January 27, 2012

Only 5 percent plan to buy a home next year

Only 5 percent plan to buy a home next year

The percentage of buyers thinking of jumping into the market was down slightly from a March survey, but up about 1 point from a poll in June.Just one in twenty Americans say they plan to buy a home within the next year, and they’re most likely to be 34 years old or younger and living in the South or West, according to a survey.





United StatesWestPropertyBusiness and EconomyGovernment

Acquiring the Most Important Skill of All

Acquiring the Most Important Skill of All
The single most important skill for a real estate agent is sales ability. No matter where you are in your real estate career, decide right now to master the skills of selling in order to fuel your success.

Real estate agents see return of foreign buyers

Real estate agents see return of foreign buyers
Canadian investor Arthur Wong is buying condos in Las Vegas and Phoenix like a shopper at Costco: In bulk, with slashed prices.


Real estateLas Vegas NevadaCostcoUnited StatesBusiness and Economy

Craftsmanship sparks home renovation fad

Craftsmanship sparks home renovation fad

Homeowners across the United States are recognizing the unique beauty of old homes and restoring them to their former glory.





Home improvementUnited StatesBusinessConstruction and MaintenanceMaterials and Supplies

Sell Your Home Quickly With the Mindset of a Buyer

Sell Your Home Quickly With the Mindset of a Buyer
Is it possible to sell your home quickly in a tough real estate market? Should you decide to sell your own home, you may find this process to be both time-consuming and costly. It may make more sense to hire a realtor and pay a commission upon the sale of the home than to waste a lot of your time and effort.

Housing plan reaches 1 in 5 borrowers

Housing plan reaches 1 in 5 borrowers
After a slow start, the Obama administration’s mortgage relief program has reached one in five eligible homeowners, a government report says.

Acquiring the Most Important Skill of All

Acquiring the Most Important Skill of All
The single most important skill for a real estate agent is sales ability. No matter where you are in your real estate career, decide right now to master the skills of selling in order to fuel your success.

Pace of mortgage help rising but still slow

Pace of mortgage help rising but still slow

Bank of America home retention specialist Shontaye Edwards speaks to a customer at a mortgage call center in Plano, Texas, on Sept. 23, 2009.Mortgage servicing companies have the complex task of figuring out if millions of borrowers qualify for mortgage modifications. And there has been some progress lately getting homeowners sign up.





MortgageBusinessBorrowerFinancial ServicesUnited States

Replacing a real estate agent with a Web site

Replacing a real estate agent with a Web site

Historically, for-sale-by-owner transactions accounted for between 15 to 20 percent of the market. The figure tends to go up when the market is hot and it's easier for sellers to go it alone, and decline during a down market because there's a glut of unsold properties.Selling a home without a real estate agent can save thousands of dollars in commission fees, but it can also be a painstaking, confusing task. Foregoing an agent, however, is easier these days thanks to Web sites that help homeowners advertise their properties.





Real estate brokerReal estateBusiness and EconomyUnited StatesProperty

Green Home Design Software – A Look at Energy-10

Green Home Design Software – A Look at Energy-10
Nowadays, everything seems to be turning greener and greener. That is, in an attempt to help save the environment, companies make all sorts of changes and go through different campaigns to make their environment-friendly efforts more noticeable. This of course, trickles down to their products. This concept also holds true in the world of home design software.