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2009
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Consumers, beware! The rising tide of "greenwash" is about to drown the minority of homes and household furnishings that are, in fact, "green." When you buy "pure" orange juice, the Federal Trade Commission requires certain criteria be met to use "pure." Same with EPA-certified automobile mil...
09/25/2009
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We have an annual Electro-Technology Expo for real estate and home building people, sponsored by Black Hills Power and my Black Hills Home Builders Association. I went, expecting to get a lot of work done in the backs of the rooms on my wifi-connected PC. After all, how engrossing would a sessi...
09/25/2009
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So. We're hearing a lot about how the great white Stimulus Package will stimulate green living and green buildings. Let's get down to specifics. What provisions, exactly is this Stimulus Package going to include for true green spending and investments? (See my prior post on "Green-washing".) I h...
09/25/2009
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More news from President Obama and the U.S. Treasury on the new Making Home Affordable program. It is responding to a phenomenon that Treasury describes as falling prices of innocent homeowners near a foreclosure. ("Prices of homes near a foreclosure are declining as much as 9%.) If that happens...
09/25/2009
Foreclosures? Good Luck. Many of the buyers who call me indicate they prefer (even expect) to snare one of those foreclosures from the deluge they hear about on TV. Every time, I have to say again: "All real estate is local." (As I discussed on a TV newscast recently about our local market. See t...
09/25/2009
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As part of the economic jump-start strategy, three government agencies are making it much easier to buy a home. I am seeing definite up-turn in buying interest. In fact, my own business is getting down right frenetic. It's very simple and easy to participate in these opportunities if you and your...
09/25/2009
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As more of our worldly functions move online, the robbers follow right behind. Online crime can impact our finances, privacy, moral dignity, reputation, and even our pet dog's privacy.So it's no surprise that fraudulent scammers have found ways to cheat innocent people with bogus real estate deal...
09/25/2009
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We always get this question from sellers. Always. For good reason.Selling a home is never just an isolated transaction . There is always some greater personal milestone or life goal behind our decision to sell. Perhaps a new baby calls for more bedrooms, a new job needs a home office, or career m...
09/25/2009
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Surely you've heard the increased advertising lately about low-VOC household paints. Are they exaggerated warnings? Are there other household products besides paint to be concerned with? (Yes.) What is a "VOC?" How can it affect your family health and home value? Without any hype, how do you kn...
09/25/2009
These market statistics of actual sales and unsold inventory show a continuing solid real estate market. It is smaller, in lower volume, but for the volume we have, home values and turnover remain good and much stronger than the rest of the U.S.Here's some key hard data from the actual sales and ...
09/25/2009
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