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daily real estate news: Washington Report: Home Valuation Code of Conduct - 07/06/09 07:13 AM
Critics of Fannie Mae's and Freddie Mac's controversial new appraisal rules ratcheted up the pressure before the July 4 congressional recess with the introduction of bipartisan legislation that would mandate an 18-month moratorium on the "Home Valuation Code of Conduct."
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daily real estate news: Real Estate Outlook: When Signals are Mixed - 06/30/09 10:26 AM
The key to understanding what's happening for housing and real estate right now is to remember this: In a recovery that's just getting going, don't expect all the economic arrows to point the same way at any given moment.
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daily real estate news: Washington Report: Home Valuation Code of Conduct - 06/29/09 01:18 PM
Fannie Mae's and Freddie Mac's controversial new appraisal rules are now coming direct attack by the biggest lobby on Capitol Hill - the National Association of Realtors.
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daily real estate news: Four Branches of Your Sphere of Influence - 06/25/09 06:48 AM
You'll get business from your Direct SOI, but it probably won't be your primary source of closings, assuming your Direct SOI thinks a lot of you, and they know how to find you.
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daily real estate news: More Biz in a Tough Market: How to Get More Exposure Right Away - 06/24/09 06:37 AM
Want a real easy way to get more exposure for your business without spending a whole lot of cash? Try publishing an online newsletter to prospects and existing clients.
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daily real estate news: Housing Starts Are Up Again, Large Increase in New Single Family Home Starts - 06/23/09 06:20 AM
May was the THIRD consecutive monthly gain in single family starts. Total starts, including multifamily apartment starts and condos, were up by 17 and a half percent!!
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daily real estate news: Selling Home May Be Influenced by What Buyers Can't See - 06/22/09 07:19 AM
It's not always what buyers can see in a home that causes them to want to buy it or not. Sometimes it's the way the home feels. I'm not talking about staging, the size, or how spacious the home is, although those factors are important too. In this column I'm focusing on how buyers' allergies may be affected when they tour your home.
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daily real estate news: Washington Report: U.S. Financial Regulatory System - 06/22/09 07:06 AM
Unveiling of President Obama's far-reaching plans to reform the U.S. financial regulatory system - including important changes affecting home mortgages and real estate.
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daily real estate news: Avoiding Closing Derailment - 06/19/09 07:33 AM
Like a train, a transaction can get derailed at any point on the track. A closing can be hit by a clouded title, a home not appraising for value, a rapid change in interest rates, an undisclosed credit or income issue, or one of countless other unanticipated issues.
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daily real estate news: Helping Clients Find the Right Cure for Foreclosure. - 06/16/09 06:33 AM
When distressed homeowners approach you to request assistance, encourage them to explore all of their options and get second, third, or even fourth opinions before choosing a course of action.
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daily real estate news: Ethics Rules Apply to What is Said on Blogs - 06/16/09 06:16 AM
Realtors® have an ethical obligation not to knowingly or recklessly make false or misleading statements about their competitors, their businesses, or their business practices. This is spelled out in Article 15 of the Realtor® Code of Ethics, a code which applies to all those real estate licensees who have chosen to be members of the National Association of Realtors® (NAR).
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daily real estate news: Investor Report: Undervalued Property - 06/12/09 09:14 AM
One of the keys to successful real estate investing has always been to buy undervalued property -- and avoid anything that's way overpriced.
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daily real estate news: Creating Daily Success in Real Estate - 06/12/09 07:47 AM
True success comes from accomplishing the daily activities that will lead you to your ultimate goals in life. Failing or neglecting to accomplish the daily disciplines will lead you down the path of lost opportunities and lost income.
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daily real estate news: “Touching” Your Sphere of Influence versus “Impressing” them - 06/11/09 10:48 AM
In our business, we often talk about the need to "touch" as many people as possible with our message, whether those touch-ees are people we know (our Sphere of Influence) or strangers. We get all revved up about volume touching campaigns, to ensure that we get that message out into the world as efficiently as possible. After all, "Real Estate is a Numbers Game" (blech), so the more people who get touched by us, the more often, the better, right? Eh. I dunno.
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daily real estate news: Real Estate Outlook: Housing Rebounding - 06/09/09 01:25 PM
The big economic news for housing this week is all about sales. Housing sales and pending sales contracts are up, dramatically in some markets, and a rebounding real estate sector could soon start stimulating the broader economy.
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daily real estate news: Assuring Accurate Appraisals, Part II: What's A Consumer To Do? - 06/04/09 09:30 PM
An appraisal of a home is always supposed to be a fair, impartial and professional evaluation of a property's true value and not under pressure from special interests.
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daily real estate news: Real Estate is now as affordable as it's been in the past 38 years. - 06/03/09 06:56 PM
The peak of unaffordability was in 2006, when an average family in the US needed to spend 44% of their income to purchase an average single family home.
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daily real estate news: Real Estate Outlook: Consumer Confidence Rising - 06/02/09 06:27 AM
If rising sales, rising consumer confidence, and rising new construction are keys to a rebound ahead in the home real estate market, it looks like we're well into recovery mode. That's because this week, all three of those important indicators are strongly positive. On top of that, we've got low mortgage interest rates...and an eight thousand dollar home buyer tax credit - working as well.
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daily real estate news: Washington Report: HUD Raises Expectations - 06/01/09 12:13 PM
Last week HUD announced sanctions against more than 120 lenders for violations ranging from falsifying loan documents to quality control problems. The agency imposed $1.5 million in f penalties and kicked 102 lenders out of the FHA program entirely.
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daily real estate news: Real Estate Outlook: Recovery Underway - 06/01/09 11:59 AM
Starts of new single family homes were up by 3 percent, and permits for future construction of detached single family homes jumped by nearly 4 percent.
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Geri Smith NJ Estates Real Estate Group
Scotch Plains,
NJ
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