Once the closing date is set, the excitement really grows because you are only a step away from selling your home. It is important to understand the escrow process including looking at the estimated closing costs so that you can stay on top of everything. The total closing costs involved in a t
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09/14/2007
The Home Selling Process is actually not that complicated once you understand the major components of it. Understanding what is involved will help you make the right decision when choosing a REALTOR® to help you sell your home. There are six basic steps in the Home Selling Process. In Part 2 tha
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09/14/2007
The MBA (Mortgage Brokers Association) report in a recent survey that 20 to 32% of all defaults in California,Florida,Arizona and Nevada stem from speculators that purchased for the potential to restore and flip the properties. With the slowdowns and normalization in these markets, many of the pr
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09/12/2007
According to the National Auctioneers Association, housing auction revenue grew to 12.5 over last year from 14.2 billion to 16 billion dollars.Currently, housing auctions represent just less than 1% of the 17.4 trillion in home sales in the US last year. Those in the real estate auction business
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09/12/2007
With blogging becoming all the rage in the real estate industry, many agents wonder what a blog should hope to accomplish. Here are some ideas to keep in mind of what a real estate blog should do.1. The Blog's objective would be to help your readers with buying or selling a home. This might seem
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09/12/2007
Highest Price Condo Sells in San Diego for 7.25 Million. This 3700 Square Foot, 1 Bedroom 1 and 1/2 Bath, Downtown Penthouse overlooking San Diego Bay has views stretching south to the border and La Jolla to the north. On a clear day it must feel like you can see forever.The $1,960 per square foo
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09/12/2007
NAR reported membership at the end of July to be 1,363,493 REALTOR members, up over 6000 since July 2006.NAR estimates that there are over 2.6 million real estate licensees in the US, half of which are members of NAR.The current population of the US stands at 302,419,072 as of July 23, 2007.1 in
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09/10/2007
Many would be home owners have been complaining that they are being barraged with loan offers after having been recently approved from their lenders of choice.The Buyers are likely targets of what is called Trigger Lists.Trigger lists are generated when a lender runs the buyers credit through the
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09/09/2007
The huge baby boomer generation seems to prefer new housing in restricted developments for the 55 and older crowds. According to the National Association of Home Builders, NAHB, these communities are seemingly getting faster approval from local building departments than others as they require le
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09/08/2007
The OUTLOOK User group was just formed to assist all ActiveRain members that use OUTLOOK for their e-mail and contact management. The goal of this group is to enhance the Outlook user's experience and to learn the tips and tricks for easier and more productive use. With a lot of help from our fri
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09/07/2007
