Real Estate Dispatch

Katie Wethman's Thoughts on Washington, DC and Northern Virginia Real Estate has an excellent entry on the difference between a Conforming, Jumbo, and FHA loans.  I didn't realize that the point at which a loan became a "Jumbo" loan was when Fannie and Freddie could not buy the loan--the present limit is around $417,000.

An excellent post on the Home Inspection Blog on the life expectancy of some common household items.  Sample life expectancies include:

A good article in the Wall Street Journal on buying foreclosed homes.    It states:

Here’s an interview with Warren Buffet on CNBC.COM covering the financial aspects of the current mortgage market specifically Freddie and Fannie.

Watch Buffett on Freddie and Fannie