Alison Heft, Assistant VP Residential Sales, Coldwell Banker D'Ann Harper

02/27/2015

What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness. John Steinbeck

02/14/2015

01/30/2015

Real Estate Terms: pre-approval - A loosely used term which is generally taken to mean that a borrower has completed a loan application and provided debt, income, and savings documentation which an underwriter has reviewed and approved. A pre-approval is usually done at a certain loan amount and making assumptions about what the interest rate will actually be at the time the loan is actually made, as well as estimates for the amount that will be paid for property taxes, insurance and others. A pre-approval applies only to the borrower. Once a property is chosen, it must also meet the underwriting guidelines of the lender.

12/19/2014

“Every gift which is given, even though it be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection.”— Pindar, Ancient Greek lyric poet from Thebes

11/26/2014

Turkey: The National Bird? Ben Franklin thought the North American wild turkey should be the national bird. Of course, the turkey of his day was nothing like the domesticated descendants we know today. The wild turkey of Ben Franklin's day was a brightly plumed, cunning bird of flight. Unlike eagles, turkeys live in flocks. Imagine seeing a flock of birds as large as turkeys flying across the sky. It must have been a wondrous sight. Wild turkeys have longer necks and legs as well as smaller breasts than turkeys bred for the table. The true American turkey was "wild and wary to the point of genius," said author G. T. Klein.