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Attention Shoppers: Your Realtor is in Aisle 3! 2008-03-09 03:13:53 Finally, relief is here for those Realtor
s and real estate consumers who have had to contend with the agent and mortgage lenders that were merely “order takers”. The hot real estate market of the past few years has come to an abrubt end and so has the careers of the agents and mortgage brokers that jumped [...]
Home Equity Slips Below 50% 2008-03-08 10:54:23 Federal Reserve says homeowners’ debt on their houses exceeds their equity for the first time since 1945
Americans’ percentage of equity in their homes has fallen below 50 percent for the first time on record since 1945, the Federal Reserve said Thursday. What this means for homeowners among other things, is that their borrowing ability has [...] Read more:Equity
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Change is Slow, But Change is Good! 2008-03-06 22:54:59 I have seen quite a few changes in the real estate business over the past 36 years. When I started my real estate career as a sales person in 1972, I had no idea I would see the changes that would take place over the span of my career. There have been some bad things [...] Read more:Change
Selling Your Home ? 2008-03-05 21:50:15 Many sellers think that because they’ve lived in a home for so long, they know it best and are therefore the most qualified to sell it. However the truth is that it is the real estate agent that knows what the buyer is looking for. The seller’s favorite feature about the home may be something [...]
How do lease Options work and what are the benefits? 2008-03-04 21:01:43
Lease Options
are a great option for home sellers, especially if a home seller is faced with a slow housing market. For those who are wondering, “ How lease
options work and what are the benefits,” it is really quiet simple. A unique arrangement, lease options come about when a home seller and a potential [...]
DuPage Children’s Museum 2008-03-03 22:20:03
DuPage Children
’s Museum
, a top Chicagoland cultural attraction, has stepped up to the need to help young children develop better math abilities and is opening a new math-related exhibit neighborhood March 10 on the upper level of the museum.
This new Math Connections exhibit invites children to explore and interact with math in fun ways [...]
The Importance of Having Your Own Real Estate Agent 2008-03-03 12:54:18 The management at New Home Executives has represented home buyers and home sellers for over 35 years. We bring a wealth of knowledge and experience as well as extensive negotiating experience. We are well qualified to represent you and look out for Your Best Interests.
We can you can save you Time and Money—specifically by :
1.Locating [...] Read more:Having
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Ten Mistakes You Can’t Afford To Make 2008-03-01 22:30:01
1. Choose the Wrong Mortgage: With the advent of instant refinancing, home loans are no longer the lifetime obligations they used to be. Still, you don’t want to be saddled for even a short period of time with the wrong one. Investigate all your options, then lay your choices side-by-side and do the math, making sure [...]
What A Day for A Day Dreaming Boy 2008-03-01 10:19:26
I remember way back when, I was a young man in High school. The Lovin Spoonful released the song entitled “What a Day for a Day Dream”. It was a fairly big hit which is impressive especially when you had to compete with the likes of the British Invasion Groups such as the Beatles and [...] Read more:Dreaming
AS A FIRST-TIME BUYER, SHOULD I WAIT UNTIL PRICES GO LOWER TO BUY A HOME? 2008-02-29 22:48:54
AS A FIRST-TIME BUYER, SHOULD I WAIT UNTIL PRICES GO LOWER TO BUY A HOME?
No
If you continue to wait, you may never be able to afford to get into the housing market. Even as home prices are currently moderating – or even falling in some areas – rents continue to climb. The best way to [...]
How I Work For You 2008-03-09 21:37:52
I want to take a minute to clarify just how I work so that you have no misunderstandings about who I am and the kinds of services I provide. Most importantly, I want you to understand that when you are looking to buy a home, I will work for you as your Buyer’s Agent. I will [...]
Before You Buy A Condo 2008-03-14 09:48:37
7 Questions You Must Ask Before Buying a Condo
You’ve found your dream condo, and you’re ready to relax among the mango trees and swaying date palms. Hold everything. To keep from getting stuck with a lemon, you’ve got to do some homework. Here are the seven most important questions you need to ask before buying [...]
Client Number 9 ? 2008-03-13 13:37:15
With all the publicity Eliott Spitzer, the disgraced Governor of New York is getting from this headline, I suppose a lot of people are wondering who were Client
s 1-8? The press is hard at work to be the first to publish the list. According to reports from the British press; The Duke of Westminster is Client #6.
Who is Client # [...] Read more:Number
HUD Proposes Respa Reform to Help Consumers Shop Lower Costs 2008-03-17 13:07:21 Washington, DC – In an effort to significantly improve the complicated, unclear and costly home buying process, U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson proposed mortgage reform designed to help consumers better understand their loan terms so that they can shop more effectively for the largest purchase of their lives.
HUD’s proposal reforms the more than 30-year [...] Read more:Reform
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What you should know about selling a vacant home 2008-03-18 20:18:58
You’re selling
your primary residence to move into another. The goal should be to sell the house as quickly as you can. and with good planning and the help of a good Realtor, you should be able to get a fair and reasonable price.
Vacant rooms can look smaller than furnished rooms. This is because there [...]
7 Deadly Sins Home Sellers May Be Committing 2008-03-21 22:27:46 Here is what the Accredited Home Staging Council refers to as the Seven Deadly Sins
of Staging. Some Home Sellers
may be guilty of many of these potential deal breakers.
1. Failure to thoroughly deep clean your home – especially the kitchen and bathrooms. A dirty house is an immediate buyer turn-off and the two most important areas [...]
Tent City 2008-03-20 17:08:52 The meltdown in the US mortgage market has led to record foreclosures and forced thousands from their homes. In few places is it worse than southern California, where the BBC reports on an extreme consequence of the downturn, but one that some observers fear could grow.
These are the people who have lost their homes or [...]
State to help homeowners 2008-03-27 19:05:27
The state is expanding help for homeowners struggling to pay their mortgages.
Governor Rod Blagojevich says a pool of money lenders are putting up to help homeowners refinance their mortgages has grown to $310 million.
The Governor also announced that he is working with state Sen. Jacqueline Collins (D-Chicago) to introduce legislation that will make sure [...] Read more:State
Housing Bubble 2008-04-03 00:24:20 Government guarantees, global capital flows, and a consumption binge add up to a national mortgage crisis.
By Robertson Morrow
From the security of their own homes, many sneer at the get-rich-quick crowd that lost money when the tech bubble burst. But many who would throw stones are living in glass houses—barely maintained by fragile second mortgages. The brash [...] Read more:Housing
, Bubble
, Housing Bubble
Laying the blame for climbing gas prices 2008-05-20 15:55:19 Gas prices have climbed to record highs for many reasons, including expensive oil, cheap dollars, and strained refineries. But some have offered an especially novel explanation for consumers’ pain at the pump: credit card interchange fees.
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Today’s open social networking, a legacy from the past 2008-05-27 15:49:43 Todays Featured Blog is by Marc Davisson of 1000 Watt Consulting.
“If you think your customers know you because of your website bio, think again.
If you think you create loyalty from a simple brand statement, think again.
If you think all this innovation separates you from tradition, please think again”.
“Your establishment is online. This is where conversations [...] Read more:Today
, networking
REALTOOLS for REALTORS® 2008-05-29 15:03:55 REALTOOLS for REALTORS®
By Brad Andersohn | May 27, 2008
In the never ending quest to find new and useful tools to Blog about, and to share with REALTORS® all across the Country, I thought it might be useful to list some of the Top sites I have discovered over this past year. If you’re a “Techy” [...]
What Exactly Is Generation Y Looking for in a Home? 2008-05-30 13:08:37 By Stacy Downs
RISMEDIA, May 30, 2008-(MCT)-Generation
Y is growing up fast. The average age of a first-time home buyer is 26, three years younger than for Gen X or baby-boomer buyers. So what’s up with that?
So, Who is Generation Y?
Those born between 1978 and 1994. They’re also called Millennials, the Internet Generation, Echo Boomers, Nexters [...]
It’s Time For the Real Estate Industry to Get Engaged 2008-06-04 13:22:33 Todays Featured Blog: by Daniel Rothamel@ Agent Genius
I want to discuss what I see as a schism developing between the attitude of consumers and the attitude of real estate professionals. I hope that by addressing this issue, the industry can avoid what could be a very messy break-up with the public.
We Need to Change Perspective
By [...] Read more:Estate
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HomePerks Emerges from Private Beta Testing 2008-07-18 12:08:39 The new version of the site, which has just emerged from private beta testing, allows real estate agent members to feed property listings information to the site and “basically use it as a calling card of existing and previous inventory,” said Brian Columbus, founder and CEO of HomePerks LLC, based in Oak Brook, Ill.
The site also [...] Read more:Private
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