While building 'green' may still cost more upfront, many building industry professionals realize that the health benefits, employee productivity, and the overall positive impact to the environment far outweigh the initial fees. Better yet, environmental responsibility and green building eventuall
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12/30/2008
BEST WISHES FOR A HAPPY HOLIDAY FROM ALL OF US@ NEW JERSEY ESTATES/ WEICHERT REALTORS TO ALL OF YOU.
12/20/2008
Here's why: Number one -- affordability has dramatically improved since the end of the boom. Thanks to severe price rollbacks and near-record low interest rates, homes are more affordable to households with average incomes than they've been for almost a decade. Standard and Poor's economist David
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12/17/2008
Thanks to severe price rollbacks and near-record low interest rates, homes are more affordable to households with average incomes than they've been for almost a decade. Standard and Poor's economist David Wyss calls affordability a major bright spot, and that's confirmed by the Housing Affordabil
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12/15/2008
One of the most useful research projects of the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) is the annual survey of homebuyers and sellers. The 2008 version (Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers 2008) became available in November of this year. The information is based on answers to an eight-page questi
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12/13/2008
If new mortgage applications are a reliable gauge of forthcoming home purchases, looks like we've got a bumper crop taking shape out there. Last week the Mortgage Bankers Association's national survey registered a record 37 percent jump in applications for new conventional loans to buy houses, a
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12/08/2008
The rate reduction proposals -- involving government purchases of low-rate mortgages to spur the economy -- have been pushed for the past month by the National Association of Realtors and the National Association of Home Builders. New Jersey Estates/Weichert Realtors Paul Stillwaggon & Pat Cornis
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12/08/2008
"Reduce your workload by 30% and increase your fun load by 30% and you will increase your revenues by 100%. More fun, less struggle -- more results on all fronts." -- Abraham-Hicks That sounds good to me. How about you? New Jersey Estates/Weichert Realtors Paul Stillwaggon & Pat Cornish Decem
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12/06/2008
Though the latest monthly sales numbers for existing homes were down slightly nationwide -- 3.1 percent on a seasonally-adjusted basis -- sales in some of the hardest-hit local markets are really taking off, according to the latest data from the National Association of Realtors. New Jersey Estate
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12/03/2008
One of the things that happens when directors of the California Association of Realtors® (CAR) get together for meetings is that brokers, brokerage attorneys, and risk managers spend a fair amount of time talking about the kinds of cases and claims they are currently seeing. They also discuss tre
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11/30/2008
