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House Expert Shiller Says Austerity Bad for Real Estate
Like austerity normal is it’s the reality check. And reality checks hurt sometimes like a bee sting and sometimes like a sledge hammer to the side of the face. The broad Case-Shiller housing index fell 4.5%. Expert Shiller sees austerity … Continue reading
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Time to Buy That Vacation Home?
The luxury segment of the market is showing signs of life. Movement is happening. The affordability index has filtered into almost all areas of the real estate market. This means buyers who were previously out of range are now seeing … Continue reading
Bill Gross, Biggest Bond Fund Guy, Wants More Government
Bill Gross is the manager of the largest bond fund in the world. So he has pull in the financial world and in government circles. He believes we’re too far gone in the mortgage market and the government is the … Continue reading
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Shiller Index Confirms Bad News About Housing
A double dip has been confirmed by the nation’s top housing forecaster for what that’s worth. Housing like most other things in life is notoriously difficult to predict. The 2 main numbers Case-Shiller shows are Composite-10 which was down .5% … Continue reading
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Surprise Pending Home Sales Up 20% in June
The National Association of Realtors reports a surprising number in June’s report. 1. Housing sales were up 2. How far up they were Many expected a downer in this report. Go figure. Experts are human too and often make mistakes. … Continue reading
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Trulia Making Big Push With Social Search
Trulia announced a cool service called “instant leads” which calls the agent phone and dials the consumer whenever a consumer leaves a phone number. This way the 2 parties are instantly connected. You know how important it is to get … Continue reading
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Ugly Houses Won’t Sell
With the credit markets tightening this was thought to be the reason “fixer uppers” weren’t getting any love. Turns out buyers in this buyer’s market just don’t want them. They’re ignoring the rash of foreclosures which fall into the ugly … Continue reading
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NAR Being Cautious About Predictions After Past Transgressions
New leadership has been good for NAR. In the past real estate agents criticized them for being too rosy about housing prices and movement. The new regime hasn’t tolerated this. No blowing smoke up your asses here. Lawrence Yun, the … Continue reading
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No Commission Shopping on Trulia
Want to see which realtors in your area discount their commissions? Can’t do it on Trulia. Now that they bought agentleaf.com you’d think they’d bring this tech over but no. Trulia’s much anticipated “instant leads” hasn’t turned out as expected. … Continue reading
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Investors More Efficient Ridding Foreclosures Than Bank Owned REOs
Check out this article http://blog.foreclosures.com/investors-selling-faster-than-bank-reos/ It’s no surprise her findings are investors selling properties faster and more efficiently than banks. This just makes sense. Individuals are going to be far more efficient than huge lumbering institutions. It also highlights how vast … Continue reading
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