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Volume 1, Issue 42 - October 2008
As I write this letter, the federal government's economic recovery package was finaly approved with the hopes that this will bring some stability to the credit markets, as well as all of our stock portfolios, or what's left of them. The key question is whether this money will be spent properly to create the desired result. Time will tell. While discussing the mortgage market with a lender the other day at a closing, she informed me that the higher ups are telling her to aggressively look for borrowers to make loans. Read More of this Newsletter

Volume 1, Issue 40 - April 2008
Greetings from sunny Charlevoix. It was a long time coming but spring as finally sprung, the ice just left the lake, and daffodils are promising a colorful appearance any day now. It was a long haul, as this seemed one of those winters that just wouldn't give up. Hopefully our real estate market was closely tied to the weather because this year started out very soft in the housing market and with the thermometer on the rise, so is the real estate activity. Read More of this Newsletter