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 [...]

30Nov2006 | Tom Royce | 1 comment | Continued

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 [...]

30Nov2006 | Tom Royce | 0 comments | Continued

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 [...]

29Nov2006 | Tom Royce | 0 comments | Continued

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 [...]

29Nov2006 | Tom Royce | 0 comments | Continued

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 [...]

28Nov2006 | Tom Royce | 2 comments | Continued

Having E-Mail Troubles

If have tried to e-mail me something since last night, hold off on it. Our e-mail server is having technical difficulties and rejecting all incoming emails.
If you need me leave a comment on this message as I will be checking them throughout the day.

28Nov2006 | Tom Royce | 0 comments | Continued

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