It in the news that Obama administration is recommending to replace Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac which are the two largest mortgage guarantors by 2018. The majority of the loans are guaranteed by Freddy or Fannie, it points down to questions like, what would happen if this is executed? The Obama ad
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02/28/2011
Paint the face season! Nachos and cold beer! It’s the Superbowl! In the middle of yelling at referees and cheering d-fense, there might be a great real estate lesson for us to learn from the Superbowl. Everyone gets thrilled about Superbowl though they do not care about football. Most people don
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02/25/2011
The delinquency rate for mortgage loans on one-to-four residential homes reduced to a seasonally adjusted rate of 8.22% of all loans outstanding as the fourth quarter end of 2010, a decline of 91 basis points from the third quarter of 2010 and plummeted of 125 basis points from a year ago based
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02/24/2011
To tell you the truth I’ve never possessed a Peeve so I don’t have any idea what they are like as pets, however I do know what drives Home Stagers crazy! Painted-over Wallpaper: I do understand the some of the stagers do this on HGTV, but it is bad! In the end, the paint pulls the paper away fr
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02/23/2011
Delightful keepsake thoughts to do before you move. Things to considering before moving... role playing with kids... Would it be interesting if home tours were conducted by children? Thinking how the home would be introduced from their own perspective, memories for each room, which would stan
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02/22/2011
Do most of real estate agents really know how to sell a house? What could be more basic? This is not year 2005 and definitely we cannot sell them all though it is not because we don’t try, but because most markets have more sellers than buyers. The home selling process begins with selling the ho
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02/21/2011
Universal Law of Surfaces: if you have a surface, it WILL get covered! The trick is to cover it in a way that looks pleasant and makes all of us feel good when we see it. Below are tricks for five areas that should be regularly pinch when staging. Kitchen Soffit DON’T employ the top of the cabi
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02/18/2011
Planning desk: Majority of sellers use the desk with laptop. But did you know 49 out of 50 of those desks becomes a damaged and went straight to the dumping zone: mail, pens jammed inside a tiny mug, intertwined cords in a single outlet. Are you thinking of displaying telephone books, damaged i
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02/16/2011
Instead of placing price tags, tell your costumers as soon as they come up the driveway, “Everything is negotiable!” When someone asks, “How much do you want for this?” you can say, I’d love $60 for it... but I will take $20.” It also aids if you pause long enough before giving the final pric
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02/15/2011
The method of home staging is calculated. It is a proven scheme of arranging furnishings to generate a positive impact on buyers the moment they enter a room. The stager will draw the eye to the best features of the home and eventually enhance any weaker elements. Compared to interior decoratin
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02/14/2011