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home value: Pricing Inflation - 03/20/07 05:12 PM
“When you create a new Comparative Market Analysis (CMA) a couple of months later on a similar home just down the street, don’t you want to know if that sales price included seller contributions?”
This is a quote from Jillayne Schlicke on her excellent post on today's Rain City Guide "Winds of Change; The Rise and Fall of the Subprime Market." Her post is a reflection on the changes in the mortgage industry.  In it she asks this question I've which been thinking about for years regarding the seller contributions/CMA cycle.  I'm glad to see someone else verbalizing the same concern.  … (38 comments)

home value: Why Buy? - 02/08/07 07:48 AM
On ActiveRain we do a lot of talking regarding the value proposition of the sales person.  We also do some talk about the conditions of the market today in different areas.  But what are the value proportions from your changing local market?
It hasn't been long since home values were rising at statistically rapid rates.  In the heated market place it's demonstrating for our clients, the benefits of buying and buying now are more implicit.  The benefits don't need much explaining.  With low rates and ascending prices, not buying or refinancing seems almost irresponsible.
But how do you define the value of investing today?  In each market, … (19 comments)

 

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