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08/28/2007 Exclusive Buyer Brokerage Changes With Market
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For the longest time I have been a proponent of the idea that sellers should have a broker and buyers too should have a separate broker. Under this system, both parties have access to professional representation and both are hopefully equals in the marketplace.
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08/28/2007 Consumer Resources: Conference Board and BILD Track Real Estate
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Residential real estate sales have broken records all summer and are forecast to carry this intensity into the fall. Preoccupation with sales peaks can cause consumers to forget that not every property is in great demand. Consumers may also overlook the importance of non-residential construction to the growth of their communities. When shopping for a new property, neighbourhood or province, wise buyers investigate overall economic growth to ensure there is sustainability beyond today's economic rush.
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08/28/2007 August Roundup
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Mortgage Rates
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08/28/2007 Ask George & Chuck: Questions from Consumers
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Question (AZ): We're thinking of putting our house on the market. An 1880 sq. ft, 3 bedroom, 2 bath, pool & spa, desert view home in a very desirable subdivision in North Scottsdale. We met with 3 different Realtors. My question is, in our N. Scottsdale market, is all the hype a Realtor gives me about marketing worth it?
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08/28/2007 Market Conditions
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Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, is seeing a buyers market at this time. Despite a somewhat troubled year for housing in 2006 -- this year has seen a change come about.
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08/27/2007 California home sales slide 23% in July
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Sales of single-family resale homes dropped 22.7 percent in July 2007 compared to the sales pace for that month last year, and liquidity problems in the mortgage market will likely continue to pull down sales, the California Association of Realtors trade group reported today.
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08/27/2007 Economists see credit problems as bigger threat than terrorism
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Subprime mortgage loan defaults and excessive household and corporate debt represent a greater short-term threat to the U.S. economy than terrorism, energy prices or inflation, according to a new survey of economists.
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08/27/2007 Blogging success with Teresa Boardman
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Teresa Boardman is a Realtor and licensed broker with Keller Williams Integrity Realty in St. Paul, Minn. She is the author of The St. Paul Real Estate Blog, a "hyper local" blog that focuses on St. Paul and on real estate, with hundreds of articles and more than 1,000 photos.
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08/27/2007 Resale home inventory soars to 9.6 months
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The inventory of resale homes jumped to 9.6 months in July, as the sales rate for that month dropped 9 percent compared to the same month last year, the National Association of Realtors reported today.
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08/27/2007 Overnight real estate rates stand still
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Long-term mortgage interest rates were flat Friday, and the
benchmark 10-year Treasury bond yield dipped to 4.62 percent.
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