With many homes in the foreclosure process and short sales in abundance, wouldn't you think banks would be eager to assist home sellers these days? Congress has even tried their hand at legislating cooperation, attempting to help home sellers in distress. Only this time there is no hardship. A lender should be a partner in selling a home, not an obstacle, especially and let me repeat again, especially if the homeowner has enough equity in the transaction to fully payoff the loan when the house … [Read more...]
Visibility or Inability – Describe the Real Estate Listing
July 9, 2008 By Leave a Comment
When you decide to list your home for sale, I can almost guarantee you that every real estate agent you speak with will advise you that your home will be featured in the multiple listing service or MLS. ..."Surely there is no greed in a real estate transaction, is there"?... For lack of a better term, the MLS is the default database used by agents to see what homes are available for sale and to also determine how to price your home. The MLS contains tremendous amounts of information that can … [Read more...]
Government Involvement in the Sale of Your Property
June 20, 2008 By 2 Comments
UPDATE: Just this past week the California Association of Realtors announced that the effective lobbying effort by thousands of Realtors has forced the author of Assembly Bill 2678 to remove the requirement that would have homes and commercial property undergo an energy audit before escrow could close. CAR further stated that they appreciate the goal of energy conservation, however this bill which could have required mandatory retrofits and upgrades had the potential to add increased costs … [Read more...]
Pasadena Real Estate Broker Announces the Secret, Mankind to Benefit
June 6, 2008 By 1 Comment
The content of this article may be the key to your future prosperity. For it holds the key to what so many have searched before. The text is not based upon hearsay, not based on opinion, but rather predicated on actual data. In these days when everyone has an opinion on the anemic housing market its good to know that someone has performed the research, culled the data and drawn careful conclusions. The key to selling your Pasadena home in this current market will soon be revealed. I should … [Read more...]
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