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Great Testimonials This Week
ByTheOwner.com Blog | November 13th 2009 by William
We received 3 particularly fantastic testimonials this week: Here is what Jet Black from London, Ontario had to say about selling his home with ByTheOwner.com: “Effortless. ByTheOwner.com provided EVERYTHING I needed to advertise and market my read more
Top 5 Mistakes When Pricing Your Home
ByTheOwner.com Blog | November 13th 2009 by William
1. Basing your price on another home’s asking price Basing your home’s asking price on what the neighbour around the corner is asking can be a big mistake. Homeowners are able to ask whatever amount they want for their home. Your neighbou read more
Real Estate Commission Analogies
ByTheOwner.com Blog | November 12th 2009 by William
Real Estate Agents provide the same service for a $300,000 home as they do for a $800,000 home, yet the standard commission is still 5% for both. That means for the same amount of effort and service, the agents receive $15,000 for the $300,000 home read more
Protecting yourself Against Future Downturns in your Local Market
Home Based Business | November 12th 2009 by kanrich
If you live in one of the markets that have not yet been affected by the real estate market crash, be aware that you may not have as much time to respond as you think when the market in your area begins to slide downward. While news of the housing cr read more
More Than 50% of Mortgages Are Longer Than 25 Years
ByTheOwner.com Blog | November 12th 2009 by William
A recent Toronto Star article quotes the CEO of ING Direct in saying that in 2009, more than 50% of Canadian Mortgages are amortized for longer than 25 years. The rise in house prices has forced a lot of Canadians to take out a 35 year amortization read more
Tax Credit Extended!
Buy Owner Blog | November 12th 2009
As of last week, the $8,000 home buyer tax credit has been extended, ending next spring instead of at the end of this month. Plus, there’s a new credit for qualifying existing home owners. What does this mean for you? FIRST-TIME BUYERS: You ha read more
The Art of Increasing your Home’s Value without Draining your B…
Business Builder Plan Blog | November 11th 2009 by kon5518
Have you ever wondered why two similar properties can produce such different results in the Houston real estate market? For example, lets consider that two similar properties in the same neighborhood go on the Houston real estate market at the same t read more
Leavenworth Real Estate | Sold Homes October 2009
Leavenworth Real Estate | November 9th 2009 by Geordie Romer
Eleven homes sold in the Leavenworth area in October and one condo. NNA Cedar Brea, Leavenworth List price: $119,900. Sold price: $105,000. Days on Market: 146 1 bedrooms | 1 bath | 720 sqft| .50 acres. Classic cabin on the south side of Lake read more
Tips for Managing Money
Wealth Creation Blog | November 9th 2009 by Sean Rasmussen
Knowing how to manage your money can save you a significant amount of cash. If you learn how to successfully manage your money, you will learn how to keep your pockets full of cash. The best thing about learning how to manage your money is that you w read more
Unintended Consequences of Legislating Real Estate Values
FinestExpert.com Real Estate Investment Blog | November 9th 2009
It may seem extreme, but with the stroke of a pen, our government bodies legislate the price of real estate. First, a quick review, then what is happening today, how it will affect real estate prices, and what you should do about it. Nominally, mos read more
The Impact Of Recession On Mortgage
Loan Mortgage Credit | November 9th 2009 by R.MAK
An economic crisis is affecting the entire economy. It has not only impacted small businesses but larger businesses as well. Just like other industries, mortgage industry is also facing hurdles due to these crises. Mortgage rates and property prices read more
Expanded First-Time Home Buyer Tax Credit Becomes Law
Market Mix Up | November 9th 2009 by Tony Pringle
by Luke Mullins - Nov. 6, 2009 USNews.com In the hopes of sustaining the real estate market’s recent momentum, Uncle Sam has made more than two-thirds of current homeowners and nearly all first-time buyers eligible for thousands of dollars in read more
New Investor Mistakes That Can Be Prevented
Property Options Australia | November 8th 2009 by Sean Rasmussen
As you start out in the real estate market, you may wonder why some investors are hugely successful while others are just making ends meet, and why sometimes the first deal is the last deal. You may think that some people are just luckier than others read more
Cashmere Real Estate | Sold Homes October 2009
Leavenworth Real Estate | November 7th 2009 by Geordie Romer
There were five homes that closed in the Cashmere area in October. 303 Elberta Avenue, Cashmere WA List price: $238,900 . Sold price: $218,000. Days on Market: 203 4 bedrooms | 1.5 bath | 2200 sqft| .11 acres. Updated turn of the century read more
Buyers And Sellers Both Profit With Lease Options
Property Options Australia | November 6th 2009 by Sean Rasmussen
Lease options is one of the best ways to profit in the real estate market, even in a slow market, or when property sales are tough. A lease option is a simple, non-bilateral contract, just like a regular property contract. The contract is a standin read more
Commercial property market to hit bottom in 2010, report says
Market Mix Up | November 6th 2009 by Tony Pringle
By Roger Vincent - Nov. 5, 2009 Los Angeles Times Owners of properties such as office buildings, warehouses and malls will suffer a surge of painful defaults, write-downs as the market finally faces up to the reality of its diminished conditions. Aft read more
VA Law- Can an non lawyer apply to have a divorce decree modified…
Divorce Options | November 6th 2009 by Len
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Lethbridge October 2009 Market Report
RealtyKitchen.com | November 6th 2009 by Matt Goulart
We find ourselves reflecting on the part month, and seeing that the Lethbridge Real Estate Market did very well. In September 2009, we saw that the total sales dollar volume for the month fell short 6% from the same period a year ago. In October 2009 read more
Serious Buyers Pick up Delavan Lakefront Deals
Guide Me Home to Lake Geneva | November 5th 2009 by Propopoly
Now that we are late in the year, we are seeing value hunters finding great deals on Delavan lakefront properties. The three most recent sales attest to this being a rewarding time for persistent buyers. The first of these sales, a large lakefront p read more
Possible tax ramifications on Short Sale or Foreclosure transact…
Guide Me Home 2 San Francisco East Bay | November 5th 2009 by Propopoly
Every day the newspaper is filled with stories about homeowners and investors losing property to foreclosure or participating in a short sale transaction. What is often left out of the article is that there could be tax ramifications to the homeowne read more
First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit Update
San Diego Real Estate | November 5th 2009 by gale dento
If you missed your chance to reap the benefits of the first-time homebuyer tax credit this past year, you will get one more shot. The Senate passed a bill on Thursday 98 to 0 that will extend the original first time homebuyer tax credit for another read more
Home Buyers Tax Credit Extended
fliprent.com | November 5th 2009 by skeebadeek
Both the Senate and the House have officially passed the extension of the Home Buyers Tax credit today. The extension includes existing home owners for up to $6500 credit. Up next President Obama. More news to come. read more
Canadian Mortgage Rates 1986-2009
ByTheOwner.com Blog | November 5th 2009 by William
This is a graph of the Average 5-Year Residential Canadian Mortgage Rates from 1986 to 2009. It looks like a fun hill to ski down! I know the image looks small in the blog so here is a table of the average interest rate: 1986 - 11.18 % 1987 - read more
New Day Talk Radio Presents……
Entertainment,Movies,Music,Gossip,Celebrities,Games | November 5th 2009 by kamil
Do you listen to Internet Radio? How often do you listen to Internet Radio? Do you like Internet Radio? Why do you listen to Internet Talk Radio? How do you feel about Internet radio.? Do you have an Internet Talk Radio? Newdaytalkradio.com was found read more
Signs That Tell If Your Property Value Is On The Rise
Financial Culture | November 5th 2009 by Daily Sports News
Recently the real estate market seems to have stabilized and the value of properties seems to be on the up in the near future. Real estate market studies conducted by companies like Stanford and Poor and National Association of realtors have come up read more
Is now a good time to list and view real estate?
Guide Me Home 2 Marin Luxury Real Estate | November 4th 2009 by Propopoly
You bet! This time of year is known as Indian Summer – and while the warm weather is still with us, it can be a great time of year to showcase your home, especially in Marin. Indian Summer is a period of unseasonably warm weather following a cold read more
ByTheOwner.com Surpasses 2008 Sold Homes
ByTheOwner.com Blog | November 4th 2009 by William
ByTheOwner.com recently passed last year’s sold total of 6,302 homes. Congratulation to the 6,500 home owners who had sold their home with ByTheOwner.com so far this year. We are on pace to break 7,000 properties sold in 2009! At an average com read more
Why Great Photos Are So Important When Selling
ByTheOwner.com Blog | November 4th 2009 by William
I recently came across and article entitled “6 tips to better real estate photos“, ByTheOwner.com knows the importance of excellent photos. This is why all of our representatives use HDR photos when we go to our clients’ home to tak read more
Rhapsody at 33 RSD
Guide Me Home 2 Manhattan Luxury Homes | November 3rd 2009 by Propopoly
‘S Wonderful! ’S Marvelous! … ’S awful nice! ’S Paradise! ’S what I love to see! These lyrics written for the 1927 musical “Funny Face” could easily describe the River views from 33 Riverside where the acclaimed Gershwin bro read more
Commercial real estate comeback
The OC Coastal Group Community Blog | November 3rd 2009
Filed under: Indices, Economic data, Housing, Recession, Financial CrisisInvestment-grade commercial real estate prices gained 4.4% in the third quarter of this year. But, it's hard to tell if -- like brief blips of hope we've seen in consumer spendi read more
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