Archive for September, 2007
Tougher Regulations In Store For California Real Estate Agents
Not that it is such a high hurdle that you would expect someone who you are trusting with your financial future to clear, but the California Association of Realtors and the California State House have made a token effort to tighten up the criteria for attaining ones real estate license.
Now instead…
Selling the Unsellable Home - With Pictures
Michael Baden is a kindred soul as he is willing to take on the impossible just to see what happens. A real estate agent in the Phoenix, Arizona region he has taken on the impossible home to sell, a 150,000 dollar fixer upper (which only a real estate agent could call a fixer upper) i…
Buying Foreclosures Takes Due Diligence
This is a very good quote from the New York Times on buying foreclosures. If you are good at it and do your due diligence there are great profits to be made. But if you are an amateur or just throwing money at properties without understanding the history and condition of each property there are many…
Want To Save Your Home From Foreclosure? Experts Say Get Help Quickly
If you are looking to save your home from foreclosure the trick is to get help quickly according to a study done by the Consumer credit Counseling Service of Greater Atlanta. While many think that once they get behind on their payments their home is gone that really does not have to be the case.
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It’s The Psychology, Stupid…
Mary Umberger of the Chicago Tribune nails the housing market with the line, “it’s the psychology, stupid.” The economy is still moving ahead, the dollar is weak allowing international buyers bargains getting into the market, and interest rates are low.
But the buyers and sellers …
Top 10 Least Expensive Markets For “Average Home” in 2007
Yesterday we published the list of the Top 10 Most Expensive Markets for an average home, today we are going to cover the least expensive markets in the country.
The average home in this survey by Caldwell Banker is 2,200 square feet with 4 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths, a family room, and a 2 car garage. I…
Foxtons Shutting Down, The Early Low Commission Brokerage Dies In the Slump
Foxtons was one of the early innovators in the low commission real estate model and focused on the high priced New Jersey bedroom communities. They offered a 2 percent commission to sellers and their agents were on salary, not commission.
The company struggled even in the heart of the boom as …