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Homes for Sale
2008-05-31 19:56:00 Thank you for visiting our website - here is a listing of our most recent home listings: More About: For Sale , General , Sale , Homes
NAR/DOJ settlement: Much ado about nothing ?
2008-05-31 19:52:00 Seems that the Economy and the Political scene in this hot election year has caused the DOJ to re-think their approach on the battle with the National Association of Realtors. The case was settled thi... More About: Marketing , Technology , Real Estate , Settlement
DOJ sets sights on more MLS boards
2008-05-08 18:58:00 As the DOJ case against NAR enters into a critical path this summer, the DOJ is starting to take aim at other players in the MLS game. This is only the beginning and it is very apparent to many, that NAR?s iron fisted rule on the MLS will not come out of this unscathed. Having interacted ... More About: Technology , Sights , Real Estate Marketing , Sets , Listings
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Q1 2008 Mortgage Statistics for Florida and Tampa Bay
2008-05-01 18:15:00 The results are in for the first quarter and it is not a pretty picture on the foreclosure front here in Florida or for that matter the Tampa Real Estate Market. Two reports this week that are interesting depending on how you can decipher the content ? The first report is by Trans Union. They ... More About: Economy , Finance , Mortgage , Statistics
Exisiting home sales bottom still elusive
2008-04-22 22:12:00 NAR released their March 2008 report and the picture is still not very pretty. Resale homes continued to drop and now stand at 19.3 percent off of March 2007 numbers. In addition, the media resale home price continued it?s spiral and fell another 7.7 percent compared to the same month in 2007. The median price in ... More About: Economy , Finance , Sales , Home , National Association of Realtors
Earn Money Trashing your Home
2008-04-10 03:45:00 I could not believe this latest information on the Foreclosure front. Just when you thought things were as unreal as they could be with the entire mortgage market meltdown, the amount of home owners that have walked away from their homes due to falling values and now add to this Trashing your Home for money ? You heard me correct, check out this video segment. It appears that many homeowners angry with their banks refusal to work with them have been taking out their frustrations on the bank and the lenders by totally trashing their homes as they-vacate them. It has been so bad that many banks are now paying top dollar to the former owners to leave the property with a guarantee not to tamper with the home. I believe that this footage is from the West Coast. Has any one in the Tampa Real Estate Market observed this ? What about Florida as a whole ? Please comment if you have heard about this, or know anyone that has ? Related Posts: How to stop foreclosure - 101 1 i... More About: Money , Earn Money , Earn
New Technology and Real Estate Agents
2008-04-06 01:17:00 I was recently accepted as a guest Blogger and Technology advice contributor over at the Home Gain Real Estate Blog. Since my back ground is based in the technology sector and I have been actively involved in the Real Estate industry for some time, it made sense for me to contribute to the larger ... More About: Economy , Agents
Home Equity Credit - is it crunch time?
2008-03-18 22:51:00 It’s no wonder that home buyers sit on the fence and wonder when the right time to buy will arrive? Since the the mass confusion in the markets continues and the various media outlets can’t seem to come together on what’s really up anymore. Heres a perfect example of Florida Real Estate as compared to other states : In this weekends local St. Pete Time s Finance section, I read an article that discussed the facts, that some home owners were finding out that the falling values of their homes were effecting previously issued home equity lines of credit. This column-article by Helen Huntly lists several local citizens as point of reference. What’s interesting in this story, is that one of the individuals used as a source doesn’t come clean and tell the Times that their are…umm…issues with that owned property, that would make anyone understand why the bank said NO. St. Pete times should vet comments or sources a little bit more prior to printing articles using outside ... More About: Credit , Home , Crunch , Equity
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DOT HOMES submits to US Real Estate BROKERS - dont worry - be happy !!
2008-03-10 21:36:00 Earlier today I received the following from DOT HOMES: New pingback on your post #117 “MLS Data compliance and NAR vs. DOJ “ Website: BYTEPLAY Blog Archive For US listing brokers (IP: 195.62.28.205 , www.ec1m.net) URI : http://www.byteplay.com/blog/archives/57 Excerpt: […] […] some of the ensuing controversy (Lenderama, CBS5.com, InmanNews, GreaterTampaBayRealEstate ), I?m going to attempt here ... More About: Economy , Technology , Real Estate , Listings
DOT HOMES submits to US Real Estate BROKERS - dont worry - be happy !!
2008-03-10 21:36:00 Earlier today I received the following from DOT HOMES: New pingback on your post #117 “MLS Data compliance and NAR vs. DOJ “ Website: BYTEPLAY ? Blog Archive ? For US listing brokers (IP: 195.62.28.205 , www.ec1m.net) URI : http://www.byteplay.com/blog/archives/57 Excerpt: ... ... some of the ensuing controversy (Lenderama, CBS5.com, InmanNews, GreaterTampaBayRealEstate ), I?m going to attempt here a crude recap ... More About: Economy , Technology , Finance , Real Estate
The lazy agents way to collect a paycheck
2008-03-09 05:06:00 I was working another post and in my research came across a comment from Marc Davison (1000 Watt Consulting Blog) that really fit the exact phrasing for what I was trying to convey. “Mmm, when did not having to work hard become the path to success? Oh yeah, 1997-2005. I wish we can scroll back time. I wish I could sit around and collect paychecks by doing little or nothing.” The comment above was in response to a post regarding implementation of Web 2.0 services by Realtors, or lack there of. Things like this blog for example. Yes there are quite a few of us that GET IT especially when it comes to Tampa Bay Real Estate. Blogging and Real Estate seems to be a bit more lofty of a goal for too few. We, are a rare minority in the scheme of National Real Estate statistics. Ok, so where am I going with this ? Well, besides the whole Real Estate Technology thing, I think one of the larger problems with our industry is the lack of oversight by the Brokers, much the same has transpired ... More About: Agents , Lazy
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1 in 3 Home Owners with Negative Equity according to Zillow
2008-03-01 22:52:00 Zillow revised their 4th Quarter report late Thursday the 28th of February that according to Zillow ?MORE EXPLICITLY DESCRIBES THE RATES OF NEGATIVE EQUITY FOR ALL HOMEOWNERS IN THE U.S. IN EACH OF THE YEARS 2003, 2006 AND 2007.? The original report had been released on February 12th as reported on PRNewswire. In that report the ... More About: Home , Zillow , Negative , Owners , Equity
Clearwater Home - SOLD - Dililigence and Persistence wins
2008-02-24 23:31:00 Future Home Realty and the Greater Tampa Bay Real Estate Team of Marie Becklund and Theresa Townsend announce the Sale of 2924 Eagle Estates Circle, a beautiful home in the Eagle Estates development of Pinellas County, Clearwater Florida. This Stunning Home is close to Chi Chi Rodriquez & Countryside Golf & Country ... More About: Persistence , Sold , Wins
How do you gage peoples reactions to major issues ?
2008-02-22 22:44:00 While I was pondering a good topic for our post today?.which I will now save for Sunday, I received an interesting email from a PHD candidate at the Stony Brooke University in New York. How they came across my name and email is topic for another post on blogging and marketing fundamentals, but the gentleman ... More About: Economy , Hillary Clinton , Cain , Issues , Gage
MLS Data compliance and NAR vs. DOJ
2008-02-20 06:00:00 Marc Davison of 1000 WATT Consulting wrote an article for Inman Real Estate News recently that was in part an answer to a discussion that had been started over at the 3 Oceans Real Estate Blog site, regarding the entry of a New Search firm in the real estate arena called DOT HOMES. Both posts elaborated ... More About: Technology , Data , Listings , Compliance
Denial will stop you from selling your home
2008-02-13 21:56:00 Take a quick look at this video segment: A new report from Zillow.com shows home values dropped nationwide by 3%. Chief Financial Officer Spencer Rascoff discusses which cities saw the largest declines. Time for little cold water on the face for those that have obviously been asleep for oh..the last year. Hey times are tough, ... More About: Economy , Selling , Finance , Home , Stop
Florida?s indifferent real estate market in Tampa?huh ?
2008-02-10 01:01:00 Yep, it?s that time again. The NAR Real Estate forecast report was released on Thursday February 7th. As is usual with NAR?s chief economist, Lawrence Yun, he mixes it up to the point you just have to say ?huh ? The title of the report itself really sets it up. ?Existing-Home Sales to Hold in ... More About: Economy , Finance , Real Estate , Real Estate Market
Who else wants a Free Mitigation Report ?
2008-02-04 06:15:00 Save on your Florida Home Owners Insurance with this Free Mitigation Report . Many home owners may have heard about the My Safe Florida Home imitative for Free Wind Inspections on their homes, but as I have recently discovered, just as many do not know that this service is available to them for Free. Here?s the story, I ...
How to stop foreclosure - 101
2008-01-30 18:38:00 According to a New Report published yesterday by Realty Trac US Foreclosure activity increased 75% in 2007 over 2006 figures. Nevada hit # 1 with Florida #2 followed by Michigan to round out the top 3. The states with the highest household foreclosure rate were 1. Nevada (3.38 percent) 2. Florida (2 percent) 3. Michigan (1.95 percent) 4. California (1.92 percent) 5. Colorado (1.92 percent) 6. Ohio (1.8 percent) 7. Georgia (1.57 percent) 8. Arizona (1.52 percent) 9. Illinois (1.25 percent) 10.Indiana (1.03 percent)The U.S. average was 1.03 percent. Following fresh on the report release was an interesting piece from the Today Show Wednesday, entitled Foreclosure 101 - This interview is with Barbara Corcoran a so called business baroness. She is listed as one of the most powerful brokers in the U.S. Barbara is legendary for being the most well-known name in New York real estate and for having personally sold only three apartments. She is a Real Estate contributor on the payroll of MSNB... More About: Stop
Get out and Vote on January 29th
2008-01-29 03:35:00 It?s our turn here in the Greater Tampa Bay Area. There is a lot of activity going on and all the media hype on the polls can make it pretty intimidating to ascertain what exactly is going on. So, no matter what your political affiliation is or what trash talk you hear in the ... More About: Economy , January , Vote
Will you find your home on Roost ?
2008-01-25 21:41:00 Another NEW Generation Real Estate Platform, joined the likes of Trulia, Realtor.com and Zillow earlier this week. I believe their actual launch was on Wednesday the 23rd. Roost .com says they will partner with MLS?s and Brokers. They claim they are unlike other online models in that, ?Roost?s network of broker sites ensures consumers have access to ... More About: Technology , Home , Real Estate Marketing , Find
Buy your home in Florida NOW
2008-01-21 06:22:00 I wrote a post back in early November last year, Is now the right time to buy your Florida home ? The comments then are just as apropos now as they were then. However, I have some interesting recent data to add to this that lends even more support and definitively answers the question. After reviewing ... More About: Economy , Finance , Home
Why we should embrace change
2008-01-15 04:00:00 I actually found this video while looking at the 1000 Watt Blog as I was waiting on hold for customer support for over an hour for something that has in my mind been broken. You may notice that I have not been posting on as regular a basis as I had anticipated for the New Year, This is due in large part to my hosting service company having major technical issues that they cannot seem to get resolved. Anyways less I digress here, the relation to Real Estate is really very apropos. As Marc Davison comments on his Blog “ Why not fix what isn’t broken? Would that not be a great way to gain advantage over the masses embracing complacency? “ Take a look at the Video below: OK, I am experiencing technical difficulties at the moment that prevent me from directly posting the video (embedding) so I have to post the link instead. After you view the video please continue with the rest of the post http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAtkoje4-e M Now that you have seen this…most people lo... More About: Change , Embrace
Central Florida First Time Home Buyers Workshops
2008-01-11 01:10:00 First Time Home buyer Workshops–Updated Calendar for 2008 I have noticed quite a few in-bound links lately from those looking for more information about First Time Home Buyers programs and classes in Florida . Our post last year had a very good response and I had been planning on making an update but was waiting for the CCCS to update their list and it looks like they just recently did. Your local community has tailor made programs to help ensure you have all the pertinent information that you will need as you make one of the biggest decisions of your life, that of becoming a home owner. They will take you step-by-step, from contract to closing, through the home buying process. You will learn what it takes to qualify for a mortgage, how to save for a down payment and even provide information regarding down payment assistance. Should you have additional questions or when you are ready to start your search after completing the classes. please be sure to email either Theresa or Marie... More About: Central
A Real Estate Story of another cyclical time
More articles from this author:2008-01-08 19:01:00 Most every thing related to Real Estate sales is cyclical. Even if we had not had all the issues with the sub-prime market conditions…the bubble had to burst. The gains made by many here in Florida over the last year…at the height of the industry were rather ridiculous and I think this resetting will normalize things out. During the Holiday’s I visited my ailing Father in California who at 90 still recalls his heyday in the market and also a large down turn. He was very big into Real Estate in the early to mid 60’s for about 6 years. He was active in the Oakland Bay Area Real Estate scene and even had his Brokers license. He recalls that about 3 years into his business that the market started a correction and prices and commissions went down along with many of the Realtors. The later 2 years, as a full time Realtor he took on odd jobs in the shipyards in San Francisco because he had a family of 6 to provide for. My mother was a stay at home mom with two tod... More About: A Real Estate , Story , Time 1, 2, 3 |
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