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Kathy Schoonman rating star

4.90/5 (52 surveys)
Giraffe Realty

7 Reasons to Own Your Home

13 February, 2010| Home Buying, Housing Market, Education

7 Reasons to Own Your Home1. Tax breaks. The U.S. Tax Code lets you deduct the interest you pay on your mortgage, your property taxes, as well as some of the costs involved in buying your home.2. Appr... read more

Jill Smith rating star

4.90/5 (486 surveys)
eXp Realty LLC

Tax Credit expiring soon, and rates are predicted...

10 February, 2010| Home Buying, Housing Market, Mortgage & Finance

Bernanke outlines plan for pulling in stimulus aid Bernanke outlines plan for pulling back stimulus once rebound strengthens; rates would rise Jeannine Aversa, AP Economics Writer, On We... read more

Nancy Stricklin
REALM Real Estate Professionals - North Houston

Marketing Your Home

8 February, 2010| Home Marketing, Home Selling, Housing Market

Things to do Today:1) Decide that this is the right market for listing your home.2) Make your home market ready.3) Determine how you can make a positive first impression.4) When cons... read more

Nancy Stricklin
REALM Real Estate Professionals - North Houston

Foreclosure Options

8 February, 2010| Home Selling, Home Values & Recent Sales, Housing...

WorkOut OptionsA mortgage workout is an alternative action to foreclosure and benefit the Loan Seriver, Loan Insurer, the Mortgage Loan Investor and the Borrower. Workout programs are designed t... read more

Rachel Rosson rating star

5/5 (45 surveys)
Greenwood King Properties - Kirby Office

National Unemployment in Jan 2010

8 February, 2010| Housing Market, Mortgage & Finance

The Labor Department reported that there were 20,000 jobs lost in January, which was worse than expectations of 15,000 jobs gained. However, the Unemployment Rate came in lower at 9.7%, down from last... read more

Michelle Cannon rating star

4.96/5 (138 surveys)
RE/MAX Distinction

REAL ESTATE OUTLOOK - SOBERING NEWS?

8 February, 2010| Home Values & Recent Sales, Housing Market, Mortga...

Real Estate Outlook: Sobering News? by Kenneth R. Harney Provided by You might have seen the headlines last week about an unexpected drop in housing starts, and you might have thought: U... read more

Gail W. Nash rating star

4.85/5 (73 surveys)
Keller Williams Realty Metropolitan

10 Staging Examples that Made Homes Sell Quickly!

6 February, 2010| Home Marketing, Home Selling, Housing Market

10 house-selling secrets - Secrets of a house stager (1) - CNNMoney.com* Click on this link to see great hints from a Toronto stager. Clearing out clutter, cha... read more

John Shellington
John Henry Properties

What do Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, the Fed and Barne...

5 February, 2010| Housing Market, Mortgage & Finance, Education

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have served the mortgage market through their purchase of home loans from major lending institutions. Once purchased, these loans are securitized by Fannie Mae and Fre... read more

Nancy Furst
Full Circle Texas

Houston New Home Market Gets Boost

3 February, 2010| Housing Market, Relocation & Newcomer, Internation...

February 03, 2010 New home market gets a boost Prime Property Blogging Houston real estate with Nancy Sarnoff Housing starts were up in the fourth quarter for the first time since 2006, acc... read more

Cheryl White
Avalon Realty

Pending Home Sales Stabilize, Remain above Year-Ag...

3 February, 2010| Home Buying, Home Selling, Housing Market

Pending Home Sales Stabilize, Remain above Year-Ago Levels [1]RISMEDIA, February 3, 2010—Pending home sales have leveled from a market swing driven by response to the home buyer tax credit, accord... read more

Nancy David rating star

4.99/5 (124 surveys)
RE/MAX Associates Northeast

Move up to that Dream Home

2 February, 2010| Home Buying, Home Values & Recent Sales, Housing M...

Do you remember the real estate market of just a few years ago? It was a “sellers market,” when a lot of people we know bought a property just to get in the real estate market. Our friends... read more

Nancy Furst
Full Circle Texas

Uncertainty still clouds local economic outlook

31 January, 2010| Housing Market, Relocation & Newcomer, Internation...

Quarterly report Uncertainty still clouds local economic outlook By L.M. SIXELHOUSTON CHRONICLE Jan. 30, 2010, 5:20PM If one word captures the economic mood in Houston, it's uncertainty. And t... read more

Amber Anderson
homegenius Real Estate, LLC

Lions and Tigers and Agents, OH MY!

29 January, 2010| Home Buying, Housing Market, General

Does the title provoke feelings of unrest? Does the thought of working with an Agent make you cringe? That's because you haven't met the "Right One"! Let's explore how some Agents ge... read more

Jean Risha Mitchell rating star

4.94/5 (123 surveys)
Trilogy Realty Group LLC

If you have an I-PHONE - new technology

29 January, 2010| Home Buying, Housing Market, General

I-Phone has a new application you can download. And you should download it because the buyers are downloading it. The new app is REALTOR.COM. Potential buyers can now search for homes for s... read more

James Lawson
Keller Williams Memorial

Housing Market Webinar - Very Informative

28 January, 2010| Home Buying, Housing Market, General

I listen to an interesting Webinar today presented by John Tuccillo, former Chief Economist for NAR, the National Association of REALTORS®. Here is a summary of points; The Emerging Recovery ·... read more

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