Archive for December, 2007
Boston College Purchases Properties From Archdiocese of Boston
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!When the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston became embroiled in their clergy sex scandal, the restitution payments to their victims stressed the treasury of the church. Now as a way to raise money to pay the families of the victims [...]
5Dec2007 | Tom Royce | 1 comment | Continued
Fizber, Web 2.0 Meets For Sale By Owner
Fizber is a new site that marries For Sale By Owner listings with an exciting array of web technologies that make it very easy for buyers to find their future homes. The foundation for Fizber is a traditional real estate sales site for FSBO’s. They provide low cost listings with a menu of related services [...]
4Dec2007 | Tom Royce | 4 comments | Continued
Ivanka Trump Interview Shows Potential With International Buyers
The Atlanta Journal Constitution ran an interview with Ivanka Trump in the paper recently and this question and answer really popped out at me.
Q: And of those contracts, how many are foreign investors? We’re starting to see a lot foreign investment in the U.S.
A: We’re seeing that in all of our properties.I think [the [...]
Even The AP Sees Rehabbing Homes Can Be Profitable
The AP has an article on small time rehabbers in Ohio that are buying foreclosures, fixing them up and then selling them for a profit. In this period of media doom and gloom it is amazing to see the AP allow a glimmer of hope in the article.
Of course allusions to the suffering fill [...]
Lenders Lend
One of the best analysis posts I have read in a long time that echo’s many of the ideas that I have been stating. Jeff just did a great job of putting together the thoughts I have had in one GREAT post!
Essentially, lenders lend and will do what is in their best interests. They will [...]
Why The Holiday Season May Be a Great Time to Buy a Home
If you believe conventional wisdom buying or selling a home in the holiday season makes no sense. The buyers are looking at real estate agents looking for a break and sellers who do not want to open their homes during the holidays if they haven’t already pulled their listing already.
My opinion, if you believe [...]
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% ...
I like your blog and I have read many of your articles. I agree that it is amazing the ...
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, ...
I have had great success using craigslist. Renters need to be careful and make sure they check out their landlord ...
This is the start of where the market can begin to level out.
Home owners will start to be able to ...
