http://www.wral.com/business/blog/2746682/Jeremy Salemson, CEO of Corporate Investors Mortgage Group, blogs about trends in the real estate market affecting local buyers and sellers. Copyright 2009 by Capitol Broadcasting Company. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:54:30 -0500Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:54:30 -050060http://www.wral.com/business/blogpost/6463459/Realtor Doris Vaughan of Keller Williams sees the homebuyer tax credit as the biggest incentive to sales in the Triangle.Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:54:30 -0500Businesshttp://www.wral.com/business/blogpost/6463459/http://www.wral.com/business/blogpost/6444730/Fannie Mae's Deed for Lease program is available to those who may not qualify for other mortgage modification programs. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:26:56 -0500Businesshttp://www.wral.com/business/blogpost/6444730/http://www.wral.com/business/blogpost/6386316/The extension and expansion of the home-buyer tax credit should motivate buyers in 2009 and beyond.Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:52:17 -0500Businesshttp://www.wral.com/business/blogpost/6386316/http://www.wral.com/business/blogpost/6378026/Janet Cowell, treasurer of North Carolina, says her office is managing the state pension fund to be ready for economic recovery. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:49:19 -0500Businesshttp://www.wral.com/business/blogpost/6378026/http://www.wral.com/business/blogpost/6360398/Welcome back to the written page! We’ve been offering our weekly data for Today in Real Estate in video format over the past couple of months – but since we’ve already shot the video for this week and we have breaking news – I thought I would go old school for you again.Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:31:55 -0500Businesshttp://www.wral.com/business/blogpost/6360398/http://www.wral.com/business/blogpost/6349747/Contracts are being written on home sales, but the boost from the first-time buyer tax credit, rather than real recovery, may be behind that trend.Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:19:30 -0500Businesshttp://www.wral.com/business/blogpost/6349747/http://www.wral.com/business/blogpost/6289259/Melanie Woods of MW Designs talks about the changes a down economy brings to the interior design business, and how staging and editing a home can lead to a sale.Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:17:59 -0400Businesshttp://www.wral.com/business/blogpost/6289259/http://www.wral.com/business/blogpost/6267260/We’ve had some interesting housing and jobs figures released this week, as well as an update on the first time home buyers tax credit – all of which I would like to share with you. Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:30:08 -0400Businesshttp://www.wral.com/business/blogpost/6267260/http://www.wral.com/business/blogpost/6259374/FHA loans are a popular way for bankers and buyers to get those with less-than-perfect credit into a mortgage. Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:00:44 -0400Businesshttp://www.wral.com/business/blogpost/6259374/http://www.wral.com/business/blogpost/6210668/one of the few high LTV (or Loan to Value) loans left in today’s mortgage market. It’s a government backed loan designed to facilitate home purchases in rural areas. No down payment is required – meaning that it’s one of only two one hundred percent programs left in the mortgage market – VA and USDA.Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:01:45 -0400Businesshttp://www.wral.com/business/blogpost/6210668/