Deaton's Blog

Buyer activity is HOT! With interest rates low, inventory high, and motivated sellers with good prices, the buyers are hitting the market this month. 3 of my listings are now under contract this week!  Wow, the buyers showed up out of nowhere.  2 of these homes had been on the market a while, but...

Number of Price Reductions Rise in Some Cities Price reductions on properties for sale have increased for the third consecutive month to 26 percent, according to statistics provided by Trulia.com.While home sellers in some cities cut prices aggressively, those in 24 of the 50 cities tracked by Tr...

Real Estate Pros Are Fourth in Car Crashes A recent article in New York Newsday based upon information from www.insure.com and Quality Planning Corp. rank realty agents fourth on a list of top 10 vehicle crashers by profession, and experts attribute their high number of accidents to the fact that...

10 Reasons to Buy a Home Time magazine is being overly pessimistic in its recent cover piece that called into question the benefits of homeownership. In fact, now is a great time to buy. And, what's more, tomorrow will be a great time to own, because the fundamental strength of homeownership hasn...

Going GREEN Return on Investment Green and Save.com has a handy table to determine the return on investment (ROI) of many energy saving features a homeowner can add. Energy efficient improvements are organized into several categories including Green Tune-Up, Green Remodeling and Green Advanced Sy...

US homes lost to foreclosure up 25 pct on year but there are other solutions.  Talk to your REALTOR first! Alex Veiga, AP Real Estate Writer, On Thursday September 16, 2010, 12:04 am EDT US home repossessions spike in August to highest level since start of mortgage crisis LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Lend...

This is great information to know.  Just one more precaution that everyone needs to know.  Great idea to pass on to your clients as well.    DO YOU KNOW #77? If you don't,please read this. This is a good reason why we should always read our   e-mails that people send to us. Somebody sent me this ...

    Jing Project - Screen Capture Made Easy Believe it or not the Print Screen button on your keyboard actually used to fire up the printer!  With the evolution of technology and cloud computing comes a myriad of useful tools and one that I highly recommend is called Jing. Tech Smith is the comp...

To Dream the American Dream, a FREE webinar session from EXIT Realty. In order to provide accurate information and answer questions that our clients have on our country's real estate market, EXIT Realty is providing a FREE webinar experience to the general public. Check out the latest informative...

Home Purchase Applications Rise 6.3% Applications to purchase homes increased 6.3 percent last week compared to the previous week on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association weekly survey. On an unadjusted basis, purchases rose 4 percent compared to the previous ...