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Foreclosures for Sale: 34% Off


Headlines Foreclosure homes sold for 34 percent less than the average price of a non-distressed home during the third quarter of 2011, according to new data released by RealtyTrac Thursday. The average sales price of homes in the process of foreclosure or bank-owned was $165,322 over the July-to-September ...
Jan-26-2012

New home sales drop 2.2% in December as 2011 hits record low


Headlines New single-family home sales fell 2.2% to an annual rate of 307,000 in December from 314,000 a month earlier, according to the Commerce Department. The seasonally adjusted rate, dropped 7.3% from 331,000 a year earlier. The preliminary estimate for actual new homes sold in 2011 came in at 302,000...
Jan-26-2012

Structure Your Ideal Work Week


Business As we get to the end of January, it's not too late to make tweaks to your daily and weekly schedule. Here are a few tips from Bob Corcoran of Corcoran Consulting and Coaching to help you create your ideal work week to make this year a year to remember: 1. Focus on what makes money. Far too many age...
Jan-26-2012

2012 REAL Trends Gathering of Eagles - May 2nd-4th


News 2012 REAL Trends Gathering of Eagles - The Four Seasons - Dallas, Texas - May 2-4, 2012. We have planned one of the most powerful conferences ever.  Starting with keynote speaker Roger Staubach, Heisman Trophy winner, two time NFL MVP and the founder of one of the largest brokerage firms i...
Jan-25-2012

5 Tax Tips


Business The good thing: If you are fretting over taxes, it means you made money this year. But you could be feeling like Arthur Godfrey when he said, "I'm proud to be paying taxes in the United States. The only thing is - I could be proud for half the money."Each year when I prepare my taxes for my fina...
Jan-24-2012

Delinquency and Foreclosure Rates Down From a Year Ago: LPS


Headlines Lender Processing Services (LPS) has provided the media with a sneak peek at the results of its mortgage performance data through 2011. As of the end of December, the company counted 6,167,000 borrowers behind on their mortgage payments, including those already in the process of foreclosure. v...
Jan-23-2012

December Existing-Home Sales Show Uptrend


Headlines Existing-home sales continued on an uptrend in December, rising for three consecutive months and remaining above a year ago, according to the National Association of Realtors®. The latest monthly data shows total existing-home sales1 rose 5.0 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.61 ...
Jan-20-2012

Group Aims to Standardize Terminology on MLSs


Headlines With more than 900 multiple listing services across the country, data and terminology used to describe homes for sale can differ considerably. The most common differences center around how the number of bathrooms is counted, number of bedrooms, square footage, and even days on the market. As such...
Jan-19-2012




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