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Some Good News About Mortgages and Finance

by Tim Berry on December 31, 2008

Yesterday, during our weekly meeting at Palo Alto Software, sales guru David Shear, recently recruited out of a finance business sales spot, said he’d met with friends in the mortgage business over the holidays and “there’s a boom going on.”

“I heard it over and over. Swamped with refinance applications, money is flowing, all of that. One of them said he’d been working Saturdays just to keep up.”

So I say great, here’s a spot that’s jumping now, a sign of some segment responding to government bailouts and all. It’s not necessarily universal; these are Oregon and Washington people, and just a circle of friends. Still, let’s take the good news where we can find it.

About Tim Berry

Tim Berry

Tim Berry is the founder of Palo Alto Software, a co-founder of Borland International, and a recognized expert in business planning. Tim is the originator of plan-as-you-go business planning. He has an MBA from Stanford and degrees with honors from the University of Oregon and the University of Notre Dame. Today, Tim dedicates most of his time to blogging, teaching, and evangelizing for business planning. His full biography is available on his blog.

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