Archive for November, 2006
Thursday Blog Roundup
Thursday is busy but here are a couple of interesting real estate blog posts to spark the brain.
Deadbeat Tenants Slide Over One – An interesting persepective on tenant issues from the Landlord Blog.
What is A Bubble? – SoCal Real Estate Bubble has a very interesting perspective on What is a Bubble. SoCal is one of [...]
YouTube, Agassi, and the San Francisco Housing Bubble
In an interesting confluence of events, the hottest tech and business story (YouTube), top athletes (Agassi and Steffi Graf), and the biggest story in real estate (the housing bubble) have all come together in one neat package.
A top investor in YouTube, Bill Bullock, made a bundle with the sale for 1.65 billion to Google last [...]
Wednesdays Blog Roundup
Wednesdays Blog Roundup – today we are going to focus more on the business side of real estate. While I am not a real estate pro, I did stay at a Holiday Inn recently so I think these ideas I have found should be beneficial.
Ask not for whom the MLS toils . . . [...]
29Nov2006 | Tom Royce | 1 comment | Continued
Jumbo Mortgages For 2007 Will Remain Unchanged
If you were looking to borrow more than 417,000 in 2007 for your home, expect to pay the premium for a jumbo mortgage instead of a conventional mortgage. For the past few years, the amount you could borrow on a conventional mortgage has been rising rapidly.
Now with housing prices essentially unchanged, Fannie Mae and Freddie [...]
Florida Woman Stealing From Real Estate Agents While Posing as Buyers
If you are selling homes in Seminole County, Florida, keep an eye out for these two women. They are pulling a scam by claiming to be homebuyers but instead are stealing credit cards from the wallets of the real estate office employees.
And if this scam is being committed in one place and highlighted in the [...]
The Horror, The Horror…
I would have to give this some special consideration.
28Nov2006 | Tom Royce | 1 comment | Continued
Tuesday Blogger Round Up
Some interesting reads for Tuesday, November 28th, 2006.
The New York Times and real estate porn – Business 2.0’s Real Estate Blog shows what a $4,385 square foot house looks like. (what a headline!)
28Nov2006 | Tom Royce | 2 comments | Continued
All Real Estate is Local – Some SF Communities Still Strong
We all tend to look for the bigger trends in real estate and typically succeed. However, the macro trends tend to fall flat when looking at a specific location. To hear the pundits (myself included) talk, California is an overpriced wasteland where properties are not moving and prices are too high.
But an interesting article [...]
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Monday Blogger Roundup
I used to do this in the past, but things get busy and ideas get lost in the mix. There are a great deal of blogs out there doing an outstanding job of covering real estate. I tend to look for new news and do a horrible job of linking to the bloggers that I [...]
27Nov2006 | Tom Royce | 2 comments | Continued
Not sure this program passes the common sense test. Isn't it true that the governments management of the housing industry ...
Well, it's March 2010 and I have not seen much of a change in the economy in Indianapolis, Indiana. Maybe ...
Coastal cities are fragile in the face of a catastrophe like this. The buildings would be destroyed in minutes. 
As a potential first-time home buyer, I have zero confidence that I would be making a smart investment in purchasing ...
I also found on craigslist a home in Avon, Hartford County, Connecticut, with pictures. Then when I received the following ...
I want to know how many of you voted for "Good Ole Change"??? HAHA! How's that change working out for ...
Nina, although you seem like the ultimate heartless bitch I still sincerely pray that you are never in poor Mr. ...
It sounds like it really depends on consumer confidence then. I feel like if people do start spending their money ...
