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CENTURY 21 topped all real estate companies again as it was recognized as the top training company in the real estate brokerage industry. For home buyers and home sellers, it means that the agents and staff that they work with at CENTURY 21 are better prepared to assist them during these difficult times in the [...]
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The 25th of each month is the day when we get to see the latest existing-home sales report that is published by the National Association of REALTORS®, so it is a day marked on my calendar for monthly action.
I always look forward to both reading the report as well as reading and hearing the interpretation [...]
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Yesterday, I received a great comment by a Destin, FL REALTOR® who pointed out that the shadow inventory of homes has many more components than just the defaulted mortgage pool. His example was of homes in a new neighborhood, developed in 2005, where all of the home owners are now upside-down on their mortgages.
As he [...]
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Recently, a reader asked a question about some of the different nomenclatures that we use in the real estate industry. With so many apparent real estate professionals for people to choose from, it can get very confusing. This is the case with one of our readers “Jeremy,” who asked the following question:
I am a relatively [...]
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Every year, the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University puts together a report on the State of the Nation’s Housing. This year’s report was published a few days ago and I thought I would share some of the key findings of the report.
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Yesterday’s blog on “For Sale By Owners” created some interesting discussion both here and at a real estate networking site that I visit on a regular basis. It seems that, oddly enough, my viewpoint was shared by most REALTORS®, yet some of our readership was mixed. I absolutely love when we get reader comments, because [...]
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As the real estate market in Tallahassee and the rest of the country continues to struggle along, the use of REALTORS® is on the rise in home sales. As confidence in the overall market drops, confidence in the effectiveness of REALTORS® is rising.
The real estate graph below represents the measurement of home sales as recorded [...]
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Housing Reports Without The Bias
February 16, 2010
Every month, we see new housing reports that are issued first by the National Association of REALTORS®, then by the Florida Association of REALTORS®, and finally by any local REALTORS® who actually pay attention to market reporting.
The one thing all of these seem to have in common is a consistent “spin.” Somebody at the National [...]
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