Agent Blab

Seth Godin is one of my favorites and his message is always so simple… Today he reminds us that we really need to focus on the most important part of our business which is PEOPLE… thanks for being OUR PEOPLE! Do you have a people strategy? Hard to imagine a consultant or investor asking the CMO,...

News: Investors purchased 1.23 million existing and new homes, an increase of 64.5% from 2010. Investors purchased 1.23 million existing and new homes, an increase of 64.5% from 2010 Investment home sales comprised 27% of all activity, an increase of 17% Nearly half of investor purchases were ma...

Source: Reuters.com (Reuters) - Groundbreaking on homes fell unexpectedly in March, but permits for future construction rose to their highest level in 3 1/2 years, Commerce Department data showed on Tuesday. Housing starts slipped 5.8 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 654,000 units...

Photo Credit: Wikipedia By: Morgan Brennan, Forbes Staff Source: Forbes Investors have been snapping up homes. Lots of homes. The National Association of Realtors’ Investment and Vacation Home Buyers Survey reports that investment-home sales soared a whopping 64.5% in 2011, with investors purcha...

by Jake Reid, Franklin Street Source: Atlanta Business Chronicle As buyer demand stays hot for multifamily properties around Atlanta, some buyers are starting to look beyond newer properties in core locations to B- and C-class properties and to tertiary markets. In many cases, investors are find...

By Alan Zibel Source: The Wall Street Journal "I don’t see tenants performing but we certainly would have the interested buyers when the banks are ready to sell…" The Federal Reserve set out new polices for banks that decide to rent out foreclosed homes, endorsing a strategy for managing the hug...

By Mark Greene, Contributor Source: Forbes The media has it all wrong – securing mortgage approval and satisfying credit underwriting guidelines are not the difficulties plaguing mortgage consumers. It’s in meeting the rigorous documentation requirements that most people fall flat. The good news...

By Douglas Sams Commercial Real Estate Editor Source: Atlanta Business Chronicle A Miami real estate company recently bought the 324 unsold condos in Midtown’s The Atlantic tower for $89.3 million, and has begun converting the units to apartments. It’s another signal investors have confidence in...

By: Diana Olick, CNBC Real Estate Reporter Source: CNBC In an unexpected reversal, both newly started foreclosures and finalized foreclosures dropped precipitously in February. So-called foreclosure starts fell 15.2 percent month-to-month. Foreclosure sales, the final stage of the process (not sa...

Innovative policy shields homeowners from devastating financial loss as plunge in housing prices continues ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Home Value Protection, the only insurance policy in the U.S. that protects homeowners from the devastating impact of declining home prices, rolls out in Georgia thi...