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Photo Courtesy of Creative Commons and jbelluch One of our agents brought me an offer on a listing of mine. The price was very low and she was very apologetic but said the buyer just wouldn’t make a higher offer. I presented it to my seller knowing that they wouldn’t be happy. I suggested they […]

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Photo Courtesy of creative commons.org & Rev Dan Catt If you aren’t going through a foreclosure yourself, then you might feel like the mortgage crisis doesn’t have a whole lot to do with you. But, there are some interesting changes to lending practices that can impact you when you’re looking to purchase or sell a […]

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Oh the good old days, being brand new and being told, “Welcome, this is now your office, you can come in anytime you want and use the facilities, call me if you need anything!” Isn’t that amazing that I knew

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Photo Courtesy of creativecommons.org Ric E Ette In a world where each gallon of gas costs over $4, people are interested in buying properties in convenient locations. They want to be able to take trains or buses or other forms of public transportation, and wonder of wonders, they want to be able to walk places. […]

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  Since you’re reading this you know we’re committed to being on-line. We Blog, we twitter (follow me @billLublin or this blog @c21agvoices), we maintain the “normal” websites for people to look for properties, we publish our listings to century21.com, and we syndicate our listings to over a dozen other websites. And we have to […]

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Full House Century 21 Australia We all talk about the International Associates of the CENTURY 21 System. And at our International Convention each year, we get to meet agents from all over the world. France, China, Japan, Mexico, England, and Australia to name a few. I thought you might enjoy seeing this little commercial from […]

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Photo by Chris Bernard Courtesy of Creativecommons.org That’s the magic question. Wouldn’t it be nice to know when the stock market was about to rebound? Most of us would probably buy, buy, buy and watch the values rise as others say I should have purchased at those rock bottom prices! The problem here is that […]

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Investors have turned their attention back to the U.S. economy this morning, causing yesterday’s mortgage rate improvements to unwind a bit. Rates had fallen Monday after the Federal Reserve and U.S. Treasury’s joint announcement in support of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.  Tuesday, it’s the data that was taking center stage. Most notably, the U.S. […]

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“Economic uncertainty” is turning into a 2008 buzzword and there’s a lot of good reasons why. On the one hand, there are precursors to inflation in the economy: Rising oil costs Rising food prices Higher Cost of Living On the other hand, there are precursors to recession in the economy, too: Mounting job losses Less […]

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Picture courtesy of ResPres   My niece Beth,who is considering purchasing her first home recently asked me…”Can you refer me to a mortgage company who can tell me how much I can afford to spend on a home?” I believe that it is at this stage where most of the purchase mistakes are made. Beth like […]

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