Fed Vows to Keep Rates Low Until 2014 Daily Real Estate News | Thursday, January 26, 2012 The Federal Reserve announced that short-term interest rates will likely stay near zero for nearly three more years, a move that is expected to spillover to long-term mortgage rates for home buyers and home owners. In August, the [...]

Some Good Signs for the Real Estate Market Daily Real Estate News | Tuesday, December 27, 2011 Sales ticked up for existing homes and new homes, several real estate market indicators revealed last week, pointing to a housing market that may finally be entering recovery mode.  In the most recent report, the Census Bureau reported [...]

Home Affordability Best in Years Warwick, RI, November 22, 2011…October sales statistics released today by the Rhode Island Association of Realtors (RIAR) showed existing single family home sales up nearly eight percent from October, 2010, the fourth consecutive month of increased sales year over year.  Median price however, decreased 17 percent statewide to $182,250, most [...]

Well the Holiday Season is upon us.  Let me be one of the first to wish you and yours Happy Holidays and a safe, happy and healthy 2012!  This has been such an exciting and fulfilling year.  I’ve been blessed with helping so many buyers and sellers accomplish their real estate goals that at this [...]

“The real estate market is local, not regional, not national.” Those words are and always have been true no matter what they say on the evening news or in the biggest newspapers. In addition to that let’s all understand one thing…bad news sells not good news. After over 30 years in this business I can [...]

Hello all,  On April 10, 2011 we’ll be doing our drawing giving away an Apple iPad.  All you’ve got to do to be in the drawing is go to Face book and “LIKE” Slocum Realty and Slocum Insurance.  If you do that over the next couple of days you’ll be automatically entered to win.  GOOD [...]

Daily Real Estate News  |   February 2, 2011  |   ShareMortgage Applications Bounce Back U.S. mortgages were back on the rise last week after a holiday-related slowdown in mid-January, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported. Mortgage applications gained 11.3 percent in the week ended Jan. 28, according to MBA’s seasonally adjusted index. In the week prior, applications had fallen [...]

Tips for Buying Foreclosures RISMEDIA, January 25, 2011—The McCarty Group, a Florida real estate team specializing in Marco Island properties, has released a “Top Tips” list for buying foreclosures. Mike and Wendy McCarty of Keller Williams Realty say the tips apply to virtually all markets in the U.S. and that while many buyers have heard [...]

Rhode Island Housing Market Sees Price Gains in 2010, Slower Sales Warwick, RI, January 26, 2011… According to home sales statistics released today by the Rhode Island Association of Realtors (RIAR), 2010 showed an upward trend in prices, reversing a downward trend that began in 2005. The median price of single family homes sold last [...]

December home sales continue to show improvement!  Check out the attached article for more information and if you’re thinking of making a move or buying your first home NOW IS THE TIME!  Interest rates are still very low,  inventory is really good and prices are unbelievably affordable!  Don’t look back and say “I should have [...]