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A Gift at the Right Price

Tennessee broker uses the Lowe's Program for Realtors to offer his clients a little bit of thanks at closing RISMEDIA, July 6, 2009-Some people offer calendars or a plant at closing time, but Lenoir City, Tennessee-based Doug Davis offers something much more valuable and useful to his clients-a Lowe's gift card, ...

Working with Distressed Properties in Focus at Leadership Conference This Year

Take advantage of early-bird registration-now available through July 31 RISMEDIA, July 6, 2009-Foreclosures, short sales and working with expired listings will be in focus this year at RISMedia's Top 5 in Real Estate Network Leadership Conference, Sept. 9-10 at the historic Roosevelt Hotel in New York City. Our panels of industry ...

NAR Pulse: This Week’s Top Stories from the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS

RISMEDIA, July 6, 2009-This week's headlines from the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® include: a webinar series on how to increase traffic to your site from REALTOR® University, save on ZipForm® Online through NAR's REALTOR Benefits® Program, and pending home sales gain for the record fourth month in a row. Want to increase ...

Top 5 Heads Back to Cali - Find Out What the ‘Top 5′ Difference Is All About

RISMEDIA, July 6, 2009-Top producing agents in Orange County shouldn't miss "The 90-Minute Solution," a FREE educational seminar presented by The Top 5 in Real Estate Network(R) on Tuesday, July 7, and Wednesday, July 8. Top 5 President and Co-Founder Allan Dalton will show agents the most effective solutions for ...

Finding right 'square' for the job

Seven styles handle most do-it-yourself projects

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Bond market to Obama: Wake up

Commentary: Government borrowing a threat to long-term rates

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How do you spell 'recovery'?

Realtor Notebook

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Zillow crunches new refi limits

6.6% of loans too deep underwater for Home Affordable refis

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Title premiums down 25% in Q1

Decline less severe than last year

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Given The Real Opportunity, Would You Live At A Resort That Was "Green" & Energy Positive?

"Energy Positive" means that the Resort would produce more energy than it uses....therefore helping the community that it's built in and helping the planet! Would you consider selling your current home and moving? If leasing, would you move? Would you invest a little extra for your new home if you knew that it would help your community and the planet? How much more? How soon would you move? CLARIFICATIONS: 1. The word "Resort" does not mean it's absent of businesses, art, culture, va ...

Is Mortgage Forgiveness the Answer?

This question is based on the latest article published online by Daily Real Estate News.....I'd like your opinion - as this greatly affects our real estate industry and financial market . Courtesy of Daily Real Estate News. Some housing experts say the next logical step for helping home owners with negative equity is loan forgiveness. Home owners with no equity stake and no likelihood of having one anytime soon are increasingly likely to walk away. Some theorize that curbing that trend i ...

How can I save the most money in buying a home, and find the best deal?

Anyone know of a lender in Oregon using the $8000 first time home buyer for down payment?

Anyone know of a lender using the $8000 first time home buyer credit for down payment?

NAR Dipping Into The Mortgage Pool?

Realtors Federal Credit Union Jay Thompson wrote about the NAR’s foray into the world of controlled finances over a year ago…Eric Stegemann brought the topic up while at RE BarCamp-Phoenix, indicating it was his understanding that after a few delays, its a go. Fascinating implications. The largest trade organization in the United States, with all its lobbyist

Survey Says…Realtors Suck

The following post is simply one non-conformists opinion, albeit a relatively educated one…Its my hope that my words, cutting as they may come across, cause an epiphany for more than a few… This entire post is based on The California Association of Realtors 2008 Home Seller Survey (released in July 2008, I just happened upon the

Contrived Attrition? Washingtons Play in The Fall and Rise of Wall Street

Many pundits speak about these turbulent times as a recession, depression or somewhere in between.  I personally like to view the glass half full and pronounce this time in our economy’s history as an epic correction.  Times of unprecedented growth are almost assuredly followed by times of unprecedented ’shrinkage’…you know, markets are cyclical in nature,