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Today's Real Estate News and Advice
Updated: August 26, 2008
Real Estate Outlook: Prices Stabilizing
The economy continues to send mixed messages - some encouraging for real estate, some not - but this week the positive are edging out the negatives. FULL STORY->
Energy Efficiency Windows
Windows add beauty and elegance to a home. But windows are also the black hole of thermal energy in a home. In cold and warm seasons you can lose a substantial amount of heating and air-conditioning through your windows. If you're interested in saving money on your energy costs, there are ways to make your windows more energy efficient. FULL STORY->
Brentwood Bay Resort Is Sustainable on Many Levels
In the resort industry, true finesse may lie in blazing new development ground without destroying the unique community and pristine setting in the process. PJ Wade presents one "first in" waterfront resort that represents community sustainability at its best. FULL STORY->
Simplify to Multiply: Do Less and Make More
It's one of my all-time favorite sayings and guiding principles and it works! "Simplify to multiply: do less and make more." FULL STORY->
Washington Report: What if Fannie and Freddie Need Capital Infusions?
A big "what if" question loomed over Washington last week: What if Freddie Mac or Fannie Mae needed such large capital infusions from the Treasury that, in effect, they'd be directly controlled by the federal government … or at least open to drastic reorganizations? FULL STORY->
Learn How to Use Public Relations and Get Valuable and Free Media Exposure for your Property
As a real estate agent, you are expected to create a marketing plan for your seller. When seeking the listing, you present the seller with your strategies about what you’ll do to promote the home. When was the last time you included Public Relations as part of your marketing matrix? Probably not lately and that’s likely because you don’t understand the public relations process and how the media works. This column will help change that. FULL STORY->
Condo Trends: 4,000 SF Calgary Condo Lists at $10 Million
A $10 million condominium on the market in Calgary is making headlines around the world and internet for its luxury and, of course, price FULL STORY->
Washington Report: What if Fannie and Freddie Need Capital Infusions?
A big "what if" question loomed over Washington last week: What if Freddie Mac or Fannie Mae needed such large capital infusions from the Treasury that, in effect, they'd be directly controlled by the federal government … or at least open to drastic reorganizations? FULL STORY->
Learn How to Use Public Relations and Get Valuable and Free Media Exposure for your Property
As a real estate agent, you are expected to create a marketing plan for your seller. When seeking the listing, you present the seller with your strategies about what you’ll do to promote the home. When was the last time you included Public Relations as part of your marketing matrix? Probably not lately and that’s likely because you don’t understand the public relations process and how the media works. This column will help change that. FULL STORY->
Investor Report: Investment Affordability
If you're looking for affordable houses that will produce solid rental cash flows for long-term holds, check out the Midwest. That's the word from the latest national "investment affordability" rankings by Port Real LLC (Port Reel) -- an advisory firm that provides risk-reduction statistical profiles on 379 U.S. market areas for Wall Street and small investor clients. FULL STORY->
Hot Market: Decatur, IL Outperforms National Trends
In the face of falling employment rates and diving real estate prices, Decatur, Illinois, has outperformed national trends to create a strong housing market buoyed by a growing economy FULL STORY->
Is It Time To Go Tankless?
Before we head into the winter months when people start taking longer showers or baths to warm up on a cold winter day, stop and think about how your water is getting heated and if you could be saving money. FULL STORY->
A Top Agent's Business Plan from the Best in the Business
Columnist Walter Sanford shares his business plan for a 50-transaction a year agent with two assistants who has goals to double your business. FULL STORY->
Enforcement of Association Restrictions is Subject to Time Limits
Members of HOAs (Homeowner Associations) and directors of HOA boards in California all need to keep in mind that rules and regulations affecting property use, additions, and alterations are subject to a statute of limitations. That is, if the rules aren't enforced against a violation within a stipulated time, the Association may lose its ability to enforce them. Conversely, just because an HOA does not promptly act to enforce its rules against a violation, it still may do so later as long as it acts within the prescribed time limits. FULL STORY->
Accomplish Team Training: Monkey See, Monkey Do
Most of the learning we do in life is from observed behavior. This observed behavior happens in all environments from work to home. Your staff, especially the sales staff, will learn from you through observed behavior. FULL STORY->
Market Conditions
With affordability a huge topic for many homeowners in this country -- after spiking prices and then mortgage ails -- beginning on Monday, hundreds of housing experts and public officials from California, Nevada, Arizona and Hawaii will gather in Los Angeles to discuss the future of affordable housing in today's climate of rising foreclosures and declining home values. FULL STORY->
Ask Realty Times
How come our handicapped hotel unit generates less income? Since the price of the condo declined before closing, should my father pay less? How can we as buyers handle an appraisal that's too low? Peter G. Miller looks at the week's most interesting questions for Realty Times. FULL STORY->
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