Archive for October, 2007
Realtor to the Stars,Linda Stein Murdered in New York City
Linda Stein, affectionately known as the Realtor to the Stars, was found dead in her 5th Avenue apartment in New York City this morning.
According to the AP, the medical examiner says an autopsy found that she died from fatal blows to the head and neck. Stein was the original “broker to the stars,” helping [...]
31Oct2007 | Tom Royce | 3 comments | Continued
Blogging Will Be Light Today – Halloween Parades and Stuff
Hope you all have a fun Halloween. I just got back from the Halloween Parade at my youngest son’s elementary school. Things like this do add to the quality of life…
My guy is the Ninja to the far right in the hood…
31Oct2007 | Tom Royce | 0 comments | Continued
Homeownership Down 1 Percent From It’s Peak In United States
Here is an interesting stat that came from the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. Homeownership rose from 64% in 1994 to 69% in 2004. Since 2004 the rate of homeownership has declined nearly a point to 68.2%.
The combination of upward mobility and easier credit opened many doors to owning ones own home. However, back in 2004 [...]
Houston Man Commits Suicide Over Foreclosure? Not Really But It Plays Well In the Media
The Drudge Report, not a place where the headlines are tepid, has a link to a story Man Commits Suicide over Foreclosure… . Since foreclosures are on of the hot topic stories this would make sense, but reading the story you find out that the foreclosure was the tipping point, not the reason for the man’s [...]
29Oct2007 | Tom Royce | 9 comments | Continued
Raising Commission Paid To Buyers Agent May Sell Your Home
If I were to sell my home tomorrow I think I know how to do so. Instead of going on the cheap on the commission with a discount broker trying to save some of the difference in housing prices from the peak, I would go the other direction and prey on human nature. I would offer [...]
28Oct2007 | Tom Royce | 21 comments | Continued
Housing Cost Problems In New Jersey and Long Island Causing Youth To Flee
When housing prices were running up, present homeowners started counting their chickens and planning their retirement. But what is forgotten once the bloom is off the rose as it is now, that these high housing costs also have their costs.
When looking around Long Island as a young man in my early 20’s the though [...]
Why Suffering the Pain In The Housing Market Now Is Important
One of my biggest fears is that politicians are going to try to soften the blows to the housing market over the next election year. I have preached about the law of unintended consequences and I truly believe that almost any action out of Washington will create more heartache rather than less.
Writer John Baden [...]
Top 10 Most Expensive Cities To Heat Your Home – Winter 2007 – 2008
The cost of heating your home has a great deal of variables. Obviously heating ones home in Atlanta, Georgia is less expensive than in Buffalo, New York. But did you know the cost of heating your home varies greatly in the northern cities as well. Due to government taxes and distribution costs, natural gas can [...]
26Oct2007 | Tom Royce | 6 comments | Continued
Housing Slowdown Good For Wall Street? For Now Folks, For Now
The fortunes of the national housing market and Wall Street have had an inverse relationship over the past decade. When the tech boom was occurring at the end of the 1990’s, investment in housing was stagnant. Then the combination of 9/11, the ending of the internet boom and subsequent stock market created the recent surge [...]
25Oct2007 | Tom Royce | 4 comments | Continued
Neumann Homes Declares Chapter 11 Bankruptcy – Existing Homes Will Be Built
Nuemann Homes, one of the largest homebuilders in the Midwest and Denver has declared bankruptcy. The company has been building in some of the worst markets in the country including Detroit and Denver so this can not be big surprise to anyone.
In fact, Nuemann probably gets what it deserved. They acquired Tadian Homes in 2005 at [...]
My mom told me to put the statue in the ground, just seems wrong to me but I did it. ...
What about RE/MAX Commercial? Where this classification came from?
I am pretty sure RE/MAX Commercial in volume sales must be above ...
Well Tom, once again you have said it much better than I could have. Unfortunately the folks at Move, ...
It certainly does not bode well for a fast recovery in the economic climate. This will affect all real estate ...
I HAVE 25 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS..HOW DO I APPLY AT KAI. 
Definitely not a fan of Move Inc.!!! 
A lot of you really need to go back to kindergarten and learn to spell correctly. If you cannot spell ...
In 2008, there was an extension to push first-time home buyers to purchase their homes quickly since the program did ...
I also need HELP and don't know what to do about my problem. I have a garden apartment off ...
I have the same situation. I sold my home in July and am scheduled to to close in a few ...
