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Thursday, September 02, 2010
 RISMEDIA, September 3, 2010—Following a sharp drop in the months immediately after the expiration of the home buyer tax credit, pending home sales have modestly risen, according to the National Association of Realtors.
The Pending Home Sales Index, a forward-looking… |
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Thursday, September 02, 2010
 RISMEDIA, September 3, 2010—(MCT)—For anyone under the age of 57, mortgage rates are now the lowest they’ve been during your life. This fact isn’t lost on a growing number of homeowners who have started a new wave of refinancings.…
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Thursday, September 02, 2010
RISMEDIA, September 3, 2010—U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan announced an unprecedented agreement with the nation’s top mortgage lenders to offer selected state and local governments, and nonprofit organizations a “first look” or right of first… |
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Thursday, September 02, 2010
RISMEDIA, September 3, 2010—(MCT)—Some rooms scream “Help!” Others say nothing, and that’s a problem, too. Take the typical bedroom. Michael Payne has seen thousands. “The bedroom tends to get forgotten—you spend all your money elsewhere in the house,” said… |
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Thursday, September 02, 2010
 RISMEDIA, September 3, 2010—The Élan Collection, a collection of luxury fractional private residences has commenced priority sales reservations for shared ownership opportunities in a contemporary 4,800 square-foot urban penthouse in downtown San Diego.
Envisioned as a modern pied-à-terre, the… |
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Thursday, September 02, 2010
RISMEDIA, September 3, 2010—Measuring the success of your marketing efforts is always critical, but some media is built to be measured in the short term, while others are more structured for brand building, to be measured long term.
This is… |
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Thursday, September 02, 2010
RISMEDIA, September 3, 2010—The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) today released its Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending August 27, 2010. The Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume, increased 2.7% on a seasonally adjusted basis… |
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Wednesday, September 01, 2010
 RISMEDIA, September 2, 2010—What’s the number one absolute best way to get more organic traffic to your real estate blog, website or lead capture pages?
Content creation. (“But, what on earth am I supposed to be writing about or videoing,… |
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Wednesday, September 01, 2010
RISMEDIA, September 2, 2010—Lately I have been talking to a lot of mortgage lenders and title reps who are trying to find ways to get real estate agents and brokers to start sending business their way in the form of… |
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Wednesday, September 01, 2010
RISMEDIA, September 2, 2010—Thanks to some favorable conditions, like perceived value and affordability, international home buyers, especially from Canada, Mexico, China and India are eyeing the U.S. a bit more these days. Over 40% of the international home-buying transactions… |
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Wednesday, September 01, 2010
RISMEDIA, September 2, 2010—“The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) is giving homeowners and buyers until October 4, 2010 to lock in a low monthly insurance premium,” said Gibran Nicholas, chairman of the CMPS Institute, an organization that trains and certifies… |
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Wednesday, September 01, 2010
RISMEDIA, September 2, 2010—Zillow.com and Apartments.com, two of the nation’s leading online destinations for real estate and multifamily housing, respectively, announced a partnership to bring the Apartments.com national database of 90,000 managed apartment rental listings to Zillow. Apartments.com rental listings… |
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Wednesday, September 01, 2010
RISMEDIA, September 2, 2010—Is the REO market winding down? And is it too late to get into the market, if you’re not already getting listings? REO experts Michael Krein, the president of the National REO Brokers Association; Gary Acosta, chairman… |
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Wednesday, September 01, 2010
 RISMEDIA, September 7, 2010—According to an independent survey, 84% of home buyers would use the same real estate agent in the future. Unfortunately, memories fade over time, and the number that actually use the same Realtor again is dramatically lower.…
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010
 RISMEDIA, September 1, 2010—E-mail marketing lists are a necessity in any real estate market for industry professionals who are serious about getting their name and message in front of as many people as possible. While building an e-mail marketing contact…
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