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Real Estate Reality Check™ – Building Wealth in Real Estate
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Posted by realpropertycheck.com in The Economy on 18. Jul, 2012 | Comments Off
Stockton, Mammoth Lakes & San Bernardino file for bankruptcy
According to data made recently available by Trulia.com we still haven’t reached the bottom of the mess. In real estate there is still no recovery in sight, because many of our country’s largest cities are still struggling with weak demand, high foreclosure rates and maybe worst of all, negative equity
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Posted by AngelaBrown in Buying, Financing, Investing on 30. Dec, 2010 | Comments Off
Obtaining Finance for Your First Rental Property – Guest Post by Angela Brown
You can obtain finance for your first rental property through various ways. There are various options for a person trying to invest in real estate property. However, before you do this, you will have to determine on your affordability and what is your goal after you achieve this rental property.
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Posted by realpropertycheck.com in Buying, Homeowners' Club, Investing, Selling on 26. Aug, 2010 | Comments Off
How to Sell A House Fast (Even In This Economy)
Trying to sell a home in this economy can be a heart-wrenching experience. But if you manage to come up with creative financing, buyers will line up.
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Apr
Crowdsourcing Neighborhood Information with Google Map Maker Debuts in the U.S.
Posted by realpropertycheck.com in Apps
Google announced it is letting users update Google Maps and Google Earth information in the U.S. through Google Map Maker, the crowdsourced mapping tool for publicizing neighborhood information. Google, however, won’t take input from other community map sources, such as Open Street Map or Waze. Google’s map editing features will
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Jan
Google Quits Real Estate: Listings on Google Maps Discontinued, Google Places Lives On
Posted by realpropertycheck.com in Buying, Selling
Wednesday, January 26, Google decided to can real estate listings on Google Maps. Beginning February 10, 2011 you will no longer be able to use the feature as reported by the search engine giant in a memo here. You can still add your real estate business to Google Places.
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22
Nov
tagged: bank owned, delinquent loans, foreclosures, pending supply, REO, residential, shadow inventoryComments Off
Record Jump in Shadow Inventory Pushes Total Unsold Inventory to 6.3 Million Units
Posted by realpropertycheck.com in Buying, Selling, The Economy
In today’s report released by CoreLogic shows shadow inventory of residential property at 2.1 million homes as of August 2010, or eight months worth of supply, a jump of over 10% from last year (a five months’ supply). Shadow inventory (sometimes called “pending supply”) includes homes seriously delinquent (90 days or
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20
Nov
HAMP and New Revelations about Securities Fraud With Consequences
Posted by realpropertycheck.com in Investing
As of October 2010, HAMP (the Treasury Department’s Home Affordable Modification Program) had generated about 520,000 active permanent loan modifications, far below its stated goal of modifying three million mortgages and helping to staunch the housing crisis. The program has been mired by bureaucratic delays and chaotic foreclosures triggered by
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16
Nov
Robo-Signing Settlement in The Works: No Foreclosure Until Loan Modification Fails?
Posted by realpropertycheck.com in Homeowners' Club, The Economy
UPDATE: H.R. 3808 INTERSTATE RECOGNITION OF NOTARIZATION ACT OF 2010, seen by many as an attempt at legalizing robo-signing, was averted by a Presidential Veto which was sustained when the veto override procedure failed in the House of Representatives on Nov. 17th 2010. H.R. 3808 would have required “each federal and
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15
Nov
Gary Shilling Predicts Home Prices Will Fall Another 20%
Posted by realpropertycheck.com in Books, Buying, Investing, The Economy
A. Gary Shilling, who predicted the U.S. housing collapse and the Greek crisis of 2010, says house prices will fall another 20% before the market hits bottom. With excess inventory of unsold homes in the millions he sees no other way for house prices but down. Massive Deleveraging Shilling, who
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15
Nov
How to Give Your Property Listings More Exposure And Find Buyers/Deals Quickly
Posted by realpropertycheck.com in Selling
At a time when selling real estate is an increasingly demanding business, finding a buyer who is able to close has become an art form. Luckily, agents who can think out of the box will find some promising new opportunities to give their listings new exposure. The search giant Google
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13
Nov
Looking for Unbelievable Home Deals in the Dallas Area? Check this Out
Posted by realpropertycheck.com in Buying, Homeowners' Club, Investing
If you happen to be looking for unbelievable deals in the Dallas area, check out Today’s Home Deals. The Today’s Home Deals service is tracking 43 neighborhoods across 17 cities in the Dallas area to find the best home deals for your money. Their website shows lowest price-per-foot homes by
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11
Nov
Best Themes For Real Estate: How To Set Up A Website for a Real Estate Agency Without Breaking The Bank
Posted by realpropertycheck.com in Apps, Selling
Real estate agents are receiving an ever increasing number of leads through social media and the web as prospective buyers research the market on the Internet. In order to stay competitive, real estate agents need an attractive web presence which drives business even as they sleep. In this article: How
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10
Nov
Zillow Research Reports: An Unprecedented Double-Dip Turning Into A Freefall
Posted by realpropertycheck.com in Investing, The Economy
In its most recent housing report dated November 9th, 2010, Zillow paints a bleak picture of a housing market in free fall. In the report, Zillow economist Stan Humphries says that the real estate market has yet to hit rock bottom. Humphries not only sees no signs of a stabilization
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Financing Hard To Come By: Nouriel Roubini Says that Banks Hoard Cash and Refuse to Lend
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Once Foreclosures Gain Steam Again, 2nd Lien Holders Could Get Wiped Out. Here Is What It Means
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Banks Gobble Up Tax Liens Hoping to Put More Homeowners Through Foreclosure
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The Most Important Economic Statistic Nobody Knows
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The Pitfalls of “Rent to Own” and How to Protect Yourself as the Tenant-Buyer
