EAST VALLEY, AZ
Is a short sale really better than a foreclosure in Arizona?
East Valley Team member Dean Ouellette sits down with Kevin Hardin of Thomson Law to discuss how a short sale may be better for most sellers compared to a foreclosure. Why should I short sale my East Valley Arizona home? A foreclosure and short sale are really the same right? Maybe I will have to wait a few more years to buy a house if it goes to foreclosure, but besides that what is the difference? Kevin Hardin explains to us exactly what some of the differences are, and you may be shocked. A short…Rest of Story…

FED LENDING
Fed Emergency Lending
During the financial crisis, the Federal Reserve lent trillions of dollars in an effort to stabilize the financial system. The central bank disclosed Wednesday details of those loans. Below, search for borrowers from selected Fed facilities: the PDCF, TAF, TSLF, AMLF and TALF. (See related article, plus a description of each facility.)…See Chart…

LAKE GENEVA, WI
IS THIS BAD NEWS FOR LAKE GENEVA REAL ESTATE HOME SELLERS?
Standard & Poors released the September Case-Shiller Index Tuesday. The Case-Shiller Index is a home-value tracker. The report shows home prices down 0.7% from August and values fading, in general. Case-Shiller representatives assessed the findings as “another weak report; weaker than last month,” citing deterioration in 18 of 20 tracked markets. Upward pricing momentum from the summer is slowing and values remain 30% off the market’s June 2006 peak. It could spell bad news for home…Rest of Story…

NAR
NAR: The Real Estate Market Has Hit Bottom
At long last, it is here: the bottom of what has been the worst real estate and capital market cycle in anyone’s recent memory. So says National Association of Realtors’ commercial economist George Rheiu. “There are multiple indicators suggesting that, on the commercial real estate side at least, we have hit bottom,” he tells GlobeSt.com. The most recent indicator was the upwardly revised GDP figures, now at 2.5%. Granted, this is not a growth rate “to write home about” Rheiu says, but it adds to…Rest of Story…

SAN ANTONIO, TX
HIDDEN GEM IN STONE OAK
All puns aside, I recently stopped by Moses Jewelers off of Stone Oak Parkway in San Antonio (map) and was looking to get a few items appraised. I don’t do a lot of jewelry shopping (after being robbed I’ve sworn off ever buying expensive jewelry ever again), so on the rare occasions that I do go into a jewelers, I often take a look around and see what’s new, what everything is costing these days, and what kind of designs the store has. Moses Jewelers had some very beautiful diamond necklaces and earrings…Rest of Story…

S&P
Chart of the Day: “Haven’t I seen you somewhere before?”
Tuesday’s release of the S&P Case-Shiller home price index shows the housing market is heading back down after several months of growth this summer: Turns out the active market, particularly the new sellers entering the market each week have been screaming about this since July. If you want to know about the condition of the housing market, ask the sellers that enter the market each week – they’ll tell you exactly how the market is doing…See Chart…

SEATTLE, WA
My Seattle Blogs: Real Estate Agents-What’s the One Thing You Want?
I ask this question as more of an opportunity to see what is available to you to increase your business! There has to be something you wish or want to see added to your real estate tool box that can make you more productive and prosperous in your career. It doesn’t have to be complicated or expensive…it shouldn’t take you away from what already works but it should be something that you would like to incorporate into your daily or weekly routine. Think about it and share your ideas…Rest of Story…

ThinkSpace
Seattle Green Office Space Mashup Hosts Interesting Startups: Want to work with a ton of cool startups… then you’ll want to check out thinkspace. Right near Microsoft’s campus. Here Peter gives us a tour and talks about why he has one of the hottest places to work in the Seattle area.” -Robert Scoble, FastCompany.tv…See More…

WORTHINGTON, OH
Auld Lang Syne – Real Living HER Changes
For Auld Lang Syne… today December 1, 2010 things change for Real Living on the Internet. My website MaureenMcCabe.com which is just a page on the Real Living HER website changes from to something else…There may be a few rocky days on my site, the Real Living HER site and the Real Living site as there always are with changes. I am nolstalgic about the old logos and old web sites that the company as HER Realtors, HER Real Living and Real Living HER has had over the years. Auld Lang Syne…Rest of Story…

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