Three friends from the local congregation were asked, “When you’re in your casket, and friends and congregation members are mourning over you, what would you like them to say?”
Artie said: “I would like them to say I was a wonderful husband, a fine spiritual leader, and a great family man.”
Tad commented: “I would like them [...]

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Today’s guest post comes from Chris Rodriguez at Retail Chatr Blog.  His thoughts on appraisals, applied to commercial real estate, also ring true in the residential appraisal space.  Thanks Chris – BC Retail News Blog put up good post this morning titled Capitalization Rates Without Market Activity which addresses the problem in [...]

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    Mortgage rate update (3) – … As the second chart shows, the spread between 10-year Treasury yields and the yield on mortgage-backed securities is well within the range of “normal.” As the first chart shows, the spread between jumbo and conforming mortgage rates has come down [...]

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     and  ACCOUNTING: Suspend Mark-To-Market–Now  – Brian S. Wesbury and Robert Stein -  Public policy hath no fury like a CPA scorned.  – Forbes  vsBIG DEAL:  FASB Proposes All Fair Value Accounting, Almost All the Time – By Joseph Rosta  – In a major reversal, the Financial Accounting [...]

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