Cheryl Dambacher-Charles Robbins Realtor

Information may not be reliable

Charles Robbins Realtor: Springfield's full service real estate pros!

A real estate professional who knows the Springfield neighborhoods, local economy, real estate laws, Sangamon county schools, etc. is imperative to a real estate transaction. I've helped buyers and sellers purchase and sell in Springfield for years, and I'm ready to help you today.

No matter what your needs are, you'll need an agent who understands technology and how to apply it to a real estate transaction. Hopefully you'll put my website's resources like mortgage calculators, our listings, how to stage your home and much more to good use.

When you're ready to get started, you can contact me through my site or simply send me an e-mail. I'm glad to answer any questions you have about buying or selling a home in Springfield.

Vornado's investment in J.C. Penney this month is further proof that these are frustrating times for real-estate-hungry deal makers like Steven Roth who have buying power but are finding little to acquire...Read More

While office-building construction is on a tear in emerging markets, it has largely halted in New York and most of the other traditional financial centers of the U.S...Read More

Australian regional lender Bendigo and Adelaide Bank praised the government's effort to foster competition in the nation's residential mortgage-underwriting business, even as investors wonder what might happen to the world's fourth-largest securitization market when the program runs out....Read More

Amid a tight lending environment, builders are forming joint ventures with institutional investors and sovereign-wealth funds to finance projects...Read More

KBS Realty Advisors is close to a $115 million cash deal for the National City Tower in Louisville, Ky....Read More

The Mortgage Bankers Association reported a large drop in mortgage applications last week, though the drop was driven heavily by a 48% drop in the interest rate sensitive refinance applications after mortgage rates broke their down trend the week before. Purchase applications fell 2.9%. Both the Mortgage Bankers Association and Freddie Mac report...Read More

The Mortgage Bankers Association reported a drop in refinance applications last week after Fixed Rate Mortgage (FRM) rates rose more than three-tenths of a percent and Freddie Macs Primary Mortgage Market Survey also showed an increase in rates, though only about half as large. The reports on Adjustable Rate Mortgage (ARM) rates were mixed....Read More

S&P reported another big drop in its Case Shiller Home Price Index, which covers the top 20 metropolitan areas in the US and the Conference Board reported that US consumer confidence fell to a record low. 14 of the 20 cities indexed had annual declines of more than 10% from October 2007 to October [......Read More

Freddie Mac and the Mortgage Bankers Association are both reporting 30-year rates near 5% and 15-year Fixed Rate Mortgage (FRM) rates below 5% for a second week. Buyers have responded aggressively to the lower rates, with mortgage applications for home purchases up more than 10% last week. With prices dropping in both the existing home and [......Read More

The Mortgage Bankers Association and Freddie Mac both reported good news for those needing to refinance mortgages and those with resetting ARMs with the MBAA reporting an average 15-year Fixed Rate Mortgage (FRM) rate below 5% and Freddie Mac reporting a 1-year ARM rate below 5% and 15-year FRM rates below 5%. Even 30-year FRM [......Read More

With home prices falling in many parts of the country, sales slower than normal in other parts and mortgage standards higher than any time since the late 80s, buyers and sellers can both benefit from creative financing - owner finance, lease options, lesser known grant and loan programs, and more. Buyers stand to benefit [......Read More

This week brought more muddled news for the housing market. Both Freddie Mac and the Mortgage Bankers Association reported drops in Fixed Rate Mortgage (FRM) rates and increases in Adjustable Rate Mortgage (ARM) rates this week. Last Friday, the Mortgage Bankers Assocation reported mortgage delinquency rates at an all time high, two days [......Read More

The Mortgage Bankers Association reported a record weekly increase in mortgage applications as rates fell on long term Fixed Rate Mortgages (FRM) last week. Freddie Mac reported rates down for the week ending December 3, as well, though the rates were higher than the MBAA reported rates from the week ending November 28, possibly indicating [......Read More

The housing news this week has been a mixed bag, with good news on interest rates and a decline in new housing starts offset by a drop in new mortgage applications and with Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae following the lead of Citigroup, JP Morgan Chase and Bank of America in announcing a foreclosure freeze. Thursday [......Read More

Both the Mortgage Bankers Association and Freddie Mac reported a drop in Fixed Rate Mortgage (FRM) rates in their latest surveys, with Freddie Mac reporting an increase in 1-year Adjustable Rate Mortgage (ARM) rates and the Mortgage Bankers Association reporting a drop. The Mortgage Bankers Association also reported that new mortgage applications ...Read More

All rate, payment, and area information are estimates and approximations only.