I Really Wonder About A Few. - 02/09/10 08:55 PM
I Really Wonder About A Few.As Realtors we are expected to operate within a code. Most of you do, and this post has nothing to do with you. This is directed to a small few. Our code is the Golden Rule. Our Code is ethics. And I have addressed this issue before.
A listing, a home, and a house is for sale. It belongs to SOMEBODY. But I see listings, vacant ones with rear doors and sliders left unlocked after showings. Interior garage doors unlocked and sometimes left open. I guess the mind set is, there isn't anyone living here so there … (11 comments)

Current Bank Owned Inventories. - 02/04/10 10:49 PM
December numbers. Of the 530 homes sold, 137 were short sales, 135 were normal sales, and 258 were foreclosures that are Bank Owned.
January 2010 numbers. Of the 351 homes sold, 112 were short sales, 82 were normal sales, and 157 were Bank Owned Properties. That's a drop of 34%.
What does this mean? Yes, I know, it means sales were down. But, lets look deeper. The last quarter of 2009 was almost a record quarter in banks foreclosing. Currently active listings in Osceola County are 3,409. 1,514 are short sales, 1,547 are normal sales, and 346 Bank Owned Foreclosures. Bank Owned … (2 comments)

What's the real Numbers - 02/03/10 09:48 PM
Well after seeing NAR with the decrease in December, then finding out they changed the criteria, it's no longer a comparison of the same month in the previous year. I did some digging. Sales in Osceola County Florida for December of 2008 were 289 homes sold. Sales in December of 2009 were 530 homes sold. That's an 83% increase. Yet the numbers reported by NAR was a decrease in home sales by about 16.7%. That was December 2009, compared to November 2009. Yes, extend the tax credit.
Well inside the December numbers. Of the 530 homes sold, 137 were short sales, 135 were … (23 comments)

 
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