Quick hits

We are NOT going to have a double dip says Barclays, despite recent bad US economic news.

Mortgage rates decline for the 7th straight week.

Tips on backing out of a short sale.

7 figure plus deals in West Little Rock.

Finally, as you’ll recall from this post, traction companies were given eminent domain powers around the turn of the century, primarily for electric streetcars. Well, I was watching The Shootist, John Wayne’s final movie (also had Ron Howard, Lauren Bacall, and Jimmy Stewart), and as he leaves the boarding house to go to the saloon for the climactic scene, he boards a streetcar with “Carson Traction Company” on it. The answer to your question is yes, I did bore the people also watching the movie that night with all the details on traction companies. But I waited until after the climactic final shootout. I’m not a COMPLETE bore.