Pennsylvania Real Estate Update

What's going on in the real estate market? Find out from 20 year veteran John Rainville, Realtor, RECS, CSP and LTRS certified Broker. Residential and commercial topics for everyone from first time buyers to seasoned institutional investors.
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  • Do you have brusied, banged up, or totally messed up credit and want to buy a home?

    Many of us anymore have credit that is not quite good enough now to get a mortgage, or at least not good enough to get the very best rate.  Divorce, illnees, job loss, kids moving back in, bad luck and other life events may have marked up your credit and that can cost you literally thousands if not a million dollars in higher payments for ...
    Posted to John Rainville (Weblog) by 324456 on June 10, 2008
  • Buy American

    Well, I just filled up my car---OUCH! $3.89 a gallon! Folks, I have to say, there has never been a better time for all of us to jump back on the "Buy American" campaign and shore up OUR economy BEFORE taking care of the world.  We need to save ourselves so we can help other nations again in the future. I know we borrowed money ...
    Posted to John Rainville (Weblog) by 324456 on May 31, 2008
  • How tough is it to buy a home in the current market?

    Good question, prospective home buyer! And the answer depends on so many things, but really focuses on:Credit ScoreDown PaymentCredit Scores, your "mid" score needs to be 620 or better. What is a "mid" score? Well there are three main Credit Information Repositories--Trans Union, Equifax, and Experian. So that means that 2 out ...
    Posted to John Rainville (Weblog) by 324456 on March 9, 2008