Archive for June, 2008
Standard Mileage Rate Deduction Increase July 1st, 2008
Here is some great news for real estate agents come July 1st:
Starting July 1, 2008, the standard mileage rate for business miles is being increased to 58.5 cents per mile. The rate is currently at 50.5 cents per mile. Over the years, the IRS has somewhat tried to keep up with increasing fuel costs, but [...]
24Jun2008 | Tom Royce | 1 comment | Continued
Case Shiller Report Down 15.3% For April 2008 In Past Year
Breaking, I will update this later on today. The one silver lining is that the experts were predicting a 16 percent drop.
he S&P Case-Shiller home price continued to deteriorate in April as the 20-city composite index posted a record annual decline of 15.3%. The Case-Shiller index has fallen every month since peaking in July [...]
24Jun2008 | Tom Royce | 0 comments | Continued
Realestate.com.au Glitch Causes 17% of Leads Not To Arrive
Real estate agents in Australia are spitting mad at Real Estate Australia, owner of realestate.com.au, the leading real estate portal in the country. The lead generating engine for the company has failed to forward nearly 17 percent of leads that came through the system due to an email glitch.
Real estate agents are upset, and [...]
Las Vegas Sales Up, Prices Down As Bottom Nears
Good news on the pre-existing sales numbers coming out of Las Vegas.
As a ground zero city for the housing crisis I tend to watch Las Vegas closer than most cities. So when news cam out that May resales were up even with prices down, it is cause for mild optimism.
Las Vegas could barely [...]
IRS Has a Heart – Waives Housing Limit For Iowa and Indiana Storm Victims
Who says the IRS has no heart?
The Internal Revenue Service has waived some limitations of the low-income housing tax credit in Indiana and Iowa so that owners of facilities in these states can provide housing to victims of recent storms and flooding.
The action is expected to expand the availability of housing for disaster victims [...]
1 Million Visitors – Thanks To Every One Of You!
Today was a milestone. Sometime after 11:00 PM we had our millionth visitor come to The Real Estate Bloggers.
It has been a great ride, nearly 3 years and going strong. Thank you all for your continued support!
Basic Seach Engine Optimization Advice
Matt Cutts is featured in an article in USA Today on search engine optimization. The article is noteworthy because it takes this geeky term SEO and gives some very basic but important steps that the average real estate agent can understand.
We who work online all the time often forget that some of this stuff [...]
San Francisco : Disneyland For Yuppies?
San Francisco is forcing out the middle class from the city. The city has bifurcated. To live there you either have to be very well off or qualify for subsidies. The large middle class has been pushed out to the suburbs.
Of course, when you have a government that puts excessive regulation on the construction of [...]
Some Signs Your Mortgage Broker Was Not On The Up and Up
One of my favorite writers is James Lileks. He is a brilliant and warped individual who shares my sense of humor.
Well James has come up with his analysis on how to tell if your mortgage broker was not on the up and up during the lending madness of the past few years.
Enjoy!
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22Jun2008 | Tom Royce | 0 comments | Continued
Latest Celebrity Foreclosure: Pacman Jones Losing Tennessee Home
The of the rich and famous is fraught with keeping up with the Jones. When you are Pacman Jones, keeping away from law enforcement is a full time job.
The latest law enforcement official to knock on Pacman’s door is the sheriff with the foreclosure notice of his Williamson County, Tennessee home. The bank has [...]
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 ...
