I know that many of us might be holding onto gift cards with plans to make holiday purchases. I hate to be the bearer of more bad news but this is important. I just received this notice and wanted to share: STORE CLOSINGS AND LAYOFFS: By the end of Dec. 2008If you have gift cards, hurry up and
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11/17/2008
According To Lawrence Yun a Chief Economist with the National Association of Realtors, "A vacant home listed for sale always applies downward pressure on home prices. The opportunity cost of carrying a vacant home is high." According to the U.S Census Bureau records, we have the highest number
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11/16/2008
The election has passed and we are all looking optimistically for change. Change in the economy, change in financial markets and most importantly...change in the housing market. What is a seller to do? There are many theories on best times to capture a buyer. Spring, Summer, Fall or even wi
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11/10/2008
I think I am becoming a tree hugger! I have worked diligently over the last 6 months to minimize the number of catalogs that come into my home. It has become a game for me to see how effective my campaign is as we fall into the holiday season and the storm of catalogs that usually begin a
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11/04/2008
I want to first remind my readers of a blog post that I wrote over a year ago titled Before and Afters In A Web Based World. Both homes featured in that article sold quickly after staging and much of the success of these sales was attributed to staging. In our current competitive environment the
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11/03/2008