Would you work with an incompetent lawyer? A CPA that had a history of losing clients money? A doctor with a chronic history of malpractice? No? Then are the majority of buyer's and sellers stupid? Not a rant, just head scratching things that I continue to see - would like to know if it's unique
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07/29/2012
“Husband left us for a 22-year-old. House for sale by scorned, slightly, bitter, newly single owner.” Ouch. A woman in Beaverton, Ore., is using the story of her divorce to try to sell the bungalow home that she once shared with her now ex-husband. She recently posted a sign outside her for-sal
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07/25/2012
Intuitively we agents understand that many of the appraisal issues being experienced are due to more than "poor appraisers". Just as the sales business has agents that should be doing anything but advising buyers and sellers, so too does the appraisal industry. The major difference however are th
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07/16/2012
There is no definitive answer to that question, especially in the Atlanta real estate market. Nationally, a new Wall Street Journal survey of forecasters found 44 believe the housing market has reached its bottom; only three don’t. Data for Atlanta shows that we appear to have statistically botto
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07/12/2012
Why is your list price so low on 0000 Swell Street. Don't you realize it is not a fair market value and it is hurting the values in the neighborhood? Sweet - cruising emails and I see that from what I'll assume is a resident in a community where we just listed a short sale. Bad timing as I'm not
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07/07/2012
The Federal Reserve estimates that about one-third of the 11.1 million underwater home loans in the United States are FHA-insured. These 3.6 million underwater FHA loans account for nearly half of the FHA's 7.4 million outstanding loans. Since about 72 percent of all outstanding FHA loans date fr
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07/06/2012
Are you a reasonable home seller? In some metro Atlanta real estate markets, supply and demand has reached equilibrium and in some cases, a seller’s market. As noted in a previous post, many Atlanta home buyers are finding that the news headlines bear no resemblance to the real world. Many micro
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07/06/2012
Where are the great home buying opportunities in Atlanta? Well, in most cases they’re where few folks want to be. Despite the continued blood bath media reports about the Atlanta housing market, many Atlanta home buyers are having a difficult time hitting the perfect trifecta; a quality home, in
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07/04/2012
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07/04/2012
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07/04/2012
