Selling Indianapolis Home
by Ok Kim A large number of people tend to decide to sell their homes in the spring as they feel this is the best time ... all their requirements fully. 2. If you are thinking of putting your house up for sale when the market ... what price houses similar to your own have currently been sold for. It is worth your while also finding [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 13:00:49
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Asking for it…
It never hurts to ask! This from the NZ Herald: The recession combined with the looming end of the latest season means you’d be a fool to pay full price for fashion - especially with many fashion houses putting up signs screaming sale, sale, sale! The Herald on Sunday went undercover to see what bargains could be bagged at frock shops along [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 06:04:55
Local Market Observations!
What do you see in your housing market this weekend? Lower prices? “Orange County’s median home sale price dropped to $291,500 in July, down 11.2 percent from a year ago, according to data released Monday by the Orange County Association of Realtors. ‘We’ve been averaging a 1 percent drop per month,’ said Chris Scibelli, president of OCAR [more...]
Date: 2008-08-16 17:43:06
Getting Their Butt Kicked, Too
The Seattle PI reports from Washington. “There was no denying the Seattle-area’s real estate funk at Williams Marketing’s annual forecast breakfast ... , with the median sales price of a King County house dipping below $400,000 for the first time since February 2006 ... . Seattle’s median house price was $416,000, also the lowest since February 2006 — and [more...]
Date: 2008-11-09 17:24:22
Calif. home prices down 26%, nation’s worst — again
California home prices fell by the biggest margin in the nation for a 19th straight month in November, ... resales were foreclosures Housing in O.C. beach towns slumps, sales off 28% Bay Area home prices ... . house on busy street worth $508k? Renovating in the recession? A Realtor’s warning In other [more...]
Date: 2008-12-23 02:00:59
Collectibles - A Hobby
The wonderful thing about taking up collecting as a hobby is that there is no limit to what you can collect, ... of items still in auction houses and antique shops for sale at affordable prices, including swords ... on Civil War letters are found in auction houses, both online and the more traditional bricks and mortar [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 07:21:20
Fed sees West’s housing lifted by ‘rock-bottom’ prices
The Fed’s San Francisco unit had few uplifting words to say about the West’s real estate markets in the ... in Utah and Idaho. Widespread availability of foreclosed homes at bargain basement prices spurred sales ... that the strongest construction activity by far was for public [more...]
Date: 2008-12-03 20:30:16
Lawsuit Targets Banks With Novel Tactic
Some Cleveland neighborhoods have a message for banks that abandon their foreclosed houses or unload them at fire sale prices to speculators: ... . The suit seeks to force the banks to either fix up their foreclosed houses before selling them ... from selling 36 foreclosed houses for at least two weeks. A ruling on whether to make that decision [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 08:11:08
Realtors report monthly dip in home sales
Consultant eyes flat-at-best O.C. housing market Realtor group prez eyes housing’s opportunities Pimco’s Simon eyes O.C ... . home prices down 26%, nation’s worst — again Housing in O.C. beach towns slumps, sales off 28% O.C.’ [more...]
Date: 2008-12-24 02:02:33
[Housing Investor Redux] Asking For Seconds, Or Getting Just Desserts?
One of the success stories of the housing market malaise has been the California real estate recovery, in terms of transactions ... of discounted foreclosures helped push the median sale price down a record 35 percent from a year ... and are pricing properties at market levels. Houses in certain markets in other markets like Detroit [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 03:35:44
Latest California real estate bargain, former pot houses
Sacramento, California - June 30 2008 - The price of the two-story, 3,800-square-foot house for sale in Elk Grove stands out even in a down market ... consider potential structural problems and health dangers such as mold and chemical contamination ... Administration. Even if former pot houses are fixed up, the remediation work should be assessed, said [more...]
Date: 2008-06-30 15:02:35
Be Wary of Mattress Sales
by Hayden Madisson It is not surprising to find people taking to stores offering mattress sales since prices of mattresses have steadily been increasing. Recent reviews of mattress prices have revealed that highly premium mattresses now are within the same price range of cars, houses and college tuition. Accordingly, a simple premium [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 17:37:08
Indianapolis Home
by Ok Kim Many people when they decide to put their home up for sale will decide that spring is the best time for doing it ... your house up for sale when the market is healthy and lots of properties are available do some research beforehand. Take time to see what price houses similar to your own have currently been sold [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 12:57:04
Home sales spike on lower prices (The Press-Enterprise)
Home sales spike on lower prices (The Press-Enterprise) January 20, 2009 | By Rem In Real estate | Comments(0) ... INLAND: Cheap foreclosed houses help boost numbers in both counties. However, interest in new real estate falls again. Share and Enjoy: Digg Bumpzee del.icio.us Facebook Furl [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 05:30:48
O.C. houses selling at early 2003 prices
For 22 days ending Dec. 29 Slice Price Vs. ‘07 Sales Vs. ‘07 Houses $427,000 -30.6% 1,536 +40.3% Condos $275,000 -31.7% 688 +65 ... for sale Glass elevator highlights $34.5 million house Emerald Bay ’seaside villa’ to have 12,000 [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 08:06:05
Elliot Sadler Lists Mooresville Mansion
SELLER: Elliot SadlerLOCATION: Conway Court, Mooresville, NCPRICE: $4,500,000SIZE: 7,037 square feet, 4 bedrooms, ... listed his house in Mooresville, NC for sale with an asking price of $4,500,000.After receiving ... person is. What we learned is that in addition to making a sweet living driving a suped up automobile [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 18:32:00
Home Insurance Companies’ Computerized Models Yield High Rates
Hurricane Andrew, in 1992, brought havoc on Florida homes and on insurance companies, with over $15.5 in reported damages ... of the new models, the price of insurance for houses located near the Gulf of Mexico and the Eastern ... . The real estate market along the coast is full of houses for sale, and has a dearth of buyers. “A lot [more...]
Date: 2008-07-09 04:01:07
A parallel housing bust universe
#fullpost{display:inline;}Word comes from across the pond this morning that unjustified optimism regarding the future of a nation's housing market is ... comments came as figures showed house prices were falling by £4,000 a month and that the number of homes being put up for sale has dropped by more than 50 per cent in a year.The Conservatives said [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 17:00:00
2009 Housing Market Prediction
Worst Housing Prediction for 2008 “Existing-Home Sales to Trend Up in 2008″ — Headline of a National Association of Realtors press release, Dec ... can be induced to pay above-average prices for houses and take on more debt when layoffs [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 02:50:03
Curbed Poll: Mount Washington House Seen in Metropolitan Home
Welcome to this version of "New To Market," our look at a listing with a reader vote ... -filled central room with fireplace." The house was last sold by the Fergusons in December 2006 for $1.105 million. Today's asking price is actually less than the last sale price (are sellers finally [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 21:07:17
Selling Indianapolis Home
by Ok Kim Many people when they decide to put their home up for sale will decide that spring is the best time for doing it ... before you actually get it listed. Look to see just what price houses of a similar style to yours ... the market because the sale is pending. If you know just how many pending sales there are to properties [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 13:06:29
Unions Decide THEY Should Say Who Gets Taxed
In the military it’s called “mission creep.” That is when you start out doing one thing and end up doing something that has nothing at all to do ... labor leaders have decided to urge government to institute a “transfer tax” on houses that they deem “ ... levy a 1 percent fee on the sale of homes with a selling price of $750,000 or more. The resulting [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 15:25:52
Sale: Amazon Drops Xbox Live Price To $30
Make what you will of Sony's embryonic PlayStation Home, the PS3's online matchmaking service ultimately costs nothing, ... -based sibling, Games For Windows Live, made the transition to "on the house" this summer ... 1 Month Bonus card, making the new price just $29.97 -- a 40% markdown. Temporary one-off vendor sale [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 23:50:00
Price Match Guarantees
In a recent conversation, someone told me how she just got a price match from Wal-Mart on an item she was purchasing ... , I used to shop at three grocery stores, all within a mile of my house. I would read the circulars each ... brands were sometime staggered, letting me get the sale price for a couple weeks Although I don't ask [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 16:16:01
Memphis Home
by S. Kim When you are buying a home this can be a very stressful period in your lives ... . This means that you pay part of the interest at the time the sale closes and so you end up with a much ... market prices for houses similar [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 02:22:00
2008 in a handbag - Where has the year gone?
2008 in a handbag - Where has the year gone? Some of the year end numbers have finally posted and what a year it has been ... house to a larger single family was very scarce. Condo prices just weren’t low enough for sales ... in other locations. I have seen remodeling companies increase thier business as people [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 12:27:13
Unions Decide THEY Should Say Who Gets Taxed
-By Warner Todd Huston In the military it’s called “mission creep ... labor leaders have decided to urge government to institute a “transfer tax” on houses that they deem ... levy a 1 percent fee on the sale of homes with a selling price of $750,000 or more. The resulting [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 15:28:39
Sunday morning links
TOP STORIES OPEC needs to cut output to avoid price fall - Reuters Bush will host world leaders at economic summit - AP Bankrupt Calif ... has Battered the Housing Market - RightSide Home pricing slump to linger - Salt Lake Tribune How to avoid ... - AP Internet firms react fast to avert implosion - SF Gate ECONOMY Existing-home sales expected [more...]
Date: 2008-10-19 13:59:00
50% off Seattle Airfare on Southwest Airlines
Southwest Airlines latest 3-day airfare sale features half-price flights between Seattle and cities across the country. Gourmet coffee houses, Pike Place Fish Market, the Space Needle, and the Intiman Theatre are just a few of spots waiting for you when you arrive. This airfare sale is also good for Seattle [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 15:36:38
90% of O.C. ZIPs lack home gains in mid-Nov.
For 22 days to Nov . 14 Slice Price Vs. ‘07 Sales Vs. ‘07 Houses $455,000 -30.0% 1,701 +90.9% Condos $275,000 -33.7% 741 +75 ... June 2007’s peak of $645,000. Last time this cheap? June 2003. 90% of the O.C. ZIPs have losses [more...]
Date: 2008-12-05 18:00:45
Greene & Greene reproduction dining set: $16,700
Originally designed for Greene & Greene's Robinson House (original plans, including drawings for this table) ... - made by master craftsman Jim Ipekjian (who is responsible for much of the recent repair work at the Blacker House) - is for sale (along with 4 leaves; it seats up to 16, altogether; the price also [more...]
Date: 2008-08-21 11:00:00
Great News: Prices Have Fallen In California!
The LA Times reports from California. “The median sales price for homes in the region fell to $300,000 in October, ... a house for less than what existing homes are selling for,’ he said.” The Union Tribune. “San Diego [more...]
Date: 2008-11-19 17:33:27
CurbedWire: In Defense of Shelling Out For That Pool
Back in October, a post called "Pool Jumper," which highlighted the recent sale of a Los Feliz home for $2.2 million ... telling you, there is nothing out there. Not if you are looking for a modern house with a view ... to prices in LA. We looked for two years or more until we found a house we agreed on. We lost our first [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 01:50:35
How come no generators?
Newshour tonight had a piece on rebuilding the electric infrastructure trashed by Ike ... in an apartment, have a generator? Even one for every two houses would be a big help. Why hasn't the market ... full of generators and gas cans for the grasshoppers, for sale at market price (maybe cheap [more...]
Date: 2008-09-20 05:47:00
Indianapolis Home
by Ok Kim Most people when they decide to sell their home will do so in the spring ... get it listed. Look to see just what price houses of a similar style to yours have recently sold for. Also spend time looking for Indianapolis homes that have been taken off the market because the sale [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 12:53:21
Glass elevator highlights $34.5 million house
112 Emerald Bay/Cindy Yamanaka 112 Emerald Bay/Cindy Yamanaka The Laguna Beach house known as “Cresting Wave” has curving copper roofs, ... , 9,759-square-foot house is the cylindrical glass elevator, topped with a conical skylight. A spiral stairway ... for $34.5 million last February, O.C.’s second-highest sales price. Architectural plans on record [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 20:01:18
Quickly Selling Indianapolis Home
by Ok Kim Most people when they decide to sell their home will do so in the spring ... to see just what price houses of a similar style to yours have recently sold for. Also spend time looking for Indianapolis homes that have been taken off the market because the sale is pending [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 13:10:39
Incorporating your Foreclosure Investments and DIY Real Estate Forms
You can save a lot of money by selling your home yourself (for sale by owner) or buying a home without the aid of a real estate agent. Here in NJ, real estate agent commissions are usually negotiated to around 4-6%. If you're selling a house priced at $450,000 that's $22,500 which is not an insignificant amount of money, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 12:24:09
If you think Appraisals are Inaccurate, order a BPO | Reader Question About Short Sale Broker Price Opinions (BPOs)
ShortSaleBlogger Reader Question This question came in yesterday from a reader: ... “How much of the BPO do banks generally need to receive in order to accept an offer on a house?” That is... This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 14:50:38
Sales Will Remain An Anchor, Not A Lifeboat
The Miami Herald reports from Florida. “The median price of an existing single-family house fell in Miami-Dade and Broward counties by roughly 20 ... and foreclosures in Miami’s real estate market, many high rise buildings now have mold growing inside [more...]
Date: 2008-06-27 15:07:09
Dip In Asking Prices Of England, Wales Homes
Source : The Business Times, January 20, 2009(LONDON) Asking prices for houses in England and Wales fell 7 ... had boosted new buyer enquiries.But the figures also show that new sale listings were less than half [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 14:30:00
New Home Sales Up; New Home Sales Down: A Real Estate Economy In Flux Makes Trends Hard To Define
35.3 percent. By any measure, a staggering number. It is by how much new home sales have dropped from July 2007 ... California for people with excellent credit who are seeking and getting houses at relatively cheap prices [more...]
Date: 2008-08-27 12:25:58
It Was Great When The Market Was Great
The Sun Times reports from Illinois. “Home sales in Chicago fell 23 percent and the median price fell 4 ... , a McHenry native, and his wife bought a small house in Round Lake Beach where they live with four children. They bought the house before Bruce lost his job as a union sheet metal worker. ‘We don’ [more...]
Date: 2008-11-18 16:03:42
July O.C. home pricing tumbles 28%
median selling price fell in the past year by 28%, worst yearly drop in DataQuick’s 20-year database. More ZIP data is HERE! ... hard hit by the slump, with resales off 47% vs. the previous 33 months. Sales of existing houses [more...]
Date: 2008-08-18 18:26:52
Banks seize 13% more O.C. homes
Banks foreclosed on 718 houses and condos in December, up 13% from November and 12% from a year ago, reports DataQuick ... : the county’s median sale price in December, at $397,000, dropped below $400,000 for the first time since [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 19:04:07
109 Springwood Drive, Warner Robins, GA, 31088
SINGLE FAMILY For Sale By Real Estate Agent Bed: 3 :: Bath: 2.5 Price: $129,500.00 Nearest Installation(s) ... :Robins AFB 10 Miles GREAT LOCATION - GREAT HOUSE WITH LOTS OF AMENITIES! This split level 3 Bedroom, 2.5 Bath home has fresh paint and carpet inside. The exterior is low maintenance brick [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 06:00:40
Tiburon Real Estate Market Update-Jan 20
This market profile is a snapshot of what is happening in Tiburon. Tiburon home prices have been bouncing around in the same basic level ... Relisted 7% Median House Size (sq ft) 2,915 Median Lot Size 0.25-0.50 acre Median Number ... the current rate of sale versus the amount of inventory. Index above 30 implies Seller’s Market conditions [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 22:55:50
2008 Listings and Sales Activity Wrap Up...
Another year has gone by the way-side and of course this means tabulating the data for housing in the Kingman market ... a chart that looks back at the average priced sold home figure in each month going back to 2004. I even ... or canceling is down, and sellers that have temporarily taken their home off the market is negligible.I [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 14:42:00
Shopper’s Diary: Scandinavian Details Sale
From Julie: One of our favorite shops in San Francisco, Scandinavian Details, is cleaning house ... Below: Woven plastic rugs by Swedish designer Lina Rickardsson (Ella Rug shown below); prices start [more...]
Date: 2008-06-10 04:19:21
Inauguration City: This Week In Preparation
You might be able to rent your living quarters for Inauguration weekend at wildly inflated prices -- but you can forget ... to inform them that she plans on drafting legislation to criminalize such sales. (And yes, Feinstein's ... seating along the parade route from the Capitol to the White House. In 2005, there were [more...]
Date: 2008-11-18 15:22:25
