Prestige Builders Trying to Stay Ahead of the Bubble

Prestige Homes is in a pickle and they are taking the Payton approach to the marketplace. You do not know the Payton approach? This should help.
Matt Suhey and Walter Payton were out in the woods for a hike. All of a sudden a large bear appeared in front of them. Matt Suhey was panicking but […]

Cash Out Re-Fi Mortgages Highest in 16 Years

The combination of lower volume in new purchased homes mortgages and the increase in home refinancing has raised the percentage of cash out refinancing to the highest rate  in 16 years. To add to the mix, 500 billion in ARMs are resetting this year so many households are refinancing  from Adjustable Rate Mortgages to fixed […]

What if Your Real Estate Agent Will Not Let You Market Your Own House?

I was just reading a very interesting post by Marlow Harris over at the 360digest Weblog about Trulia and he asks a great question.

But what does an agent do when their company prevents, discourages or illegalizes these free forms of web promotion?

The idea that a broker could keep a homeowner from helping to market […]

St. Joseph Statue Making a Comback in Selling Your Home

I must admit that the last home we sold, we buried a statue of St. Joseph in our front yard and the home sold a short time later. I am not one to get caught up in these sorts of things, but the use of a St. Josephs statue when selling your home is probably […]

New Hampshire Real Estate Tax Receipts Down in 2006

First the real estate agents are getting nervous that their sales are lower and thus their commissions are lower. Now the state of New Hampshire is concerned because their tax revenue will be down. They collect a tax of the sale of property in the state and those reciepts are running 10 percent below the […]