Miriam Blog
Small Boutique Residential Real Estate Company located in the New Orleans area. Individualized service..
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2007
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I am tres upset! Last week I started to get a series of phones calls from agents about a listing of mine that sold last year. I started to ask these agents why they were calling about a listing that sold, closed and is absolutely no longer available. No question about it. None of these agents ...
03/12/2007
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As a follow up to an earlier article about the agent who was attacked this past week in Missouri it was reported this morning that the attacker took a debit card from the agent used it and was caught. I have to wonder how informed homeowners who decide to sell on their own (FSBO) are about what ...
03/11/2007
Yesterday something really nice happened in my area. Let me go back a few days. In my inbox came a very professional, very nicely designed, informative email about an Open House for Brokers. Ok, another open House, who cares!Well this was an invitation to lunch. Again, not very unusual. But th...
03/10/2007
According the Realist Tax program on the Westchester-Putnam Board of Realtors site. For Single Family Homes:Date/ # of Sales/ Median PriceJanuary 2007 / 540 / $575,000 January 2006 / 319 / $625,0002007 YTD / 770 / $565,525 2006 / 6809 / $620,000 For Condominiums:Date/ # of ...
03/07/2007
For most buyers the process of obtaining a mortgage is confusing at best. You can go online and search for mortgage brokers or banks or get a referral. Your then start to compile all of your bank records, tax forms, credit card and other debt informaition but what happens next, what...
03/05/2007
Designations - What Do they Mean to the Consumer? I believe in education. I belive in education in Real Estate. i have over the year persued many designations. I try to learn and keep abreast of current trends in Real Estate. In New York State we are required to take 22 and a half hours of con...
03/04/2007
Don't Forget to turn your clocks ahead one hour this Sunday, Marhc 11, 2007 which is three weeks earlier this year thanks to Congress. More daylight and more time to look at houses in the light!
03/04/2007
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Ok I will admit that when I started in Real Estate fifteen years ago I was a bit skeptical about "Staging" I was trained by two very experienced agents who believed that people buy houses for that intangible element and emotionally. Staging was not needed beyond what we brokers did. Clear the ...
03/02/2007
Does the public really understand what Dual Agency is? Do they care? Should they Care?On January 1st in New York State a new Agency Disclosure form was approved. The intention of the new form is to make the language and definitions clearer to the public. The Agency Disclosure is really a cons...
03/02/2007
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So, this week something new happened. I am working as a buyer's agent on a property that went to contract a few weeks ago. The mortgage company gave an incorrect phone number to the appraisor. The appraisor instead of calling me called the listing agent, who it turns out she knows. The listin...
03/01/2007
