield mortgage industry in specific. So today I want to relay an anecdote that was published in the May issue of the Niche Report by Rick Roque and Jushua Weinberg about being a mortgage lender. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Read More

I have offered restaurant reviews for my readers in the past, but this time, I have a guest reviewer, my son Steven that reported on a recent performance of the Eugene Symphony at the Hult Center  as part of his school work. I thought the report was excellent and gave me a real feeling of being in the audience. I convinced him to let me share it on my blog. So here is Steve Chamberlin’s report on Beethoven’s Fourth Concerto for Piano. Enjoy! Read More