Record breaking UK house price falls... - 07/31/08 05:56 AM
…are themselves beginning to sound like a broken record. Everything has to be on a biblical scale when we talk about house prices and today is no different, year-on-year British house prices have fallen by 8.1% according to Nationwide. And, you guessed it, that’s the biggest annual drop since records began … (10 comments)
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Is it professional to have zero emails and tweet about your cat? - 07/28/08 05:33 AM
You betcha it is! The last couple of gems to come from Real Estate Connect relate to some of the key problems that any real estate superhero has to face…
Your inbox has a zillion emails and keeps getting more, how the heck do you stay on top of it?
You’ve … (13 comments)
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I may not be at Connect, but I have American candy! - 07/25/08 09:24 AM
Well I'm kinda overexcited right now, I just got a big delivery of groceries from my gorgeous friends Gia and Grant from Realseekr.com. I can't put into words how excited I am about my new goodies, so I made a video instead.....and to all those who have been waiting to hear … (15 comments)
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The importance of listing photos... - 07/25/08 06:17 AM
I’ve harked on about it before, but it seems there are still plenty of agents who haven’t grasped the importance of property photos in a listing. Over at Real Estate Connect, it’s been a subject of debate at one of the panel sessions. Lorna Borenstein, president of Move Inc, said that … (23 comments)
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40% of British homebuyers lose their nerve before sale completes... - 07/24/08 04:38 AM
According to new figures from the Bank of England, in some parts of the UK as many as four in ten homebuyers pull out before they complete. I’m seriously resisting a sexual innuendo here, immature I know! The Bank of England said…
“‘In the market for established homes, more transactions were … (25 comments)
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A walk around Chester, England.... - 07/21/08 11:15 AM
This weekend I had a fabulous excuse to leave London for a few days, it was my grandparents 50th wedding anniversary (awwww true love). Inspired by the fabulous response to my last little walking tour, I remembered to pack the camera and get snapping as I spent some time in one … (44 comments)
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UK rental attitudes are changing, how is it stateside? - 07/16/08 05:06 AM
In the UK we have a site called Gumtree, it's a lot like CraigsList...an online classifieds site with ads from dating to house sales. Gumtree recently published a report examining today’s British rental market. The findings were very interesting and I'd be interested to hear if you think there are similarities … (10 comments)
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A walk around London, England... (LOCALISM FEATURED) - 07/14/08 11:41 PM
I guess this would be a Localism post, but my neck o' the woods doesn't feature on Localism. That's one of the downsides of being a British gal posing as an Anaheim resident! But I thought I'd give y'all a little insight into my part of the world anyway, the glorious … (80 comments)
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Do you have an online business card? This site may change your life! - 07/11/08 05:28 AM
I love the debates on real estate business cards here in the rain. Some people thinks photos of agents with their pets are cheesy, others know some of their clients have come directly from the fact their card shows they are animal lovers. Some people say you should include a link … (10 comments)
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Roman Abramovich shows off and buys 'world's most expensive home'... - 07/11/08 04:58 AM
Whilst first time buyers are struggling to get the funds to even put down a deposit, insanely rich (and quite good looking IMHO) Roman Abramovich has gone and bought his latest piece of real estate. One of those expensive London Hyde Park properties that fetch a few million? Err no. Try … (10 comments)
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Starbucks and real estate... - 07/08/08 07:21 AM
In the Western world, Starbucks are everywhere. If you walk past a Starbucks and decide you fancy a mocha caramel extra shot wotsit but the queue looks too long, you can pretty much say ‘Meh, we’ll go to the next one’, knowing that in 5 minutes you’ll be at another one … (11 comments)
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Obligatory horn tooting... - 07/07/08 09:28 AM
It’s always nice to win things, even if it’s a bit silly, so excuse us for a minute whilst we revel in our own glory.
Yesterday, the month long poll ‘Euro 2008 - Portals‘ came to a close and Zoomf were crowned the champions. The poll, which was running at the … (3 comments)
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Property news round up from around the globe... - 07/07/08 09:28 AM
Net lending by UK building societies dropped 90% in May. In May 2007, British building societies furnished borrowers with £1.26 billion pounds, lending by building societies this May was just £125 million. Read more at The Times.
How renters now have the upper-hand. A must-read for any tenant or landlord, … (3 comments)
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Something for the weekend Sir? - 07/04/08 08:27 AM
The right artwork can bring any room to life and sticking up a couple of new pictures certainly beats redecorating in the hassle stakes. It’s not always a good idea to be hanging pictures in a rented place (I’ll never forget the evil landlord who took £150 out of my security … (20 comments)
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The latest stats show that 'prime central London' is taking a hit... - 07/02/08 10:09 AM
Last week, Savills reported a decline in prime central London property values of 5.5% over the second quarter of 2008 (read the full story here). Today, Knight Frank have published their results which are similar, but not quite as stark.
According to Knight Frank figures, the monthly fall in property prices … (2 comments)
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Latest UK property news... - 07/02/08 10:08 AM
House prices fell 0.9% in June. That’s according to the latest stats from Nationwide. It’s not as bad as the record 2.5% fall seen in May, but it’s not really a barrel of laughs either. Read the full story at the BBC.
Estate agency jobs under threat. Almost three quarters … (2 comments)
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Upset homeowner shoots real estate agent... - 07/02/08 10:06 AM
We often hear that XYZ is the ‘latest victim of the falling housing market’, but this US story is truly tragic.
Yesterday morning, 73 year old Robert Arnold Johnson fatally shot 34 year old Troy Vanderstelt during a meeting at the victim’s office in Michigan. The agent had sold Johnson a … (13 comments)
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