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Realtors embrace the Internet as a marketing tool.  At the beginning of the 21st century, most home buyers had never viewed a home online; the three top home sale marketing methods were yard signs, newspaper ads and open houses; and nearly nine out of 10 buyers financed their purchase with a fixe...

    Curb appeal and home improvements prove to be a move in the right direction.  Despite a slow market and a slight decrease in the resale value of most remodeling projects, Realtors® report that the smartest home improvement investments may also be some of the least expensive. Results from the...

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Open house Clifton Park, Saratoga Springs, Albany, Schenectady and all of the Capital Region, getting ready for an open house check list. Wether you are thinking of buying and/or selling, please visit; www.joshtherealtor.com   Capital Region, Clifton Park, Saratoga Springs, Albany, Schenectady, w...

Open house Clifton Park, Saratoga Springs, Albany, Schenectady and all of the Capital Region, getting ready for an open house check list.  Wether you are thinking of buying and/or selling, please visit; http://www.coldwellbankerprime.com/josh.gonzalez?utm_source=domain&utm_medium=redirect&utm_te...

More Will new development in the Capital Region turn the town of Malta into the next Saratoga Springs? If you've considered moving into the Capital Region visit; http://www.coldwellbankerprime.com/Search/josh.gonzalez/My_Listings to search local listings. More than 100 concerned residents packed ...

For all of 2009 there were 5,156,000 existing-home sales, which was 4.9 percent higher than the 4,913,000 transactions recorded in 2008; it was the first annual sales gain since 2005. After a rising surge from September through November, existing-home sales fell as expected in December after firs...

The National Association of Realtors® has joined forces with the National Community Stabilization Trust to help rebuild American communities devastated by the foreclosure crisis. The collaboration will bring Realtors and the more than 1,400 state and local Realtor® associations into a side-by-si...

According to the most recent Realtors® Confidence Index, 39 percent of recent buyers purchased a home with a Federal Housing Administration-insured loan. Realtors® who took part in the November survey also reported that the number of first-time home buyers continued to climb to 51 percent. "FHA ...

The REALTORS® Relief Foundation of the National Association of Realtors® is contributing $550,000 to the relief of victims of the Haiti earthquake, and is calling upon its 1.2 million members to help. "Realtors® help build communities and there is no better time than now to do that in Haiti," sa...