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Real Estate News by Dean Ouellette | May 8, 2010 
1 ) The Hangover – The tax credit is over; have people stopped looking for houses? The numbers vary greatly according to Redfin’s search numbers. 2 ) Do you need a custom Facebook page? If you were to ask Todd Carpenter, he would say no. If you were to ask Mike Mueller he would say [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate News by Dean Ouellette | May 1, 2010 1 ) FHA Financing Not Available on a Listing? BIG MISTAKE – Rhonda points out why not accepting FHA funding on your house may be a mistake, as it takes out a large portion of the buying pool. 2 ) State of the real estate industry- showing signs of stability – It has been a [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate News by Dean Ouellette | April 24, 2010 1 ) Bob Hale is sticking his neck out – who’s got his back? – The Houston Association of Realtors will soon launch a Web application that allows consumers to see which Realtors within their chosen search area are transacting business – and which are not. Will this move get support? 2 ) Your Self-Directed [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate News by Charles Feldman | April 21, 2010It’s a sort of chicken and egg type question: which was worse, the financial institutions that sold toxic, mortgage-backed investments to the the public, or the rating agencies that claimed the investments were just fine? The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (FCIC) is a bi-partisan panel created by Congress. Its purpose is to try and learn [...]
Real Estate News by Dean Ouellette | April 17, 2010 1 ) What’s changed in HAFA 2010 ? There have been some big changes to HAFA; here’s a preview at some of those changes. 2 ) Home Affordability Modification Program failing horribly – HAMP was a failure — really? Only about 5% of those who were intended to receive help did so. But HAFA, that [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate News by Dean Ouellette | April 10, 2010 1 ) How To Salvage The Mortgage Industry in Six Months – If rates skyrocketed would people stop buying houses or would prices just drop so that the payments stayed the same? 2 ) Would You Use The Same Real Estate Agent To Sell Your House Again? 80% Said No! – This is just scary and [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate News by Dean Ouellette | April 4, 2010 1 ) “Stealth Bailout” – Is the new mortgage bailout plan really a way to help homeowners, or as some are now saying, really just a way for some with junk paper to recoup some of their money from the taxpayers? 2 ) HEFI: Home Equity Fractional Interest – I have been a big believer in [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate News by Dean Ouellette | March 28, 2010 1 ) Video Is The Future – A longer video that Jim the Realtor does walking through houses, but fast forward to about 3:45 and he starts talking about how we can use video in the future to view houses. 2 ) Discussions about Brokerages wer the talk of the RE.net world this week and does [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate News by Dean Ouellette | March 20, 2010 1 ) Famous blonde financial pundit expects double dip in U.S. housing market – There are two trains of thought out there. The first is that the market has tanked and the banks are smarter now, and will not release enough properties to cause another housing dip any time soon. Then there is the group [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate News by Dean Ouellette | March 13, 2010 1 ) Real Entrepreneurship – This was a very enjoyable read. You may not think this way often, but real estate agents are true entrepreneurs. 2 ) How To Shop For Mortgages And Keep Your Credit Scores High – Dan Green offers a wealth of information in here that is a must read for agents and home shoppers. [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate News by Charles Feldman | March 10, 2010It’s always good to have something to look forward to. Well, try this one on for size: J.P. Morgan Chase is reportedly projecting ahead into the not too distant future and has concluded that bank-owned sales “as a share of total home sales will remain at current or even higher levels three years from now…” [...]
Real Estate News by Dean Ouellette | March 6, 2010 1 ) CDPE – Certified Disaster of Proportions that are Epic – So I don’t make it a secret that I am not a big fan of designations. I think designations are mostly a way for NAR to make money every year with renewal feels for continuing to use those designations, than they are a [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate News by Richard Warren | March 1, 2010 
Here’s a great idea – let’s buy a huge parcel of land in the middle of the Mojave Desert. Are you with me so far? Then we’ll dig a really, really big hole and fill it with water. Seriously, stay with me here. Next we’ll put in not one, but three super high-end golf courses. [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate News by Dean Ouellette | February 27, 2010 1 ) Real Estate Investors – Don’t Be Seduced By Rickety Cash Flow – Good article for investors who are obsessed only with cash flow. This is one of my favorite topics I like to read Jeff Brown write about. His opinion always seems to be a little different than most opinions on cash flow. [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate News by Dean Ouellette | February 20, 2010 1 ) 7 Hours on Facebook? – Where do you spend most of your time when you are on the computer? If you are like most of America you spend a large amount of time on Facebook. And that time is growing! Just look at these numbers, doesn’t it make sense to go where they [...]
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