{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Interest Rates Take a Dip","description":"The HOP (Home Ownership Podcast) Episode 103:&amp;nbsp; Village Properties Realtor and host of the HOP, David Charles Allen, gives the latest Santa Barbara Real Estate Stats.&amp;nbsp; Last week. there were 40 new listings, 12 price changes, 36 coming soon, 24 pending and 10 expired listings.&amp;nbsp; Surprisingly, interest rates dropped from almost 6 per percent to below 5 percent. Interest rates on thirty-year fixed loans dropped down to 4.875% and thirty-year jumbo loans dropped to 4.5 percent.&amp;nbsp; Houses are not selling quite as quickly as they were a couple of months ago due to a number of factors which David discusses in this episode.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; David and co-host Patti close the show by talking about their fur babies.&amp;nbsp; David recently took a long road trip with his dogs and cat.&amp;nbsp; Find out how it went! You can reach out to David by calling 805-617-9311 or email david@davidcharlesallen.com ","author_name":"The Hop","author_url":"http:\/\/thehop.libsyn.com\/website","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/23698730\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/23698730"}