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Taking it to 11 in 2010

2010 is going to be a big year for everyone in the HousingStorm community! You deserve a thriving community and access to the best technology to spread your message. In 2010, we’re going to give it to you.
In 2010, HousingStorm is turning it up to 11!

Here are a few of the exciting new services and [...]

Free Prospecting Program

Special FREE offer for HousingStorm members…
Housingstorm wants to help you stay focused and grow your business in the New Year.  Because you are a HousingStorm member, we are offering you an opportunity to participate in the HS 400 Club.  This 4-week program is designed to help you stay focused on prospecting activities so that you [...]

It’s a Buyer’s Market When It Comes to Real Estate

Posted: 07 Feb 2010 02:00 PM PST

The Coos Bay/ North Bend, Oregon Housing Market seems to be getting busier in our office. Foreclosures are continueing to bring the prices down. The Inventory of homes in Coos Bay was around 1 year recently, compared with 2 years last year about this time. Thus, homes are selling [...]

Something stinks in Phoenix Real Estate

There currently 9,200 homes for sale in the city of Phoenix. Real estate deals are around every corner in the Metro area. Many REO properties need some work and we expect that. Some Phoenix real estate deals  need lots of work and cause potential buyers to go hmmmm …. And then there’s the occasional [...]

A Bubble in Search of a Pin

Should Greenspan and Bernanke have seen the bubble in housing and other assets and acted, or should we accept their defense that you can’t know whether there is a bubble until after the fact? We will look at research that suggests they should have known, and, at the least, policy makers should no longer be allowed to say, “How could I have known?”

Will you keep your yellow pages?

So many of the houses I visit have the new Yellow Pages wrapped in plastic, sitting on the front porch. What will you do? Will you bring them inside?
Advertising rates and new media for distribution ie Google has everyone quaking in their boots. Should you spend thousand’s of dollars per month to advertise, but, It [...]

Building Your Real Estate Investment Team – Part 2: Selecting a Mortgage Broker

When it comes to financing our next property, most of us are going to need some help. One of the great parts about real estate investment is that it allows you to leverage other people’s money, and the bank is commonly that “other person”.
To find financing for your next deal, you can either go to [...]

New realities for Baby Boomers

Question: what happens when you’re a Baby Boomer, your home equity evaporates and the value of your retirement savings plunges?

Answer: You work longer!

Girls just want security!

Record numbers of single women are buying homes. If you’re a single woman who wants to buy a house, the good news is the Toronto Mississauga and Oakville market is wide open for you. You will be taken seriously and all your questions answered.

Employment Report Needs a Closer Look

Today’s Employment Report from the BLS is worth a closer look.
The BLS reports:

The unemployment rate fell from 10.0 to 9.7 percent in January, and nonfarm payroll employment was essentially unchanged (-20,000), the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment fell in construction and in transportation and warehousing, while temporary help services and retail trade [...]

Should Federal Housing Tax Credits be Extended?

There are advantages of extending the federal home buying tax credit incentives, but the cost probably isn’t worth it.

Friday Links Watching Europe Carefully

The Economic Cost Of Foreclosure – The Atlantic
A few days ago, I wrote about my worry that it’s too easy to foreclose, because banks got too comfortable with the culture of little or no down payment. Adam Ozimek at Modeled Behavior disputes my worry that there isn’t a high enough economic cost to foreclosure. He [...]

California Million-Dollar Home Sales Fall

DataQuick reports Million-dollar home sales plummet in Golden State

The number of California homes that sold for $1 million-plus declined for the fourth consecutive year in 2009, the result of buyer reticence, a difficult mortgage market and several years of price drops that tugged the value of many homes below the million-dollar threshold, a real estate [...]

Talking Charts — Local Market Analysis

Digging into Bay Area home price trends.

Cirios Opportunities: Sweet Salvation in South City

A successful Trustee Sale flip on the Peninsula.

Lost Creek Country Club: Luxury Living and Golfing in Austin

The Lost Creek Country Club offers a wide range of activities for families and individuals looking for an outstanding recreational experience. Best known for its championship golf course, the Lost Creek Country Club also offers sixteen lighted tennis courts, a state-of-the-art fitness center, on-site daycare services, three swimming pools, and a casual-dining restaurant offering prime [...]

Here is some more scary information about the Fed $1.25 Trillion parachute…

So I was cruising the blogs and daily financial news blasts and came across this little update to my post the other day with some additional thoughts about how quickly we are printing money and IF the Federal Reserve has a choice when it comes to stop buying MBS’s by 3/31/2010. check it out here.
Then [...]

Buyers and successful short sale offers….

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What are Pricing going to do in 2010?

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While the Toronto Real Estate Board reported 4,986 transactions through the Multiple Listing Service in January 2010, Lets Look directly at the west end statistics. There were 4,614 available for sale, of which 3,800 were new listings It is from this number 1,979 sold. This is continuing an absorption rate near 50%.
The average [...]

How Google Ranks Page Speed

We all know that content is king.  That will never change.  However, it is interesting to learn how Google ranks page speed when considering the value of a website.  While a higher loading page with little to no content will never outrank a page that is full of great info that happens to load at a [...]

Lake Havasu City Spring Frenzy Activities

Spring frenzy activities are already in the air in Lake Havasu City, Arizona. And residents learned thrifty spending habits for their arts and crafts hobbies in the “Dollar Bin Bonanza” during Tuesday afternoon’s 10th Annual Spring Frenzy.