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Connecticut Conveyance Tax Causes Battle Between Government and Realtors

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Who is the fool that believes once a new taxes is created the government will ever let it go?
For once those affected by a tax are fighting back. Connecticut passed a real estate conveyance tax back in 2003 that […]

2Jun2008 | Tom Royce | 1 comment | Continued
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News Flash: As Home Prices In Tucson Come Down, Buyers Emerge

The lesson of the day is buyers are not stupid, no matter what the latest advertisement from the National Association of Realtors would have you think.
The Tucson, Arizona market was a typical market during the real estate bubble. Logical pricing all of a sudden exploded into a gold rush mentality and pricing increased significantly. Hordes of […]

2Jun2008 | Tom Royce | 0 comments | Continued
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Patchwork Nation - A New Demographic Study Of The United States

Patchwork Nation is a new initiative by the Christian Science Monitor to break the country into 11 demographic units by county that best represent the population that lives there. The report has been done primarily for political purposes but the implication for housing and real estate are also included in the report.
These categories are:

Boom […]

29May2008 | Tom Royce | 2 comments | Continued
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Inventory and Sales Almost Equal, Is This The Bottom?

Look at this chart from Calculated Risk carefully. If you need to see a bigger version, click on it or here.
This is the scary part. It looks like we may hit a point where the inventory of homes for sale in the country will exceed the sales for the year.
I wonder if that […]

24May2008 | Tom Royce | 2 comments | Continued
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New Jersey Realtors Mad At NAR Over Inflated Numbers

The public who follows real estate reporting, i.e. my readers, have long been amused and baffled at the overly optimistic numbers that the National Association Of Realtors has put out. Well, a new group of folks are getting annoyed at what is perceived as grandstanding by the NAR.
Actual dues paying New Jersey Realtors.
The […]

23May2008 | Tom Royce | 1 comment | Continued
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Certified ‘Preowned’ Homes - Or Selling Homes Like Cars

You got to give ZipRealty credit.
First they treat their employees like car salesman, now they are treating the homes like cars.
According to Luke Mullins at US News and World Report, ZipRealty is offering a Certified Preowned Warranty on homes that pass a 24 point inspection. While it is not a bad idea and will appeal […]

17May2008 | Tom Royce | 3 comments | Continued
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Some Classic Ideas On Word Of Mouth Marketing For Real Estate Agents

If you are a real estate agent, you have uttered the less than memorable phrase, “Please tell your friends about me.” But the question that you need to ask is why should they?
Seriously, did you go that extra mile in marketing, consultation, or execution that would make you memorable? For someone to talk about you […]

16May2008 | Tom Royce | 2 comments | Continued
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Failure and Success - Michael Jordon Commercial

This advertisement from Nike is so dead on. For agents and non agents, to be the best you have to be willing to fail publicly. As Michael Jordon said, “26 times I have been trusted to take the game winning shot and I have missed.”
Are you willing to step up and take the game winning […]

14May2008 | Tom Royce | 1 comment | Continued
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Breaking the Real Estate “Walled Garden” Of Information

The real estate world has always protected their MLS data like it was gold, and to them it is. Go to almost any real estate office and see the security that is put on the MLS computers. If you think of Fort Knox you are not far off. But the protection of the data that […]

12May2008 | Tom Royce | 7 comments | Continued
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Home Managers An Alternative To Selling Empty Home

If you have luxury properties that are sitting empty you may look into a breed of professional home sitters, the home manager. Homes tend to maintain so much better when someone is living in it. The homes also show to potential buyers when they are under constant care.
The  home managers job is to maintain […]

11May2008 | Tom Royce | 0 comments | Continued
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