by Susanne Dwyer | Aug 10, 2013 | For Your Clients, Marketing, News |
(MCT)—Seasoned real estate investor Kurt De Meire led an eager group of students on a field trip to a recent foreclosure auction. He wanted to show them how to flip homes — find bargains and resell them quickly at a profit. At one point, he nonchalantly pulled an item...
by Susanne Dwyer | Aug 10, 2013 | For Your Clients, News |
(MCT)—Q: My husband and I are selling our home, and the buyer is requesting the removal of the oil tank in our basement. We switched to gas a few years ago. Do you have any advice for how we should go about having the tank removed? The oil was siphoned out when we...
by Susanne Dwyer | Aug 8, 2013 | Best Practices, For Your Clients, News |
(MCT)—The spiffy five-bedroom house on a quiet cul-de-sac in Miramar, Fla., hit the market for $379,900 on a Monday. By the close of business, there were two offers, but listing agent Carlos Martin was preaching patience. Tempting as it may have been to pick one right...
by Beth McGuire | Aug 7, 2013 | For Your Clients, Marketing, News |
Consumer attitudes toward the housing market are increasingly positive despite the recent steep rise in mortgage interest rates, according to results from Fannie Mae’s July 2013 National Housing Survey. The share of respondents who believe interest rates will go up...
by Beth McGuire | Aug 7, 2013 | For Your Clients, Marketing, News |
While extremes continue in some markets, the national trend in Clear Capital’s July data is moderation as markets at both ends of the spectrum stabilize and return to historic patterns. Has the New Normal arrived? Clear Capital reports that national home prices gained...
by Beth McGuire | Aug 7, 2013 | Consumer, For Your Clients, News |
A recent National Foundation for Credit Counseling (NFCC) online poll revealed that close to one in five consumers, 18 percent, believe that carrying credit card debt over from month-to-month is a responsible way to manage his or her finances. “This data suggests that...