Attention! Cool Infograph at bottom of this article You’ve heard that real estate is about location, location, location. With plenty of major metro areas, attractions, and that whole…Hollywood thing, California’s real estate market is something to watch and avidly follow (with popcorn). And normally, the differences between NorCal and SoCal’s real estate markets are [...]
Las Vegas-area home sales rose year-over-year for the sixth consecutive month in December as increased activity below $200,000 continued to compensate for a decline in sales in higher price ranges. Home prices remained flat, with the overall median sale price parked at $115,000 for the fourth month in a row, a real estate information service [...]
President Barack Obama has announced a new initiative to curb the high incidence of foreclosures that have plagued his administration from day one. Speaking at the James Lee Community Center in Falls Church, Virginia, on February 1, President Obama announced that his Executive Office is sending to Congress a new home mortgage refinancing plan that [...]
I have heard some rumors stating that on February 29th, Facebook will be launching Timeline for Brand Pages (Fanpages). Of course, there are always pros and cons to every change. What I want to tell you today is how you can benefit from this change. The Timeline Cover Facebook allows you to create [...]
We are living in the social media age of instant gratification. Everywhere we turn whether it’s Facebook, Google or our best friends blog; answers to our most pressing questions have never been more readily available. The Internet has become our go-to resource for content, but wading through the muck can be a challenge. As [...]
Government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) such as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are chartered for the purpose of advancing the economy by ensuring the smooth and transparent flow of credit between borrowers and lenders. Home ownership has always been a strong aspect of the American dream, and both Fannie and Freddie essentially exist to keep the dream [...]
By Celia Chen, senior director, and Cristian deRitis director, Moody’s Analytics Press accounts this week charge Freddie Mac with a conflict of interest that penalizes struggling U.S. homeowners and retards the recovery of the housing market. The ostensible revelations actually come as little surprise, but they do highlight the ambiguous status of Freddie and [...]
Bend Oregon Realtor Is Well Known For His “Outside The Box” Way Of Thinking Bend, OR: For Jim Mazziotti, the principal managing broker and franchise owner of EXIT Realty Bend, working “outside the box” is common place. Back in 2000, when Mazziotti lived in a small rural community in Iowa, he was one of the [...]
(SOURCE BLOOMBERG) Private equity firms are jumping into distressed housing as the U.S. government plans to market 200,000 foreclosed homes as rentals to speed up the economic recovery. GTIS Partners will spend $1 billion by 2016 acquiring single-family homes to manage as rentals, Thomas Shapiro, the fund’s founder said. That followed announcements this month that [...]
Recently I was sorting through my database of more than 1,000 “contacts,” and made a surprising discovery. Sure, I am communicating with a thousand people, but outside of my family and friends, I am not really connecting or fostering many real relationships at all. My client relationships are “a mile wide and an inch deep” [...]
