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8 Tools to Organize Your Life in 2015

Keep better track of your schedule, pay bills on time and don't forget another password. With the new year approaching, we’re all thinking about resolutions for 2015. While losing weight and getting your finances in order are two popular choices, one resolution many of us make year after year is to get organized, once and for…
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Perfect New Year’s Resolution: Save for a House

For many Americans, the jump into the new year marks an important step forward toward achieving a New Year’s resolution, and saving for a down payment to buy a home may be among them. But that goal can take some time, and lots of savings commitment. Thirty-seven percent of recent home buyers say it took…
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Fannie and Freddie Mac Lower Downpayments to 3% to Spur Housing Opportunities

Following months of talk and speculation, both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac announced on Monday they will begin allowing qualifying first-time borrowers to purchase homes with just a 3 percent down payment. By lowering the down payment down to 3 percent, leaders from the GSEs and the Federal Housing Finance Administration (FHFA) hope to increase homeownership…
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Home Flipping Drops to Five-Year Low in Q3

Home flipping sales declined nationwide both quarter-over-quarter and year-over-year, hitting their lowest level since the second quarter of 2009, according to RealtyTrac's Q3 2014 U.S. Home Flipping Report released today. The number of home flipping sales, or those in which a home is purchased and sold within 12 months, represented 4 percent of all single-family…
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JREG Neighborhood Reinvestment Program

It’s important to make a difference in the communities that we live in and where we do business. The foundation of our communities are built upon the backs of our schools. We are reinvesting in education and the students who are in great need. We need your help to enhance the impact that we can…
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Introducing the JREG CARES Program

James Real Estate Group has joined forces to create the JREG CARES program, benefiting Seattle Children's. What is It? With every transaction JREG completes, we will make a donation to the Emergency Patient Assistance Fund at Seattle Children’s. Proceeds help fund groceries, electricity, transportation and other basic needs to help shift the focus on the child’s health rather…
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Foreclosure Inventories Continue to Fall – Down 35% Year Over Year

CoreLogic published its monthly National Foreclosure Report with data from June 2014, which indicates that foreclosure inventory is down 35 percent from June last year. Foreclosures fell from 54,000 to 49,000 on a year-over-year basis. The report further indicated that foreclosure inventory in the United States shrank for 17 consecutive months as of June 2014 and fell…
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