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Leading Indicators, Home Sales Rise

Leading Indicators, Home Sales Rise

Home Construction Surges in August

Here are a couple of encouraging articles for builders and sellers as posted recently on the Associated Press. Hang in there!

"lenders have become much more restrictive about who can qualify for a home loan"

www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129574881

I hear a lot of people saying that they have difficulty securing the loan they want.

Staging

http://www.hgtv.com/real-estate/10-best-kept-secrets-for-selling-your-home/index.html

This article is about staging a home. It is so important. At the end of the HGTV article there are links to addition articles.

Real estate development - the future

The title of this article peeked my interest, but it did not travel in the direction I expected based on the title, but did provide some interesting food for thought on city growth. The author focused and the changing path real estate development will be taking and how newer ways (and therefore new regulations) will effect city planning and growth; which in turn affect how land and be built on and developed. by builders.

http://money.cnn.com/2010/06/15/real_estate/new_housing_bubble/index.htm

Real Estate - Attorney article

Attorney article


I've always been a fan of hiring an attorney for assistance in closing a real estate transaction. This action can make both buyers and sellers more comfortable and at-ease during this large transaction. How nice to have ready advise and professional guidance when needed. Once as novice sellers, we did not hire an attorney for a closing and would have actually saved money if we had, due to a detail we missed. Sellers and buyers can give a quick call over to some of the attorney offices who list their services on our Service Directory. They will be able to summarize the cost and services they would provide to a seller or to a buyer.