Archive for May, 2007
Bert Sperling, The Man Behind Real Estates Best Places
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Anyone who reads this site for very long knows that I love Top 10 lists. Well the king of the Top 10 lists for real estate, Bert Sperling, was profiled in the New York Times today. Sterling has taken [...]
6May2007 | Tom Royce | 1 comment | Continued
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes Buy 35 Million Dollar Beverly Hills Home
Despite rumors of less than matrimonial bliss, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes have bought a 35 million dollar home in Beverly Hills the Los Angeles Times Hot Property is reporting. The couple have purchased this traditional styled home on 1.3 acres in a secluded part of the famous section of Los Angeles.
Their good friends the [...]
Chicago Developer Was Mole For Feds, Target Obama Buddy Tony Rezko
If you follow politics you will know many of these names in a developing story of corruption in the Chicago commercial real estate market. John Thomas, convicted of business fraud in New York, went to Chicago to “facilitate” commercial real estate deals. One of the people he did business with was Rezmar Corp. owned by [...]
5May2007 | Tom Royce | 0 comments | Continued
Dubai Investing Information
This is a paid ReviewMe site analysis of the website Dubai Property Investment, which focuses on one of the hottest real estate market in the world. Dubai is part of the United Arab Emirates and has built it’s city from a small backwater oil town to one of the most vibrant, international cities in the world.
Dubai Property is [...]
Real Estate TV Shows Give Up on Flipping and Focus On Selling
If you are the sort to watch the home improvement channels you saw a plethora of programs focusing on buying homes for flipping on the channels. Well, in a great example of art imitating life, these shows are getting shelved faster than you can imagine and are being replaced by programming that focuses on getting [...]
4May2007 | Tom Royce | 2 comments | Continued
Adding Real Estate Investments To Your IRA Portfolio
When most investors think of their Individual Retirement Account, or IRA, they think of the traditional stocks and bonds that have typically constituted such accounts. However there is a growing trend for adding real estate holdings to your account.
Now before you go racing off to purchase a property for your IRA remember this is [...]
Senses Challenge - An Interesting Game
The BBC has an interesting challenge on their site that asks you 20 questions about how your senses understand and pick up stimuli. Click on the image to give it a try.
I got 11 out of 20, but was lucky that my old restaurant background helped me with the food questions. Give it a try, it [...]
3May2007 | Tom Royce | 1 comment | Continued
Top 10 Counties for Millionaire Residents in 2007
Households with a net worth of over 1 million dollars have increased by 5 percent since last year according to a report released by TNS Global’s annual Affluent Market Research Program this week. The increase pails in comparison when the number jumped in 2004 as real estate appreciation was nearing its peak.
The average net [...]
Why Calling Ahead is a Good Idea, Or Does The House Come With the Body In The Bedroom
Every real estate agent has a story of a showing gone wrong, but for Janesville, Wisconsin agent Linda Chabucos-Galow, this was a doozy. She was showing a home to a couple when they started screaming. The home was not “showing ready” with dishes in the sink and not cleaned up, but all she thought was [...]
3May2007 | Tom Royce | 2 comments | Continued
Lenders Respond To Massachusetts Governor On Foreclosure Delay
After yesterday’s moratorium on foreclosures announced by newly elected governor Deval Patrick we got a response from the Massachusetts Mortgage Bankers Association and it was tepid and very honest. Instead of fighting back, it was more of a resigned sigh.
Because the mortgage lenders know that the action by Patrick was pure political grandstanding and will help [...]
It is possible that you are right. I do believe the solution is (what is happening now) allowing home mortgagees ...
I work in real estate and I must say that this is some troubling information, however, I am confident that ...
I saw this earlier today and thought the exact same thing, Tom. The politicians have been pushing homeownership for ...
I just found your blog and it's filled with great information. One of my goals this year is to update ...
Thanks for the kind words. I promise you the first year we did not have this level of readership. It ...
The limit on jumbo's is either 417,000 OR it is 115% of the median house price, not to exceed 150% ...
Yes, there are some deals out there. While there are some deals out there, I'm an agent looking for ...
With mortgage rates poised to drop to 4.5 percent all we need now is some tax incentives to help home ...
I think the overall interest in refinancing was definately high recently. However the problem is that although the rates dropped, ...
