Real estate forecasting service Local Market Monitor, which predicts housing market trends for investors and banks, forecasts that housing prices will decline an average of 5 percent through 2010. This prediction includes double-digit decreases in Phoenix, Miami, and Las Vegas.... (Continue reading)
WASHINGTON – How’s this for a business plan to make money during the housing bust? You buy or rent lists of recent default filings from across the country – thousands of people who have been notified by lenders that if... (Continue reading)
As a real estate specialist we become knowledgeable of the housing trends. Many economist have preached that we have reached the bottom of the housing market. I think we’re going to see another surge of foreclosure in 2010 due to... (Continue reading)
Contract activity for pending home sales has risen for six straight months, a pattern not seen in the history of the index since it began in 2001, according to the National Association of Realtors®. The Pending Home Sales Index,1 a... (Continue reading)
Need to write snappier ad copy for your real estate listings? Remember the phrase “G.E.T. C.A.L.L.S.” This is key to writing effective advertising copy and can get you results in eight easy steps. I first talked about the acronym memory... (Continue reading)