November 27, 2009—In today’s changing economy, many entrepreneurs and real estate agents are wondering what to do. Some have gone through a cycle of shock, disappointment, fear, and now confusion. What seemed to work in yesterday’s marketplace isn’t working today. The truth is there are many opportunities in today’s market for success. The following 7 […]
Archive for November, 2009
November 23, 2009—Nationwide housing affordability, bolstered by affordable interest rates and low house prices, hovered for the third consecutive quarter near its highest level since the series was first compiled 18 years ago, according to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index (HOI). The HOI showed that 70.1% of all new and […]
November 21, 2009—Trulia, Inc. has announced that 25.6% of homes currently on the market in the United States as of November 1, 2009 have experienced at least one price cut during the past 12 months. More than 40% of the top 50 major metros across the U.S. are experiencing price reduction levels above 30%, significantly […]
November 19, 2009—If you want to be healthy, live in Vermont—or at least act like you do. It is the healthiest state in the country, according to a new report
November 18, 2009—If you have applied for a mortgage modification, I wish you luck. It seems so simple on the surface, but as many a frustrated homeowner
Don’t expect the expanded home buyer tax credit to be a permanent cure for the U.S. housing market. It won’t.Take the spike in mortgage demand created by the tax credit this summer. It was followed by a plunge as the incentive was set to expire, showing how housing’s recovery is tethered to government aid.
As the […]
November 17, 2009—The negotiating power of homebuyers slipped a tad in September 2009, but buyers in most markets were still negotiating thousands
November 16, 2009—Most states continued to experience rising existing-home sales in the third quarter 2009, with prices moderating in many metro areas, according to the latest survey by the National Association of Realtors®. Total state existing-home sales, including single-family and condo, increased 11.4% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.30 million units in the […]
Top Tips to Improve your Credit
1. Review your current credit report for accuracy. Everyone is entitled to one free credit report per year from each of the three credit bureaus—Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion. Get a copy of your credit report and look at it for accuracy. First, make sure that the information in your file […]
November 13, 2009—The next generation of real estate customers, at 74 million strong, is poised to enter their prime home-buying years. Generation Y, people born between 1980 and 1995, rivals the size and potentially the influence of their parents’ generation: the Baby Boomers, born between 1946 and 1965. Gen Yers are about to create a […]
