Archive for January, 2008
Top 10 Real Estate Sites For December, 2007
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!comScore has come out with their Top 10 sites for unique visitors for the month of December, 2007. The big surprise for me is that Trulia came in 7th place while Zillow barely made the list in 10th.
Zillow [...]
2007 a Good Year For Canadian Real Estate
2007 was a good year for Canadian residential real estate compared to the United States. While we were dwelling on the negative our Canadian brethren saw huge increases in the oil producing regions of the country and solid increases throughout most of the rest.
Region [...]
16Jan2008 | Tom Royce | 5 comments | Continued
Lake Tahoe Real Estate Blogging Article
“Blogging is a great fit for real estate since agents can do it all on their own and give people a feel for the area, you can be a resource for people who want to read info on the town,” said Lexi Cerretti, a Realtor with Chase International. via the North Lake Tahoe Bonanza
An interesting [...]
16Jan2008 | Tom Royce | 1 comment | Continued
Does Your Real Estate Website Have a Pulse?
In the past week I have talked to a couple of real estate brokers about how they are using the web to sell homes. They know that this is where the hot leads are coming from and want to capitalize with it, but are they doing all they can do to maximize how to best capture [...]
15Jan2008 | Tom Royce | 3 comments | Continued
$400 Million Housing Plan For New York Proposed By Gov. Eliot Spitzer
Eliot Spitzer has proposed a new fund for offering housing assistance to New Yorkers, especially those in New York City, to help offset the high housing costs. The 400 million dollar fund would be available to the poor and those with special needs.
Of course, the real issue is how they can fund this program [...]
Commercial Real Estate Opportunity? - Siemens Selling Hundreds of Millions in Real Estate
If you are in the commercial real estate market, keep an eye on Siemens. They have production facilities and offices around the country and are planning on selling hundreds of millions in real estate in 2008.
While the prices will not be at a fire sale level they will also be attractive for investors who [...]
FBI Reports Housing Scam Activity Increasing - Doubles in 2007
With the decline in most housing markets, previous housing scams are coming to the surface just as new ones are being concocted taking advantage of those who are in financial trouble. According to the FBI housing and foreclosure scams have doubled in 2007 and they expect the trend to continue.
The FBI expects more foreclosure scams as [...]
14Jan2008 | Tom Royce | 6 comments | Continued
Housing Complexes Fighting Feral Cat Populations
One of the problems facing low income housing developments is the growth of feral cat colonies. They develop when people move out and leave their cats behind. The domesticated animals cluster with other cats and form a community that can diminish the community and the surrounding property values.
According to Wikipedia, the worst of the problems [...]
Trends in Housing For 2008 - Home Office Leads the List.
The things homeowners want vary from year to year, but according to the JELD-WEN Real Estate Community Trends survey, having a home office is a no brainer. While many of homes will convert a formal living room or extra bedroom for the home office, having one designated as such in a quieter part of the home is something [...]
12Jan2008 | Tom Royce | 5 comments | Continued
Bank of America Eats Countrywide For Long Term Gains
The Bank of America purchase of Countrywide is sending shockwaves across the mortgage sphere today, but it should be a surprise for very few. Those companies that grew on the meteoric rise of the mortgage industry are now fulfilling their long term role.
Fish Food.
That is the nature of the banking industry. Sure the smaller [...]
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, ...
