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2009
It will help troubled homeowners and our USA economy in general if Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac extend even further their time and suspension of foreclosures. What good does it do to kick people out of their homes and move forward with increasing foreclosures when the real estate market is in the...
01/10/2009
We see more investors here at The OC, California, using LAND TRUSTS or TITLE HOLDING TRUSTS for residential and investment real estate. What's a LAND TRUST? Or TITLE HOLDING TRUST? Where one party (the trustee) reaches an agreement (in writing) to hold title ownership of a real property for t...
01/08/2009
Here's my take on what the future of our Realtor Agent Sales and Service Business must include. IT'S ALWAYS ABOUT SERVICE. - See the article The Lost Art of Customer Service, at AR by Lauren Krady. BE OF TRUE VALUE TO CLIENTS AND CUSTOMERS -- A Realtor's® value is his or her wealth of informat...
01/03/2009
LOCAL HOUSING MARKET REPORT -- JANUARY 1, 2009 There are 74 attached condo Costa Mesa homes now listed for sale, with an average for those of 131 days on the market. 5 of those 74 attached homes are REO lender owned. 29 of those 74 homes are "short sale not yet lender approved". (So 39 perce...
01/02/2009
Jeff Collins of the Orange County Register reported on January 1, 2008, about Bill Halford, president and CEO of Bixby Land Co., an Irvine-based commercial real estate investor and developer, and his belief that real estate market will likely ........ Questions for the expert by Jeff Collins a...
01/02/2009
Is this New Year about A NEW BEGINNING? T.S. Eliot said "Ring out the old, ring in the new, For last year's words belong to last year's language and next year's words await another voice. And to make an end is to make a beginning". Is our New Year about LUCK? Some people have thought th...
01/01/2009
New Year 2009 is an opportunity to begin again. Predictions will come from friends, neighbors, clients, prospects, agents, shoppers, writers, colleagues, experts, gardeners, car detailers, economists, and professionals, regarding everything from apples to zebras. WHAT ABOUT YOUR LOCAL 2009 REAL...
01/01/2009
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Harrison K. Long
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