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Archive for October 2007

October 31st, 2007

More smarts, fewer roads?

growing number of people, apparently, would like developers to build more transit-oriented developments and municipalities to improve public transportation. This, repsondents to a new survey say, is a far better alternative than is paying construction crews to erect additional roads to battle traffic congestion.

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October 30th, 2007

Are you managing your home sale?

Selling a home requires more managerial skills than you might imagine. Think of your home as your company, your business as selling that home and all the little people – two-legged and four-legged – running around it as your employees.

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October 30th, 2007

Don’t buy that house … yet!

There are definitely some people, despite what the federal government and real estate professionals may say, who need to be renters, not owners.

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October 29th, 2007

California association blames housing woes on mortgage crisis

During the residential real estate boom times, home prices in California soared sky-high. Homeowners sat back and watched their homes double, even triple in value seemingly overnight.
 
Those days are over.
 
In another sign that the housing industry’s woes aren’t a quick blip, the California Association of Realtors last week announced that sales this September in the […]

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October 29th, 2007

Realtors step up for wildfire victims

It’s time to applaud the industry’s largest trade group for doing its part to help the victims of the wildfires that have left thousands of people homeless in Southern California.

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October 27th, 2007

They’re looking at your house, even if you’re not there

Selling a home is a 24-hour-a-day job. Your home is selling itself even if you’re not there.

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October 26th, 2007

A home guaranteed to sink? Lease a suite on the Titanic

Ever dream of leasing a residential suite on the Titanic? Me, neither. I know how that particular story ends. But that doesn’t mean you can’t claim your own residence on the famous doomed ship, at least in the virtual world.

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October 26th, 2007

How to turn off buyers without really trying

Agents say it all the time: When you’re selling a house, clear out as many of your personal possessions as possible. And, above all, make sure the home doesn’t smell bad.

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October 25th, 2007

Is your agent doing everything to move your home?

How do home sellers know if their real estate agents are doing a good job?
 
It’s more complex than calculating how many days a home has sat on the market. The current residential real estate market is a tough one. Just because a home hasn’t sold doesn’t mean that its listing agent isn’t doing a good […]

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October 25th, 2007

Housing slump means end of line for Chicago builder

The sluggish housing market has claimed another high-profile victim. This time, it’s Neumann Homes in suburban Chicago, a residential developer that builds homes in Illinois, Wisconsin and Colorado.

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