In BOICE MAIL this week...
"Pic" of the week:
"Pic" of the week:
Water bridge over the Elbe River in Germany. At a cost of 6 years and 500 million euros, this 918 meter suspended tub of water connects Berlin’s inland harbor with ports along the Rhine River. This photo was taken during the 2003 opening.
http://www.snopes.com/photos/architecture/waterbridge.asp#photo
Headline Mortgage News:
“Visionary” or “Delusional”? Beautiful model agents, celebrity names and theme
buildings. New York’s Michael Shvo of SHVO Marketing says today you must sell “lifestyle” not “real estate”.
Is his “branded building” marketing sustainable? See this article in Business Week online:
http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/apr2007/db20070418_171740.htm?chan=search
California paradox; less are selling, but prices are higher.
Read about this at DQNews.com:
http://www.dqnews.com/RRSCA0407.shtm
Panic sale? H&R Block sells its sub-prime mortgage company.
Did they relinquish Option One at the bottom of the market?
Click here to read a CNN News article:
http://money.cnn.com/2007/04/20/news/companies/bc.hrblock.takeover.reut/?postversion=2007042016
Will reduced mortgage activity effect prime lenders as well,
or is it just the sub-prime market? WMC Mortgage layoffs may reach 75% of their work force.
See this article in HousingWire.com:
http://www.housingwire.com/2007/04/20/commentary-mortgage-job-losses-mounting/#more-681
Countrywide CEO selling his stock. Coincidence? Morningstar cautions against “reading too much into it”.
See this HousingWire.com article:
http://www.housingwire.com/2007/04/19/countrywide-ceo-continues-to-unload-stock/
Mortgage interest rates edging back down. Realty Times article:
http://realtytimes.com/rtcpages/20070420_rates.htm
Thought for the Week:
"The highest result of education is tolerance"
Helen Keller
This is actually a sculpture (a self portrait, no less) by Ron Mueck, an Austrailian artist, shown here on display at the Brooklyn Museum in New York. No, this isn't him, this is the sculpture. His work is very realistic, perhaps a skill he developed when he was a model maker for the film industry. If you would like to see more of his work go the the following
How to keep more of your own paycheck
Google has released a new product called Goog-411, which is a free telephone based information service that could replace toll 411 calls. This is great if you are driving around and want to call ahead to make a reservation at a restaurant or something. By calling the toll free number from your cell phone, you say the business you are looking for and they will connect you for free.
http://labs.google.com/goog411/ There are many people who are not into computers or the Internet, but they make a lot of long distance calls. So, how can you get unlimited long distance calling without using Internet telephony? There is a gadget called the “Chatterbug” that hooks into your phone jack and it is always $9.95 a month. You don’t need a computer or any other lines or wires. All you need is the jack. If you have questions, you can call customer service at 866-690-3919. Lots of retirees have two homes. You’re allowed to register two addresses and you never pay more than $9.95 a month as long as you take the device with you to each place.
And now, for this week's fun freebies!
Baskin Robbins 31 Flavors is holding their 31 Cent Scoop Night on May 2nd nationwide from 5 pm - 10 pm.
http://www.baskinrobbins.com/Promotion/31cent.aspx
Free Smoothie at Smoothi King!
http://www.fishbowl.com/clt/smoothie/lp/join/join.asp
If you live near a Sonic you can print out this coupon for free Tater Tots http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/681/cpnprttotsbdrb0.jpg Sign up your children for their Wacky Pack Birthday club and you'll get a free kid's meal for your child's birthday at http://wackypack.kidsbirthdayclub.com/sign_up.cfm
Tuesday, April 17 - 12:00 Noon - 8:00 p.m. is Ben & Jerry's Free Cone Day! Every year two real guys named "en Cohen and Jerry Greenfield celebrate the first anniversary of their ice cream shop by giving away free ice cream as a way to say "Thank You" to their customers. This year, over 350 Ben & Jerry's shops around the country will celebrate Free Cone Day. To find a location near you click on http://www.benjerry.com/sugarland/index.cfm
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