Increasing Number of Foreclosures Rehabbed By the Realtors
2009-09-15 15:03:00 With the increasing number of foreclosures creating a major upheaval in the property market, the realtors are frantically trying to make arrangements for the easy working out of the things. The realtors are actually the representatives of the banks regarding the procedures of foreclosures. This is necessary because mostly when a family is forced to leave their home they tend to destroy and ravage everything inside the home to make things tough for the banks and the new buyers as well. In the region of Las Vegas valley, the average price of a house has consistently stayed at $140,000. Too many foreclosures are reducing the home prices and the bad condition of the homes play a major role in this regard. Realtor Justin Fairbanks has major specialization in case of making the foreclosed homes presentable after the banks own them as this helps to make these houses saleable. According to Justin Fairbanks the home located at Turquoise Road is one of the worst condition homes th...
NRIs- Ray of Hope for Realtors
2009-03-14 07:33:00 Realtors in Mohali district have seen a ray of hope among NRIs to keep their business going during the global slowdown. While the local buyers are hesitating from buying houses coming up in large number in the district, it is the interest of NRIs from Canada, US, England and middle-east countries that has given ...
National Association of Realtors? Twitter Strategy
2009-02-17 03:50:00 The National Association of Realtors is one of the most, if not the most, powerful associations in the real estate industry.The people at NAR are often helpful, very pleasant, and professional in their approach. They take their jobs seriously; and that is why I am puzzled. The NAR’s mission is to support Realtors, educate the masses, ...
By: deansguide
The Bucket List For Realtors
2009-02-06 17:15:00 My wife and I watched a movie last night that was heart warming and certainly thought provoking. It was the movie the “Bucket List” starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman. I can’t believe I had not watched this sooner. It was great and I highly recommend it. After spending the evening with my wife, my ...Post from: Real Estate Investing information from Real Estate Radio USA The Bucket List For Realtors
Tough Time for Bangalore Realtors
2009-02-03 05:50:00 Real estate developers in Bangalore are facing a queer situation. On the one hand they are trying to lure new customers with attractive baits like offering cars free with new flats to boost the sales and on the other hand, they find it difficult to sell already booked flats to customers who want them on ...
National Association of Realtors has Compiled Some Videos and They Want YOU
2008-11-21 19:55:00 You can browse through what has already been posted by other real estate professionals to get ideas and inspiration for your video submissions at their website: National Association of Realtors Videos REALTOR® TV is vying to be a premier source for inspirational, informational and educational real estate video on the Web. They are looking for input and want us, National Association of REALTOR® members to submit our very own videos. There are guidelines – no listings are accepted! File formats that can be uploaded include and suggested length should not exceed 7 minutes: .3GP .AVI .DV h.264 .MPEG2 .MPEG4 Quicktime .WMV .FLV The channels or categories that your videos may be categorized under are: News and Analysis CommunityMembership Business Tools Events Most Popular Code of Ethics Home and Design Your Videos Our membership is working for us. Watch, share, explore! The National Association of REALTOR® number for information is 1-8...
National Association of REALTORS Power Point
2008-11-08 23:19:00 Take a look at NAR power point Housing Market Outlook Through Economic Recession by Lawrence Yun, NAR Chief Economist. The reports is for residential real estate and illustrate the Euro, vs US Dollar, price trends, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the Recovery Act all in one compact . While we know real estate is local, we each are a part of the big US picture. Detroit, Las Vegas and Miami are featured as area having sub prime loans and that impact. Take a look and let me know what you think. http://www.realtor.org/wp-s/wcm/connect/12be64804ae9f9bca-7b4f74da33b78d3/LY_SummitFinal.-ppt?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=12b-e64804ae9f9bca7b4f74da33b78d3#2-57,1,Slide 1
What Alternatives Do Realtors Have?
2008-10-21 17:42:00 Lately we have been getting more and more email from agents across the Country who have not seen a commission check in some time. We have also heard from many Realtors who say that getting by on a commission check here and a commission check there just isn’t cutting it. To make matters worse, we ...
Think Realtors can be Funny?
2008-10-20 16:32:00 As if I didn't have enough to do, I just started two new blogs you have to read. Okay, you don't have to, but it would be nice if you read them. Buying and selling real estate doesn't offer much comic relief, so I've been forced to entertain myself and a few of my friends (few, very few - just a handful, really) with these. Landlord LandminesMommy Wants Another BabyGo ahead, click on the links. You know you want to.
Ann Arbor Area Realtors to Beta Test the Supra e-KEY for Blackberry Phones
2008-10-20 05:27:00 In January of this year, I posted on the Ann Arbor Area Board of Directors needing to make a decision on the continued use of the Supra-Key. I sent the post to our IT Director and he forwarded the post to our Supra Representative. With over 93 comments they heard and are responding. Our main issue was with all the data sharing, we were having problems with Realtors from other MLS's showing our properties and us having to drive all over Washtenaw County to open up the doors since they did not use the electronic lockboxes. In an effort to retain our business, they are working with the Ann Arbor Area Board to be Beta Testers for the Blackberry Solution. This Tuesday those of us who volunteered to test the E-Key with our Blackberry phones will go to the Ann Arbor Board Offices and get the software installed. The training will take about 2 hours so I will report back to members of Activerain that use the E-Key for accessing homes with our Blackberry's phones. Yea, excited a...
The Top 10 Self Limiting Beliefs Of Realtors
2008-09-08 14:44:00 Did you know the # 1 reason why most people fail to reach their goals? Is it the lack of skill, lack of intelligence, or lack of motivation? The answer is, “None of the above.” Rather, it is the presence of self limiting beliefs. Having been a business coach for the past 12 years, I’ve ...
July Credit Suisse Survey of Realtors
2008-09-04 05:32:00 The July survey was released on August 14. Click Here to See the full Report Go to Page 25 to see the DC Metro Area. This report shows how my fellow realtors and I are perceiving the market. I find the report always to be a bit more negative than reality. The report for the DC area shows that buyers traffic is as expects and home prices have decreased month over month.
Michigan Association of Realtors Conference
2008-08-27 13:50:00 Michigan Association of Realtors is holding their annual conference September 17th through the 19th in Detroit at the Marriot Renaissance Center. The calendar for the events can be found here, beginning with the opening of the General Assembly at 5:00 P.M. on Wednesday and a mix and mingle afterwards. Are there any Activerain bloggers planning on attending? If so lets plan to meet up somewhere. One of my very favorite all time speakers is attending Terry Watson. He has the closing keynote on Friday at 11 AM. You are being given CE credit of one hour for attending this. I don't need the Con Ed credit but I would never miss Terry. I first heard Terry Watson at a RE/MAX of Michigan convention several years ago. Then the Education Committee of the Ann Arbor Area Board of Realtors brought him in to speak. WOW ! He is so hilarious, and animated. Terry Watson will also be speaking at 8:30 AM on Friday on the topic of "Buyer Your Mine". This is also 2.0 credit hours for con-ed. Other speak...
Slow growth forces realtors to cut rentals by 10-15%
2008-08-15 07:53:00 The commercial real estate market across major cities in India saw a slow performance in the second quarter of 2008. This has forced real estate developers to cut commercial rentals by around 10-15 per cent across India. Mumbai, the commercial capital, witnessed stagnant rental values, while Delhi saw a strong correction after the IT/ITeS industry, the largest consumers of commercial real estate, deferred their expansion plans on fears of a global meltdown.ET on June 17 had reported that commercial rentals across India have started to fall.Noida witnessed the highest vacancy rate of 15 per cent. The supply mismatch in the IT/SEZ segment was reflected through rentals which witnessed a correction in the quarter. The total supply for Mumbai in the second quarter was 4.09 million sq.ft with IT/ITeS specific supply estimated to be 40% of the total. The city recorded a demand of 1 million sq.ft largely driven by absorption with fresh pre-commitments taking a backseat resulting in an overa...
By: Realty Digest
National Association of Realtors--New Comments on the Market
2008-06-10 02:51:00 National Association of Realtors Comments on the Housing Market It's not always bad news, friends! Today the National Association of Realtors posted a press release regarding national housing trends along with some predictions. Remember, all real estate is local and as a seller/buyer, you need to be in tune with your particular area. Still, some highlights worth mentioning: Interest rates are steadily inching upwards. Predicting a rate of 6.3% for a 30 year fixed loan by end of year. The affordability index is up. More buyers are realising that now is the time to take advantage of the slower market that is pushing prices down. New home sales are still very slow. The rising cost of construction materials--and the higher costs to transport them--keep this market slower than resale. Consumer confidence has a lot to do with homebuying. I remember the last presidential election year--buyers were skittish, sellers sensed uncertain...
Pending Sales No Longer Good Indicator Of Future Sales
2008-06-09 20:01:00 According to CNBC this morning, Housing Market Is Showing Signs of a Turnaround: Pending sales of previously owned U.S. homes unexpectedly rose in April to the highest level in six months as foreclosed properties flooded the market and drove prices sharply lower, a real estate trade group report showed. The National Association of ...
By: HousingDoom
Phoenix Realtors Jumping From A Sinking Ship
2008-06-09 04:57:00 In 2005, you couldn’t throw a rock in Phoenix without hitting a Realtor, but that isn’t the case any more. Apparently a lot fewer people are signing up for real estate school these days. [Hat tip Asset Hunter!] Connie Ross wonders a little when people tell her they want to enroll in real-estate school. Ross, a ...
By: HousingDoom
Realtors Getting Kicked When They?re Down
2008-06-06 04:02:00 These days, I may not be so happy, after all After all that I have gained I still feel sad when I?m all alone I may have felt that path? Decay? I may not be so swift, after all All the chances you have given me I just let you go -The Rentals, ?These Days? (1995) As if the times weren’t tough enough ...
By: Boom2Bust.com
Retro realtors and social atrophy
2008-06-06 01:18:00 I like my new realtor. He's better than other realtors I've worked with before because he is much more high tech. I worry that I will get stuck at my current level of high tech social acumen, because I am getting older--middle aged, now. I want to stay socially connected as I grow further into middle age, and keeping up with the latest high tech trends is my goal so that I can always keep my options open. Interesting word that ... 'options' ... I wonder why my left elbow is sore ... ?
Wanted Realtors Job
2008-06-05 20:37:00 Dear Members, Myself Vijay Gupta, being into Pune Real Estate Consultancy for last 3.5Yrs. With total 11 yrs of professional experience in various...
All Real Estate Is Local - Even More Local For Appraisers And Realtors Thes
2008-06-03 14:47:00 If you have ever sold a home you have heard your Realtor tell you about the comps in the neighborhood. This is how real estate agents determine the price of your home. But with falling prices and slow moving sales the job of an appraiser to determine the local comps, or comperative prices, is getting much ...
Connecticut Conveyance Tax Causes Battle Between Government and Realtors
2008-06-02 16:52:00 Who is the fool that believes once a new taxes is created the government will ever let it go? For once those affected by a tax are fighting back. Connecticut passed a real estate conveyance tax back in 2003 that was scheduled to sunset, or in real world terms end, on June 30th of this year. ...
Realtors 30 Under 30 Announced
2008-05-29 16:50:00 I do not know about you, but when I was in my 20s I was always ready to go with new ideas. Just at that stage raw ambition and motivation were not enough sometimes to get me over the hump. However, the new crop of Realtor Magazine’s 30 Under 30 have the motivation and the ...
What REALTORS can learn from Memorial Day
2008-05-27 18:14:00 Memorial day traditionally honors those fallen soldiers of war in our country. Since the end of the Civil War, the holiday has been an opportunity for ordinary Americans to set aside some time - officially, without work - to remember those who gave their lives to defend our way of life. And while most wars are fought in defense of "liberty" and "democracy" and "freedom" they are all ultimately struggles for the one item on the planet that makes all of those concepts possible: Property. Read the rest of this posting...
Las Vegas Discount Realtors
2008-05-27 01:39:00 This quoted paragraph was part of an article I recently read from a Las Vegas Real Estate Agent and the following was my response: ?Many Las Vegas Discount Realtors, not all of them, just place their listings in Multiple Listing Service and wait for another Las Vegas Real Estate Agent to bring them a buyer.? Let the games begin! Most ...
And then the realtors, after two years of not eating, finally turned on the
2008-05-26 07:06:00 The hungry army of 1.2 million ramen eating realtors should march on the NAR offices in Chicago and demand an end to Lawrence Yun's happy talk and spin, the NAR's non-stop "we've hit bottom" and "prices aren't falling" spew of lies and deception.Why?Because this line of BS is actually hurting the 6%'ers, a HELL OF A LOT more than helping. Besides destroying their dwindling base of dues-payers' credibility (what very little of that there's left), the monkeys at the NAR are also confusing would-be sellers into not pricing their debt-traps at saleable prices, and transactions (that aren't REO's) dry up.No transactions = no commissions = no NAR dues = more ramenAs we've said for years, the NAR should be out there saying "prices are plummeting and will fall even more. If you're a seller, lower your price, lower it big-time, and get out. If you're a buyer, get even more aggressive with your low-ball offers"Instead, the NAR happy-talk is just freezing the market, as sellers po...
By: Housing PANIC
Realtors say O.C. April house sales up, inventory down
2008-05-24 01:24:00 The California Association of Realtors reported today that the number of existing single-family houses sold in Orange County last month increased for the first time in 14 months, rising 14.8% from April 2007. The findings are more upbeat than those of DataQuick, whose data includes sales outside the multiple listing service used by the Realtors. DataQuick reported Monday that house sales fell in April by nearly 12% from the year before. Both indexes showed similar percentage declines in prices. CAR reported today that the median house price — or price at the midpoint of all sales — fell 22.6% to $578,010. DataQuick reported Monday that the median house price fell 22.9% to $555,000. Meanwhile, CAR’s latest home-price report shows a dramatic drop in the number of months needed to sell all the homes on the market at the current sales pace. It would take 9.9 months to sell the current Orange County listings, CAR reported, down from a record high of 33.4 months in Janua...
New Jersey Realtors Mad At NAR Over Inflated Numbers
2008-05-23 14:52:00 The public who follows real estate reporting, i.e. my readers, have long been amused and baffled at the overly optimistic numbers that the National Association Of Realtors has put out. Well, a new group of folks are getting annoyed at what is perceived as grandstanding by the NAR. Actual dues paying New Jersey Realtors. The ...
Giving Realtors a Bad Name... We're Not Created Equal
2008-05-17 23:09:00 Tampa, FL - There are many good Realtors all over the country - people who take their real estate jobs seriously and who dedicate themselves to their clients and their business. It's their livelihood and they treat it accordingly. These folks return phone calls promptly, offer accurate directions to their listed properties, have adequate (at least) pictures of their listings, and do the real work required to be successful, whether they are working with a seller or a buyer. There also are many bad Realtors out there. These folks seem to make money in spite of themselves. They make a living off the good natured, yet naive friends/clients who don't realize that their trusted agent is not very good at their job (I was being kind). There are those who have many listings, but do the absolute minimum - only posting it in the MLS and an occaisional open house - to sell a property. Others fail to return phone calls promptly (some of these might also be...
The Truth about Realtors
2008-05-16 03:03:00 I know it’s been a long time since I posted last- been soo busy, I can’t keep up! I came across this and thought it was hilarious! Gotta love Realtors… Other Must ReadsI’m Alive and Kickin’!Subtle RevengeCountrywide Is here for the Long HaulMeasuring True Appreciation Rates in Arizona
By: REI Pipeline.com
The Absolute Insanity of Recruiting REALTORS
2008-05-14 06:33:00 Here's an update to some thoughts posted in the past on "recruiting" and "retention" in real estate. Brokers worldwide spend an incredible amount of time "finding people" to join their company and then going to extremes when others wish to leave it. It's a constant scurrying-about of energy, time, money and frankly - waste. No other industry, certainly no other worthwhile sales industry, goes through such crazy contortions to grow its business. For decades, "recruiting and retention" topics have attracted packed rooms at conventions; new schemes, gimmicks and tricks have been taught and tried; brokers have done just about every extreme, from offering 100% commissions to creating exit strategies. And, if the numbers prove correct, none of it works. Every wonder why? Find out here...
FLASH: National Association of REALTORS reports home prices fall by biggest
2008-05-13 17:13:00 Seriously, NAR, enough is enough. You have zero credibility. And every time you have Yun paraded out to spew more bullsh*t, you just look stupid. Even more stupid than you looked the day before.PEOPLE OF AMERICA - DO NOT TRUST THE NAR OR ANY REALTOR ON COMMISSION. THEY ARE ENEMIES OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, AND SHOULD BE AVOIDED AT ALL COSTS. Home Prices Post Steepest Drop in 26 YearsSingle-family home prices dropped 7.7% in the first quarter in the largest year-over-year decline since the National Association of Realtors began reporting prices in 1982Lawrence Yun, the chief economist of NAR, attributed much of the record decline to liquidity problems dragging down high-priced markets."These are highly unusual results because there were very few jumbo loan originations in the latest quarter," he said. "So sales are much slower in high-cost areas."
By: Housing PANIC
Realtors should focus on foreclosures
2008-05-13 17:00:00 It?s a well- known fact that eventually, the real estate market will reverse itself and home prices will settle to pre-housing boom prices. But while we are in the recovery period, many people have lost their jobs and many more are barely holding on to theirs.
National Pending Home Sales Hit A New Low In March
2008-05-08 09:01:00 It’s enough to make you burst out singing "Blue Skies". From the National Association of Realtors’ chief economist: Two things homebuyers shouldn’t have to worry about is a recession or long-term credit crunch. That’s what Lawrence Yun, chief economist with the National Association of Realtors, told real estate practitioners who gathered at the ...
By: HousingDoom
Michigan Association of Realtors reports State wide Residential Sales Resul
2008-05-07 22:34:00 Ann Arbor Area Board Sales Price Decline is not as Bad as Overall State ResultsWhile the Michigan Association of Realtors reported a decline in prices for the State of 11.63 percent from 07 to 08, the Ann Arbor Area Board declined only 2 percent. To see the State wide first quarter look below...Click on the chart to see it in full screen viewHang in there….. the bottom to the market is coming. For an inside look at sales results for our area, call us.Click here to search all listings in Michigan with pictures and tours -FREE! Kathy Toth and Teamwww.KathyToth.comKeller Williams Realty See AlsoThe Kathy Toth Home Selling SystemVisit our website, for all you need to know about Ann Arbor Real EstateContact Me!If you need assistance, please do not hesitate to call
By: Ann Arbor Talks
Realtors moan about loan shortage, after opposing new lenders
2008-05-07 21:01:00 Richard Gaylord, a broker with RE/MAX Real Estate Specialists in Long Beach and this year’s National Association of Realtor president, says today: “Our members are telling us that more buyers are looking at homes but are slow in signing contracts, and that’s contributing to the weakness in pending home sales … In many cases buyers are waiting for greater access to affordable credit, especially in higher cost areas, but some are disappointed with what appears to be unnecessarily restrictive lending requirements. The good news this week is there is some discussion toward relaxing some of the burdensome lending practices.” Maybe in the next cycle, NAR shouldn’t oppose “relaxing some of the burdensome lending practices” with its own repeated opposition to allowing certain corporations from entering the lending game. These well-known, consumer-friendly brands might want to be, say, long-term mortgage players vs. the here-today, gone-tomorr...
National Association of Realtors
2008-05-07 16:01:00 Released data today suggesting that the mortgage market is still holding home sales back, with drops year over year still very signifigant.They also projected a 2.4% drop in real estate prices nationally.Remember that this is a national statistic, and that Northwest Indiana has not seen price reductions, merely a reduction in volume of sales.
By: Synergy Thoughts
Lack Of Mortgage Approvals Falters UK Realtors
2008-05-07 10:19:00 Debtwire is an organisation that keeps an eye on the health of real estate agencies in the UK and according to their latest reports there is trouble brewing on the horizon. The Telegraph posted an article yesterday that painted doom and gloom of the UK real estate affairs reporting that some 1,000 agencies had shut down ...
Realtors forecast 24% price drop for California houses
2008-05-03 01:04:00 (Update: New chart and more comments added.) The California Association of Realtors is forecasting that the median price of a California house will fall 24% this year to $424,000 — a price not seen since 2003. In March, CAR was forecasting a 9.5% price drop statewide, to $505,100. The median price of an existing single-family house in California has been above $500,000 since 2005. “This 24% decline just has no precedent,” said CAR Deputy Chief Economist Robert Kleinhenz, who delivered CAR’s latest forecast today at the annual expo at the Disney Hotel by the Pacific West Association of Realtors. He said afterward that association economists still are unsure how much the median home price will fall this year. The 24% drop is CAR’s best figure at this point, he said. Here are CAR’s median price figures for existing single-family homes: Year Price Vs. 06 2000 $241,350 11.0% 2001 $262,350 8.7% 2002 $316,130 20.5% 2003 $372,700 17.9% 2004 $4...
It’s ‘Year of the flush’ for Realtors
2008-05-02 20:56:00 At the Pacific West Association of Realtors expo in Anaheim today, staff wore lifeguard T-shirts. Nancy Gilmore, CEO of the Anaheim-based group, said the association won’t perform CPR on any agents whose careers are on life support, but thought the metaphor apt. “They come to us because we rescue them,” Gilmore said, explaining that Realtors are looking for tools and education about surviving tough times. “When times get bad, they come to the association.” This year’s expo (an event at the Disney Hotel that drew nearly 2,000 agents, brokers and mortgage brokers from throughout the region) started off with motivational real estate coach Tom Ferry of Newport Beach, who told agents, “There’s no question this market is going to remain the same for a long time.” He added: “It’s the year of the flush. Either your hand is on the lever or it’s on the bowl, and you’re going down.” (more…)
Realtors to pitch aapnu Amdavad in US
2008-05-02 04:44:00 AHMEDABAD: After pitching ?Brand Amdavad' at home, Amdavadi realtors are now cementing plans to hardsell Amdavad realty to non-resident Gujaratis (NRGs) right at their doorstep.For the Gujarat Institute of Housing and Estate Developers (GIHED) has joined hands with the Association of Indian Americans in North America (AIANA) to host their first international property show at the second ?Chaalo Gujarat: World Gujarati Conference' to be held at New Jersey in August 2008. The first conference was held in New Jersey in September 2006.The three-day conference-cum-exposition, in which nearly 50,000 NRGs are expected to participate, will primarily see Ahmedabad-based realtors pitch Amdavad as well as upcoming residential and commercial property projects worth over Rs 20,000 crore to NRGs.What's more, the property fair will also showcase a glitzy Amdavad of tomorrow, replete with mega projects like Gujarat International Financial Tec-City, Sabarmati riverfront project, Bus Rapid Transit ...
UK realtors woo Indian HNIs to invest
2008-05-01 20:00:00 Developers from the UK are set to roll out initiatives like road shows to woo Indians to invest in real estate in that country. Concept buildings | The most expensive malls9 Vote(s)
By: Market Buzz
The end of the world as they know it for realtors is now here: Ramen costs
2008-04-29 07:38:00 Here's the bad news from South Korea - coming soon to America.RamenPANIC is here!The Lee Myung-bak administration has laid out a series of measures to fight inflation, including eliminating or reducing import duties on grain and oil products.Still, the price of ramen soared 12.8 percent from a month earlier while bread jumped 8.8 percent.
By: Housing PANIC
Are REALTORS Insane?
2008-04-29 04:17:00 How do you define insanity? Some say it's doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting a different outcome. That sounds just like the real estate industry to me. In fact, two recent events I hosted might just prove that while all real estate may be local, the industry's insanity is widespread. First, zip out to the Midwest, where a group of about 85 brokers joined me for a breakfast meeting on "technology tips" to meet the challenges of the future. As usual, we start with a simple quiz. Just who is the customer of the future? What do they look like - today, and more tomorrow - demographically, economically, and most importantly, in consumption patterns? You might expect that a group that serves so many people might have some idea of just who they are - broad patterns of group traits. At the least, you'd think they would purchase some of the research from their own trade organization. Hopefully, an industry that says it's all about the c...
When Juries Actually Work
2008-04-28 22:13:00 Ever serve on a jury? I have, and didn?t enjoy one particular experience that took place in 1996. That year, I was picked to serve on a traffic court jury for Cook County, Illinois. The case was about a man who was arrested for drunk driving when he was stopped at a ...
By: Boom2Bust.com
Web Sites Triple in Size in Last 5 Years - Realtors Use That Bandwidth!
2008-04-28 16:57:00 In the past if you developed websites you aimed not to alienate the dial up user and those with smaller monitors. Well with the new information out that websites have tripled in size since 2003 and the number of objects on a page doubling, don’t get hung up on those metrics anymore. The size of ...
The National Association Of Realtors Announces That The Typewriter Is State
2008-04-25 16:35:00 The NAR has launched a new website called Realtor Confidential. This site is ”designed to educate our membership about technology-related topics and investigate how NAR can best use Web-based technology to communicate with members”. … [visit site to read more] Advertisement: Buy Properties 30-50% Below Value Banks don’t want to own real estate. Earn huge profits ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The National Association Of Realtors Announces That The Typewriter Is State Of The Art Technology", url: "http://www.realestateradiousa.-com/blog/2008/04/25/the-nationa-l-association-of-realtors-annou-nces-that-the-typewriter-is-sta-te-of-the-art-technology/" });
Note to REALTORS: It's not about you
2008-04-25 01:42:00 The other day I encountered insanity. Once again, I know. It's around me every day - since there are still about 1 million REALTORS too many hanging around. Still, it's hard to overlook the ridiculous. And here's a picture for you (pun to be intended). I'm having a conversation with a REALTOR who has been practicing for quite some time - certainly more than just the last few boomlet years - and we're discussing internet listings. She can't wonder why her listings aren't attracting more inquiries. I bit my tongue not to ask her just how much the listing was overpriced; I thought maybe I'd skip that fight that day. But I couldn't resist asking how it looked online. Do you have a lot of photos, I asked? Yes, I have about 6 or 7 photos, she replied. Well, not bad, I said. At least it's more than the usual 1 or 2 (or none!) What about videos? How many of those do you have on the listing?, I asked. Oh, I don't do videos. I don't like them. They take too long to load up and...
Housing Spindoctors
2008-04-24 19:50:00 This morning I came across an interesting post on the New Jersey Real Estate Report blog (hat tip The Mess That Greenspan Made). In ?Tracking Realtor Spin,? a chart depicting existing homes sales is paired with comments made by the National Association of Realtors. From reading these, you?d think it?s always a great ...
By: Boom2Bust.com
National March Home Sales: Prices, Sales Down, Inventory Up
2008-04-23 09:02:00 As you may recall from last month’s installment of "How the NAR Spins", [I mean turns] Yun was gleefully celebrating a 2.9% month-to-month increase while ignoring the year-over-year 24% drop in home sales. Yun said last month: We’re not expecting a notable gain in existing-home sales until the second half of this year, but the improvement ...
By: HousingDoom
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