foreclosures: Okay, you actually have a buyer---are foreclosures a true value? - 11/25/08 11:50 AM
Our local area is not untouched by the rash of foreclosed homes, but are they really an opportunity for a great deal for your clients? Certainly there are homes out there that are bank owned properties that are a good investment. I recently closed a transaction on a very nice St. (0 comments)
foreclosures: One Man's Loss is another Man's Gain? - 05/13/08 11:22 AM
A local realtor is advertising the opportunity for investors to pick up foreclosures on local properties. I spoke with her Saturday after seeing her signage on her Honda sedan advertising "Buy Foreclosures". She indicated she had taken out 7 individuals that day to view 9 different properties that day in a (6 comments)
foreclosures: The Other "F" Word! - 01/25/08 12:15 PM
My last Active Rain post was on the topic of the entirely too frequent use of a particular 4-letter "F" word in movies today. But there is another "F" word we are all hearing with great regularity today---foreclosure. The news last night had a segment on a real estate broker in (5 comments)
foreclosures: Vacant Homes make for increased crime - 11/26/07 12:06 PM
I find it distressing that the misfortune of families who have lost their homes to foreclosure trickles down to other homeowners in those neighborhoods. Statistics indicate that where there are a large number of vacant homes crimes are on the rise. From break-ins, drug dealing and vagrants using the properties for (2 comments)
foreclosures: Too Many Foreclosures! - 09/17/07 10:12 AM
In our local area, each Saturday the newspaper advertises the foreclosures for one month prior to a property being foreclosed on by the lending institution or individual holding the mortgage. This Saturday’s paper had 22 columns of foreclosures noted in our relatively small area!
In pondering this unsettling (0 comments)
foreclosures: Tell it Like it Is! - 09/10/07 01:36 PM
Do you ever dread conveying to your seller that you haven't had any calls or showings on their home recently? Do those sellers feel you are doing something wrong or not doing something right? Have you had open houses without any buyers or even any curious lookers? If you have answered (3 comments)