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Real Estate News

Today's Real Estate News and Advice

Updated: November 21, 2008

 Investor Report: Avoid Over-Improving
For investors looking to pick up and rehab houses for quick resales, the rules in today's tough market are very different from a few years back. FULL STORY->

Condo Trends: Capitol Hill Condos Hot for Inauguration
Condominium owners of units are attempting to bring in some extra cash flow -- by renting out their homes. FULL STORY->

Tell All, Safest Way To Sell A Home
If you're putting your home on the market, better be sure you're ready to tell all -- good and FULL STORY->

Focus: Removing the Barrier
There is one large barrier real estate Agents need to master to create dominance in their marketplace. That one barrier is focus. FULL STORY->

Educated Homeowners Surviving Housing Crisis
Low-income homeowners who take the time to learn how to own a home are much more likely, than unschooled owners, to hold onto the American Dream -- even during an economic crisis. FULL STORY->

Successful Marketing in Strange Times
It's an anxiety created by the uncertainty about the country's economic and political future, and more importantly, people have an anxiety about their own future and the future of their family. FULL STORY->

Holiday Wish List
With the holidays just around the corner, you better get busy shopping. Here's a short wish-list of this years must-have gadgets and gizmos for the home. These modern gifts are sure to get your motor running while also enhancing the functionality and livability of your household. FULL STORY->

Long-Term Mortgage Rates Down for Third Consecutive Week
Freddie Mac (NYSE:FRE) today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey (PMMS) in which the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 6.04 percent with an average 0.7 point for the week ending November 20, 2008, down from last week when it averaged 6.14 percent. Last year at this time, the 30-year FRM averaged 6.20 percent. FULL STORY->

Ask the HOA Expert
Should the current board review, renew and/or secure new bids for our contracted services as part of the budget process or wait for the new board to build its own budget? Can a director of the board give his proxy to someone else to vote at a board meeting? These questions and more in this week's column. FULL STORY->

Crescent Communities Releases Hottest Home-Building Trends for 2009
Crescent Communities identified the hottest new home trends expected for 2009 after compiling information from buyers and prospects in all its Charlotte-area luxury communities. FULL STORY->

Successful Marketing in Strange Times
It's an anxiety created by the uncertainty about the country's economic and political future, and more importantly, people have an anxiety about their own future and the future of their family. FULL STORY->

Market Conditions
In a statement to the House Financial Services Committee today, the National Association of Realtors® recommended a four-point plan to stimulate home sales and stabilize housing valuations. FULL STORY->

Holiday Wish List
With the holidays just around the corner, you better get busy shopping. Here's a short wish-list of this years must-have gadgets and gizmos for the home. These modern gifts are sure to get your motor running while also enhancing the functionality and livability of your household. FULL STORY->

Greenspan & "The Globally-Integrated Phenomenon"
"Canada is an unusual case where you have done everything right, but the degree of exposure to the rest of the world, especially your neighbor to the south, means if we don't get it right, you've got a problem." PJ Wade shares Dr. Alan Greenspan's comments. FULL STORY->

Real Estate Outlook: Housing in Recovery
With all the turbulence and losses in stocks and bad economic news in the headlines lately, you can easily lose perspective on what's really going on in the real estate sector. FULL STORY->

Making Your Scripts Work
Effectively prospecting to someone is a delicate balancing act between subjecting someone to an unwanted sales pitch and inspiring them to actually care about whatever it is you're selling. FULL STORY->

Market Conditions
The National Association of Home Builders is reporting that builder confidence has dropped again, now to the lowest reported levels since 2003. FULL STORY->

Washington Report: Uniform Disclosures Mandated
It took six years and major controversies with Capitol Hill, but last Thursday HUD published final regulations mandating uniform disclosures for all new home mortgages -- plus tougher rules requiring "good faith estimates" from lenders that accurately reflect the line items on consumers' settlement sheets at the end of a home purchase or refinancing. FULL STORY->

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