Oklahoma city Mortgage News

AAM announces 30th annual convention in Oklahoma City Jan. 9 to 11 (High Plains Journal)
Larry Matlack, President of the American Agriculture Movement, has announced that the organization will hold its 30th annual convention in Oklahoma City Jan. 9 to 11. AAM will focus on the agricultural economy and renewable energy as a path to economic parity.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Real Estate Bubbles (Multi-Housing News)
When reporting on multifamily finance in the 2000s, I came across a common refrain from desperate mortgage bankers again and again: "There is a surplus of money chasing a limited amount of product."

Oklahoma Counties Impose Burn Bans (KOCO 5 Oklahoma City)
Burn bans are in effect for several south central Oklahoma counties as 2009 begins.

WSJ’s Good Vehicle for Explaining Subprime Mess (Columbia Journalism Review)
Just wanted to make sure you saw this great A1 story in the Journal on Saturday. Reporter Michael M. Phillips tells the tale of the subprime mortgages crisis through a single ramshackle homestead in Arizona. It’s just about note-perfect.

Priceline.coms Ski Sale Offers Champagne Powder On A Beer Budget (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NORWALK, Conn.----Don’t let the economy stop you from scratching that itch for double black diamonds . Priceline.com has some incredible deals on airfares, hotels rental cars and vacation packages to ski/snowboard destinations around the U.S. and Canada.

Looking back at 2008 in the news (Lincoln Journal Star)
Most of us will be glad to see the books close on 2008. It was a year of controversy, contentiousness and concern, from the courtroom to politics to our national and personal well-being.

Woman, Children Escape Burning Home (KOCO 5 Oklahoma City)
A southwest Oklahoma City mother and her children escape as fire damages the back of their home.

Drive Your Buildings to Peak Operating Efficiency and Save Money (Multi-Housing News)
Let’s rethink the way we measure building efficiency. As an industry, we have already developed effective programs to certify buildings as green and reward major development and infrastructure initiatives. These are important and they should be continued.

County Assessor To Help With Property Taxes (KOCO 5 Oklahoma City)
Oklahoma County Assessor Leonard Sullivan has set times, dates and venues to be available to help property owners maximize tax savings.

War Veterans Benefit from New State Laws (Kansas City InfoZine)
By Amanda DeBard - Some war veterans in Oklahoma will no longer pay property taxes and others in New York will have an advantage in getting civil service jobs under new provisions that take effect in 2009. Veterans in California, meanwhile, have had help buying a home since November, under a new law there.