Eleven cities hit new lows in home prices in December - 02/22/11 11:26 AM

Home prices in the nation's largest metropolitan regions continued their descent in December.
The widely followed Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller Index, which tracks the real estate market in 20 major U.S. cities, showed that prices dropped 2.4% in December from the same month a year earlier, the third consecutive year-over-year decline.
The index fell 1% in December from November, marking the fifth consecutive monthly decline.
"Despite improvements in the overall economy, housing continues to drift lower and weaker," said David M. Blitzer, chairman of Standard & Poor's index committee.
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10 Tips to Successfully Build Relationships with Prospects - 02/17/11 09:46 PM
10 Tips to Successfully Build Relationships with Prospects
The Real Estate Educator by Gee Dunsten  Print Article
RISMEDIA, February 18, 2011-In today's challenging economic climate, everyone needs a bigger piece of the pie because the pie itself just isn't big enough anymore. Everyone is talking about how to get more prospects. I constantly hear agents say, "I need more people in my database," "I need more friends." As a result, agents are exhausting much time, money and energy trying to find more friends. But today, we know that one could spend decades trying to convert random prospects into trusting relationships. Especially … (4 comments)

Thanks Homesmart Office in Mesa, AZ! - 02/17/11 11:47 AM
I wanted to take a brief minute to thank the Homesmart office in Mesa, AZ for allowing us to bring them a dynamic CE class yesterday.  Homesmart has an in house lender and it is out of the ordinary for them to allow another financial institution to present material and promote their business.  We sponsored a 3 Hour Continuing Education Class on Using Social Media Effectively in Real Estate along with Sarah Perkins from Lawyers Title.  The class was taught by Jeff Fischer with Fischer School of Real Estate.  If you haven't seen his classes yet, make sure to get to … (0 comments)

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration is laying out three broad options for overhauling the mortgage lending system, but will let Congress make the final decision. - 02/11/11 06:29 PM
 
The Treasury Department says in a report released Friday that the government should withdraw its support for the mortgage market slowly, over five years or more. The report describes a path for winding down the troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
The three options are: end the government's role in guaranteeing most mortgages; support the mortgage market only in times of stress; or provide a government guarantee for mortgage investments created by private companies.

Under any scenario, the private sector will assume a greater role in housing finance as the government scales back its involvement. The government … (1 comments)

Make Big Money From Home Even While Sick (LOL) - 02/10/11 08:14 PM
Like many other people this time of year I have caught a bug of some sort.  My sinuses are driving me absolutely bonkers and I feel like I am "dazed and confused" due to all of the over the counter meds I have in my system! 
But as I sit here writing about how badly I am feeling, I realize that I have an amazing career.  I am able to work from home without skipping a beat even while not feeling great.  Between my laptop, my blackberry, email, skype, etc...I am able to have a virtual office anywhere.  As I sit … (2 comments)

How To Create New Relationships with Industry Professionals - 02/09/11 05:36 PM
I am a Loan Toolbox member (www.LoanToolbox.com) and I listened to a conference call today that gave some pointers on some ways to build new relationships with new industry professionals.  These tips will help you decide who you really want to do business with and who you might want to weed out.
1.     First, call 5 people from your database whether they are past clients, other industry pros, Realtors, loan officers, etc...
 
•          Call to check in with them, see how things are going and see what's new
•          Ask them for help in building your business, people do like … (0 comments)