Been thinking of buying a new home? Now is not the time to hesitate. The real estate bubble has burst leaving some with misfortune but creating great opportunities for others. Now is the time to invest in residential real estate, whether you’re on the market for your first home or are considering expanding your investment [...]
Entries from December 2008
Residential Real Estate: Now is the Time to Invest
Dec. 31st, 2008
The Process of Choosing Your First Home
Dec. 31st, 2008
Buying your first home is a truly rewarding experience. There’s something amazing about signing your name to the title, making the home absolutely yours; it brings with it a feeling of pride in ownership. For many, moving into their first home deserves a celebration because it is such a great accomplishment. Of course, choosing your [...]
House Hunting in New Jersey
Dec. 31st, 2008
New Jersey, the Garden state, is a wonderful place to live and raise a family. If you’re looking for New Jersey housing you will find a broad array of homes available for you to choose from. You will find subsidized housing and apartments, as well as beautiful homes for the average American and mansions for [...]
Buying & Selling Real Estate Subject-To The Existing Mortgage
Dec. 31st, 2008
A “subject-to” offer simply means that the buyer is willing to purchase a piece of property “subject-to” some specific circumstance. Usually that circumstance will be the sellers existing mortgage. It can also be a variety of other things. One of the most common “subject-to” clauses in real estate contracts is “subject-to” buyers inspection. But for [...]
Real Estate Brokers: Tricks and Tips to Finding the Perfect One
Dec. 31st, 2008
A number of websites display listings on the internet, marketing for real estate agents. But, if you’re looking to buy or sell a property, you need to go about finding a good realtor who will handle all of the transactions for you. Here are some tips you need to remember when selecting a broker for [...]
Housing Market Bottom – Price Action Estimates
Dec. 31st, 2008
Most market participants focus on price action. The price-to-price feedback mechanism largely responsible for bubble market behavior gathers its strength from an awareness of market pricing, and the widespread belief that short-term, past price performance is predictive of long-term, future price performance. It is a fallacy that is often reinforced in the short-term as irrational [...]
Guide to San Francisco’s SoMA Neighborhood
Dec. 31st, 2008
If you live in or are visiting San Francisco California, there is no place to visit quite like the South of Market (SoMA) neighborhood. The SoMA, as it is commonly referred to, borders Market Street to the north and northwest, Townsend Street on the south and southeast, the Central Freeway to the west, and the [...]
An Overview of the Tulsa Real Estate Market
Dec. 31st, 2008
The real estate market all over the country seems to fluctuate more than any other market, with the possible exception of the stock market. The stock market, of course, fluctuates daily. Real estate is a more concrete market, however, generally fluctuating in predictable patterns. Every so often the market rises until it is at nearly [...]
Learning About Real Estate Investing
Dec. 30th, 2008
If you get a to-do list from people in their forties, fifties or older one of the first things you’ll get is that most people wish they had gotten started in real estate and investing in real estate quite some time ago. One of the reasons for the delay in entering this particular investment arena [...]
Why Banks Need REO Agents
Dec. 30th, 2008
Many real estate agents sell homes for years without knowing exactly what an REO agent is. REO agents are responsible not only for listing properties for banks but also for all of the prelisting duties need to prepare a foreclosed home for the market. Some of the duties a typical REO agent is responsible for [...]