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Traces of Smoke in Silicon Valley and Other Real Estate News Out Here in the West

by Joe Salcedo | October 22, 2011

With over 10% of the world’s population counted as loyal members and hundreds of millions in disposable cash, high-growth tech companies like LinkedIn, Facebook, and even Groupon have sparked the Northern California real estate market. Top level employees looking for a place to stay have revved up excitement to late 90′s levels; particularly in Palo [...]

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Las Vegas: Zappos, 500-Foot Ferris Wheels, and…Real Estate?

by Richard Warren | March 7, 2011

The turning of a calendar page from one year to the next often brings with it a renewed sense of optimism. In recent years it was more like, “Oh no, here we go again.” Predictions would forecast more of the same. More foreclosures, more lost jobs, lower home prices, and more of the same old [...]

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Negative Equity Declines: Is It Good News?

by Alex Cortez | August 29, 2010

Let’s talk about what the 2Q 2010 negative equity report released by CoreLogic. The amount of homes underwater declined, but is it good news?

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Housing Market Insight – Week of August 23rd

by Ryan Hinricher | August 23, 2010

During this most recent mid-month week of housing news, the Obama Administration released its recent Housing Scorecard, Freddie Mac’s interest rate survey continued to shock both analysts and borrowers, a reversal occurred in the latest purchase application trends, and Deutsche Bank made a bold prediction about residential construction jobs. And to close out in the [...]

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The Ten Best in RE.net This Week: August 14, 2010 Edition

by Dean Ouellette | August 14, 2010

1 ) CNBC did another piece on the “shadow” inventory and how these properties may effect home prices. Remember though, all real estate is local. While Maryland, where this post was written, may not have enough buyers, some areas of the country have so many buyers they are snatching up the inventory as soon as [...]

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Are You Marketing to Foreign Investors?

by Alex Cortez | July 12, 2010

According to a report by NAR, residential home purchases by foreigners nearly double for the 12 month time period ending April 2010 totaling $64B, compared to the period ending April 2009 which saw $34B in sales to foreigners.

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The Ten Best in RE.net This Week: July 11, 2010 Edition

by Dean Ouellette | July 11, 2010

1 ) Is the real estate blog dead? Is it really time to think about abandoning the real estate blog and shift your attention to other things like email newsletters, video and Facebook? The Death of the Real Estate Blog tries to make that case. 2 ) There has been a push by Posterous lately [...]

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Housing Market Insight – July 5th Edition

by Ryan Hinricher | July 5, 2010

The most recent week’s housing news offered critical data regarding Mortgage Purchase Applications, direction on mortgage rates, Pending Home Sales, and information you don’t want to miss about employment trends and mortgage delinquencies. Also the government approved the extension of the home-buyer tax credit closings. Looking for direction in the housing market? This crop [...]

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The Ten Best in RE.net This Week: July 3, 2010 Edition

by Dean Ouellette | July 3, 2010

1 ) Times are changing. Fannie and Freddie over the last few years have been lowering the time required before you can get your next mortgage after you have a foreclosure or short sale. Now Fannie Mae Changing Guidelines For Strategic Defaulters which will make it harder if they determine you are a strategic defaulter. [...]

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Flood Insurance May be a Concern for Rehabbers and Landlords

by Shae Bynes | July 1, 2010

I don’t watch much news these days, but even if you watch no news at all, you’re probably well aware of the fact that there are several parts of the country that have experienced unusually bad flooding. Flooding can be caused by a number of factors, and for those who are in the hurricane states [...]

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The Ten Best in RE.net This Week: June 26, 2010 Edition

by Dean Ouellette | June 26, 2010

1 ) As an agent, what do you need to tell a client about a property they are interested in? Full disclosure walks you through it. The easy code to live by is just always be honest and you won’t get into trouble. 2 ) So many buyers ask us to let them know when [...]

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The Ten Best in RE.net This Week: June 5, 2010 Edition

by Dean Ouellette | June 5, 2010

1 ) If you are in real estate you have probably done some unique things to try to get some business. I bet you have not seen many more creative ways than this: Desperate or Innovative? Realtor Selling on a Street Corner. If it doesn’t work out he at least will have street begging to fall [...]

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The Ten Best in RE.net This Week: May 22, 2010 Edition

by Dean Ouellette | May 22, 2010

1 ) Do you have a business plan? My partner and I did not really have one for our team, then Darin told us about his Simple One Page Business Plan For Real Estate Agents and now we do. We really do recommend you check it out. 2 ) In real estate, the agent is [...]

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The Ten Best in RE.net This Week: May 15, 2010 Edition

by Dean Ouellette | May 15, 2010

This week was the NAR midyear conference so today we will be taking a look at some of the top news that came out of there. 1 ) Coming to Your MLS: More Pictures – One of the biggest pet-peeves of real estate agents is the use or, or lack of use of pictures in [...]

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Review of Real Estate News of the Week – Sunday, May 9, 2010

by Alex Cortez | May 9, 2010

With such a high-pace, fast-changing industry like real estate, at times it becomes difficult to get caught up with the comings and goings of what’s going on with the market. And in the spirit of being succinct yet informed, I compiled a list of newsworthy events in real estate for the past week

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