A few months ago I was asked to do a short presentation to a networking group I belong to. My partner and I are the lone Realtors in a group that consists mainly of event planners, caterers, assorted food industry and hotel people, etc. It's been an effective way to increase our data base and make friends and contacts with a great group of people. (Couples get married, they usually have plans to buy a house...you get the picture). I highly recommend it. 

I asked a few of the members what they'd like to hear from me and the comment that stuck was "That there's hope". 

With the plethora of negative crud we read, see, hear everyday in the media, There needs to be some balance occasionally so as not to lose our minds. We know that good news doesn't sell as well as bad news, but hey, we're not employed by CNN so let's take the bull____ by the horns and let our clients and friends know that all is not lost. So you don't think I'm a total Pollyanna, we'll go with the not so good stuff first:  (The following is reprinted with permission from a blog by Brian Buffini, November, 2007)

On a sobering note:

  • Over 20% of homeowners with a mortgage owe more than their home is worth
  • 40% of all foreclosures are non-owner occupied

Whew, got that out of the way!

And now some other facts to know:

 

            *  More than 1000 banks closed in 1930 - only 14 U.S. banks have been taken over in 2008

             * There are 76 million households in the U.S. that own their home -

             * 24 million of these homes are free and clear

             * There are 52 million homes with mortgages - 97.2% of these are not in foreclosure, 93.8% of  

                 these homes are current on their payments


Sources: Wall Street Journal / Moody's Economy.com / RealtyTrac / NAR / Forbes

 NBC, are you listening????????????

 
Posted by Lynn Kenton Ventura Real Estate on 01/19/2009 06:40 PM   Comments (1)   Media v's Reality in the ActiveRain Channel  
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I LOVE your reference to NBC at the end...........LOVE IT!
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