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2007 

The official myClosingSPACE.com blog has moved to our own server and one of the first projects is going to be a little interactive series to help consumers as well as real estate professionals. I would love to get some assistance from my fellow Active Rainers if you have the time.Basically we wan...
09/28/2007
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Well, are you? One of the great social networking tools that is overlooked (by me as well as many others) is Stumble Upon. I have had this tool on my toolbar for a few years now but have only recently really started looking into how it can help my business. I had primarily used it as a way to fin...
09/27/2007
I get quite a bit of spam between my 5 or so email addresses. Some are better at filtering it than others but I really don't apply my own filters. Mainly because sometimes real email gets caught in spam traps but also because sometimes there is nothing better than a poorly written and outrageous ...
09/21/2007
  Well, it appears that Google has decided to put the smack down on the proliferation of PageRank focused web directories. If you visited the Digital Point forums a week or so ago you could see the beginning of this nuking and slowly but surely it began to spread. Those directories that seemed to...
09/20/2007
CNN.com is reporting that foreclosures for August were up 36% over July's totals. It is also stating that defaults and deliquencies have doubled over the previous year to 243,947. This information is coming from RealtyTrac. While the midwest was still hit pretty hard some of the largest increases...
09/18/2007
Today's ALTA newsletter announced a new consumer initiative by the organization. Basically they are attempting to implement some of the ideas presented in the 2007 GAO Report on Title Insurance. According to the article and their new site they want to help educate consumers about title insurance ...
09/14/2007
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I was perusing today's New Jersey Star Ledger and came across an article about K. Hovnanian Homes "Deal of the Century" happening this weekend. Apparently the homebuilder has decided to offer extreme price cuts on a number of homes this coming weekend. The article in the Star Ledger is reporting ...
09/13/2007
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I am not sure if anyone has discussed this so I will throw it out there. There is a newer site, called HousingWidgets.com, that offers free real estate tools that you can add to your blog or website. It also allows members (membership is free) to add their own tools and widgets. If you are lookin...
09/13/2007
I just found this article in my handy Google Reader this morning. It seems that with elections coming up our fearless leaders in congress have decided to do some digging into the problems in the housing market. Being a free market guy I am always leery about the federal government involving thems...
09/05/2007
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