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• Is the housing market performing “as expected”? (101)
  • ARDELL: I keep thinking how lucky Obama is going to be a few years from now, if he can take the credit for things getting better. He certainly won’t get the...
  • Kary L. Krismer: Fair point. Also, not entirely Chicken Little when he refuses to publicly say what he sees as the potential downside because he thinks that scenario...
  • ARDELL: Kary, Isn’t it only “a Chicken Little” if the sky ISN’T falling?
• Fidelity Title Calls Off the LandAmerica Merger (80)
  • Rhonda Porter: Why not, Kary? Are you saying they won’t do the client any good or the agent (I’m not following you).
  • Kary L. Krismer: And what I’m saying is the addendums (sp?) might not do them any good.
  • Rhonda Porter: Kary, the local “big 3″ with title/escrow ABA’s do have addendums disclosing the relationship. However, if agents believe or tell...
  • Kary L. Krismer: If they’re selling these referrals based on savings that are non-existent, I think they’d have problems, notwithstanding any associated...
• Q&A with the Banker Panel at the National Auctioneers Association (2)
  • Kary L. Krismer: Sniglet, bankers might not know that. Non-judicial foreclosure is so favorable to lenders that they probably don’t even typically look at the...
  • Sniglet: No comments about “walk-aways” then? I was curious to find out if they see this phenomena in their own businesses. It’s interesting that...
• 10 Things You Should Know Before Moving to Seattle (724)
  • Kary L. Krismer: Or Montlake and Capitol Hill around 15th. My definition of walking distance though might be a bit different than others. I used to walk to the UW from...

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