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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.

Photo Management for Customers

Customers can now more easily [move up] or [move down] photo on their property page. Look to the right of the thumbnails on the Upload photo page in the Seller Login. There are updated instructions posted in this area as well. Happy home-hunting.

Spec Sheet

To the right of any address on any property web page, there is a graphic that reads "print spec sheet." Click here to see our automatically generated spec. sheet. This applies to any property on our web site.

Printing Recommendations:

I recommend that before printing, you view the page in your Print Preview screen. There are a few functions which will allow you to adjust the spec. sheet.

For example, you can remove the internet headers and footers for printing, which cleans up the printed spec. sheet look a little bit.

You can also adjust to a landscape view (rather than the standard portrait view). Adjusting to a landscape view has been satisfying to some people because more of the printed page is consumed and the font & photos can sometimes appear larger.

You may want observe if your spec. sheet is going to print on 1 or 2 pages. Occasionally, it works to print only the first page to save a little paper.

Mortgage Lending

Here is an article about mortgage lending. This article discusses new HUD rules about the lender's Good Faith Statement to the buyer and how this good faith statement has to be accurate, or the lender has to pay the difference, at closing.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122825114

Google Map Search Tool

View properties for sale using our Google Map Search Tool. You can zoom in on your preferred neighborhoods to see what properties are available.

"http://www.valleybyowner.com/listings/listings_results_proof06v3.asp?clear=TRUE"

Help To Haiti

Another optin for help: "http://www.shelterbox.org/" I saw a news clip about their program on CNN.

Web Site Updates Jan. 2010

Newest improvements to the web site have been implemented this week. Changes have improved the registration process and the Seller Login management area. Soon to come will be our new spec. sheet function. You will be able to see this on each property web page. Look to the right of the property address there is an icon which reads "print spec sheet." Soon a new design will appear here.

Tax Credit Informational Flyer

Tax credit Flyer:

http://www.wra.org/images/realtor_resources/public_awareness/expanded_tax_credit_flyer.pdf