Wow!  What a whirlwind week I have had!  I’m going to try to make this as brief and entertaining as possible, but honestly, we all know I am neither. After Sunday morning’s virus attack , my week just got crazier.  We had scheduled an agent’s open house for Tuesday – an agent’s open house gives local Realtors a chance to walk through a house without an appointment.  In a house like ours it can really help to have as many agents in town telling their clients “I’ve been in this house, and it’s bigger than it looks.”  So we scheduled the agent’s open house for Tuesday.

By CARRICK MOLLENKAMP The U.S. housing market is facing new downward pressure as holders of subprime-mortgage bonds flood the market with foreclosed homes at prices that are much lower than where many banks are willing to sell . While nationwide figures are scarce, a review of thousands of foreclosures in the Atlanta area shows that trusts managing pools of securitized mortgages sold six times as many properties as banks during the six months ended March 31.