Marty Van Diest

February 7, 2011

Mortgage Rates Edge Up

“Mortgage bond prices fell last week pushing mortgage interest rates considerably higher. We were deluged with mostly better than expected data and strong stocks as […]
February 2, 2011

Mat-Su Borough Assembly

I attended the borough assembly meeting last night. It was the first meeting with the new mayor, Larry Devilbiss, in charge. It was obvious that […]
January 27, 2011

Linc Energy Expands Operations In Alaska

Linc energy continues to work in Point Mackenzie. It’s first drill showed enough potential that they have recently increased their holdings to 181,000 acres of […]
January 25, 2011

How Realtors Are Paid

This is a tongue and cheek look at how Realtors are paid…and a suggestion on how to revolutionize the system. Any thoughts? [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpkwO0svSsE[/youtube]
January 24, 2011

Zillow Adds Public Reviews

Zillow, a major real estate website has recently added a feature by which customers can give evaluations of their experiences working with their Realtor. Some […]
January 19, 2011

Wasilla and Palmer Foreclosures

After looking at the national foreclosure market I decided to look at the local market in more detail. For a background read my last post. […]
January 17, 2011

Foreclosure Mess Continues

In 2010 we saw a growing number for foreclosures across the US. This tended to cause bottlenecks in the offices of the banks handling the […]