Real Estate Marketing & Beyond

Rep. Maxine Waters in Fight to Save Housing Programs

By Tavis J. Hampton | March 17, 2011

California Realtors Ask for Easier Short Sales

By Tavis J. Hampton | March 11, 2011

California real estate agents believe foreclosure alternatives should be easier. In an open letter published in as many as seven major California newspapers, the California Association of Realtors (CAR) pleaded its case for a more simplified, standardized short sale process. According to the letter, 640,000 California residents have lost their homes in the past two […]

Residential, US Real Estate

Realty Trac: Foreclosures Decreased in 2010

By Tavis J. Hampton | February 25, 2011

Realty Trac, a website that serves as an open online marketplace for foreclosure purchases, announced its fourth quarter foreclosure sales report for 2010, revealing that the number of foreclosures actually decreased in 2010 but still accounted for 26 percent of all residential sales. In 2009, the percentage was 29.

Home Builders/Developer's, US Real Estate

New Home Sales Decline 12.6% in January

By Mihaela Lica Butler | February 24, 2011

New U.S. home sales fell more than expected in January, a report by the Commerce Department showed on Thursday. January saw only 188,000 new homes available for sale, the lowest number since December 1967.

St. Louis and the Negative Equity Woes

By Phil Butler | February 14, 2011

Across the country house prices are still on the decline for the most part. And nowhere is this more evident than in St. Louis where more and more homeowners are "underwater" where their home's actual value is concerned. According to Zillow, the people who owe more than their home is worth continues to rise, with one in three mortgages being upside down now.

Coaching, Residential

Foreclosure Purchases Not Easy for Most Buyers

By Joe Spake | February 9, 2011

With over a million homes foreclosed in 2010, and the news reports of decreasing values and the deals to be made on foreclosed properties, why wouldn't any owner-occupant home buyer want to get the best possible value? These and other questions are justifiable when so much confusion and doubt rules any market.

Coaching, US Real Estate

Scary Real Estate Math - How to Cope

By Al Twitty | February 9, 2011

The dizzying numbers surrounding the real estate market can be as daunting as the phones that don't ring in this dismal market. Never the less, as professionals, we need to try and wrap our minds around what is happening in the industry. Today's focus is on the leading edge of the market metrics.

400 Phoenix Foreclosures Hit the Block This Month

By Ryan Cox | February 7, 2011

In news from Phoenix's beleaguered real estate market some 400 foreclosures will go on the auction block February 12th and 13th. According to the S&P/Case Shiller Home Price Indices, Phoenix home prices have been chopped down by more than half, 53.9 percent since 2006's peak, in fact. This auction will take place both days at 1:00 p.m. at the Pointe Hilton Squaw Peak Resort.

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