The contest between Utah skiing and Lake Tahoe for the Roaming Gnome is over, and the WINNER is Utah!! According to The Salt Lake Tribune, Utah won by a slim margin, but it is still a win. The Travelocity Gnome will be coming to Utah for his next ski vacation. Sources have it the the Gnome will be arriving sometime tonight or tomorrow.
Let’s role out the red carpet Utah, welcome the Travelocity Roaming Gnome!! You will love what we have to offer!
For all the Home Buyers sitting on the fence waiting for property values to decline, down to the last penny, you should be watching the Fed and it’s plan to stop buying mortgage back securities at the end of March, 2010. Since last year, the Fed has pumped over a trillion dollars into the purchase of mortgage backed securities to keep interest rates low for home mortgages. Because the plan to purchase these securities ends March 31, 2010, financial gurus think that interest rates will go higher because the demand for these securities will drop.
My friends over at Keeping Current Matters has a great breakdown of the arguments of what might happen to rates.