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First-time buyers have helped spark a modest comeback for the housing market. Spurred by incentives like the $8,000 tax credit, first-time buyers now make up 4o percent of all home purchases, according to the National Association of Realtors® . With the credit expiring in the coming months, talks of postponing the expiration [...]
A recent survey by the National Association of REALTORS® found that only about a third of Real Estate professionals are taking advantage of social media. This number is surprisingly low when you consider 89 percent of home buyers start their search online. In face, 71 percent of REALTORS® who are 29 years old and younger [...]
Before gaining popularity and becoming the theme for several HGTV shows, many homeowners were skeptical about the impact home staging would make on prospective buyers. Barb Swarz is credited with inventing home staging in 1972 and starting the International Association of Home Staging Professionals, which now has over 9,000 members. Did you know a form [...]
Investors and first-time buyers are taking advantage of the deep discounts being offered in hard-hit areas across the country. Leading the way are California and Florida, where REALTORS® are reporting increased closings month-over-month and rising pending sales. Aiding in the resurgence of activity are government-backed incentives like the $8,000 tax credit.
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The ongoing debate over property values and the elusive bottom of the market continues to keep some buyers from entering the market. Mixed data and pockets of unaffected areas paint a skewed picture as foreclosures continue to impact median home values. Overall, home prices have fallen 32 percent nationwide with a projected 10-15 percent left to fall over [...]
Being a REALTOR® can be a juggling act as you schedule, plan, and prioritize your day. Working with a challenging client can make your job almost impossible as you try to work around everyone else’s schedule and not waste too much time. But when you are working with a homeowner that just won’t cooperate, what are you to [...]
With the majority of home buyers starting their home search online, traditional forms of advertising have become less popular. Open houses, for instance, used to be standard practice for all REALTORS® and a weekend morning adventure for buyers. These days, however, open houses have given way to showing appointments, as buyers prefer to walk through homes [...]
Short sales continue to play a large roll in Real Estate stabilization. In hard-hit states like Florida, short sales account for 31 percent of all properties sold. Despite these high numbers, short sales have become synonymous with frustrated buyers and lengthy approval times. Unlike a foreclosure, in a short sale the lender has not taken ownership of [...]
The current market has put sellers in a difficult position, as a number of factors place downward pressure on home values. Comparable home sales from short sales and foreclosures have drastically reduced values in some areas. In others, the abundance of inventory alone has forced sellers to reduce prices to stay competitive. Oftentimes, it’s difficult [...]
Economists and forecasters are doing their best to estimate how long it will be untill the economy starts rebounding. Connected to this are reports of home sales rising and inventories dropping, creating stabilization in the Real Estate market. With Real Estate playing such a large part in the economy as a whole, Real Estate data [...]
