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The NAR issued its latest metropolitan areas price report this week. The most interesting finding is that in the fourth quarter of '07, 73 out of 150 metropolitan statistical areas showed increases in median existing single-family home prices from a year earlier, including 11 areas with double-di...
02/16/2008
The NAR issued its latest metropolitan areas price report this week. The most interesting finding is that in the fourth quarter of '07, 73 out of 150 metropolitan statistical areas showed increases in median existing single-family home prices from a year earlier, including 11 areas with double-di...
02/16/2008
Last night, I spent a few hours looking at the numbers and distribution of Latinos across some 125 separate communities which comprise Nassau County. Unfortunately, the data is from the 2000 census, so it's utility is limited. Nonetheless, I'm struck by how dispursed the population was/is. Every ...
02/11/2008
The other day I did a cma for a friend on a house she's thinking of buying. It's a nontraditional purchase in that she's buying it from the estate of her grandmother. The purpose for the cma is simply to establish the property's current fair market value. It's the 2nd cma as apparently one was do...
02/02/2008
I attended a session today at the local Quaker Meeting on the subprime mess and what, if anything, members can do to help people in need. I had never attend a Quaker gathering so it was really refreshing to be among people whose commitment is to make a better world. The session was facilitated by...
01/27/2008
In Local numbers defy "doom and gloomers" I presented data for my region dispelled the notion that we are doomed. The data shows a market holding steady with some areas down a little and others up bit. It also shows that the condo market is up by double digits in some places. Seems good but what ...
01/26/2008
Since I'm focusing on just my town in '08, I thought I'd look at the performance of my competitors using available MLS data. After crunching the numbers for last year's activity, I can tell who the top five firms are in total sales, and I can also identify the top producers in terms of average pr...
01/24/2008
Last night I attended a session on market knowledge as part of my company's on-going effort to keep its agents ahead of the competition. I especially enjoyed the session because it was on analyzing and using data smartly. The presenter--an experienced agent having a banner year--looked at '06 and...
01/23/2008
Can real estate agents be sued by people that later conclude they purchased homes at inflated prices? Apparently, yes! We'll see how the case is decided, but the NYTimes is reporting that a Carlsbad, California woman has sued her buyer agent for failing to inform her that the property she purchas...
01/22/2008
I'm struck by the parallels between winning listings and sells and winning political office. Here are just of few of the similarities:Name ID The first thing most people notice about either activity are the lawn signs, newspaper ads, mailings and door-to-door visits. I come out of a campaign back...
01/20/2008
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