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Trulia stats show over one-fourth of sellers too optimistic; Are you one of them?

Dennis Norman

By: Dennis Norman

Granted, to be a real estate investor you have to be sort of an optimistic person but by now you have hopefully retired your rose-tinted glasses and perhaps have switched to safety glasses.   However, according to a report just released by Trulia, many sellers out there are seeing the glass more [...]

REALTORS(R) Ask that Home Valuation Code of Conduct (HVCC) Implementation be delayed

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By: Dennis Norman

Earlier this month I did a post about the Home Valuation Code of Conduct (HVCC) which is scheduled to take effect May 1st (click HERE to see post)

Last week, Charles McMillan, the President of the National Association of REALTORS(R) sent letters to Fannie Mae President and CEO Michael [...]

Existing home sales fall 3% in March

By: Dennis Norman

Today the National Association of REALTORS(R) released its existing home sales report for March showing sales in the U.S. dropped 3% from February and were down 7.1% from last year.

The Northeast saw the biggest drop in sales coming in 8% below February and the Midwest fared the best coming in with numbers the [...]

Fed Reserve Board: Real Estate Market may be stabilizing

Today the Federal Reserve Board, in it’s monthly Beige Book, said about Real Estate and Construction that “housing markets remained depressed overall, but there were some signs that conditions may be stabilizing.” [...]

Home Valuation Code of Conduct (HVCC) Goes Into Effect May 1st

By: Dennis Norman

After May1st Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will no longer accept loans that do not comply with The new Home Valuation Code of Conduct (HVCC).

Since between Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac they control about 90% of the secondary mortgage market in America this will most likely affect real estate investors one way [...]

Pending home sales up for February

By: Dennis Norman

Yesterday the National Association of REALTORS(R) issued their Pending Home Sales Index report for February which showed, for the U.S., a 2.1% increase over January.

Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist, said “Pending home sales have a way to go for there to be a meaningful increase, but recent increases in shopping activity [...]

Good news…home sales up for February

By: Dennis Norman

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Yesterday the National Association of REALTORS(R) released its existing home sales report for February and it contained some good news.  According to the report existing home sales in the U.S. increased 5.1% in February over January although the rate is still down 4.6% from the same time last [...]

More on AgoraSeto’s Home Auctions

By: Dennis Norman

A couple of days ago I wrote a post about a company called Agoraseto, LLC that is trying a unique approach to selling homes they own as well as providing financing for their buyers.

To find out more about this innovative approach to selling homes I conducted an E-View TM  with [...]