Wednesday, September 24, 2014. National Association of Realtors, Existing Home Sales Slip in August. Bidding wars and slim inventories of available homes made buying a home difficult for many prospective buyers in recent months, but Mr. Yun said that these obstacles have subsided in many markets. Other obstacles contributing to a slowdown in housing markets are labor markets, which have shown some improvement, and stringent mortgage credit requirements that became effective in January. If you have been d.

Friday, July 2, 2010. Bob recently retired from a major AP company. He spent the majority of his adult work life there. I was fortunate enough to capture a portrait of him days before he left to find his new found freedom. Bob was back lit with a strong overhead sky light and I used an on board 580EX flash bounced off a white board camera left for fill. The background was darkened in Lightroom and Photoshop CS5.