Paul Macapagal's (pmacapagal) Blog

Hello fellow brokers out there.  I just wanted to share a quote the I heard the other day.  Some of you may have heard it before but when I heard it, it made me stop what I was doing and think really hard.  I hope it will do the same to you. "In order to achevie the goals you have never reached.....

He is a link to the Blackberry website.  http://www.blackberry.com/select/realestate/?CPID=BAC-ST-Q3-RE-02&cp=BAC-ST-Q3-RE-02 This is impressive.  Basically Dolly Lenz states that her Blackberry and her hard work is the key to her success.  I actually agree with her.  Once i got my hands on a Bla...

According to city records, on April 7 a deal was finalized for a condo at the Plaza Hotel at 768 Fifth Avenue for an asthonishing price of$45.1 million dollars.  The record so far this year was $46 million for a duplex penthouse co-op that boasts 17 rooms at 1060 Fifth Ave.  This just goes to sh...

Between 1939 and 1941, the city photographed every house and building in the five Boroughs. Copies of these unique images are now avaliable for purchasehttp://mail.elliman.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.nyc.gov/html/records/html/taxphotos/home.shtml These could make an amazing closing g...

Hello fellow buyers, renters, sellers, investors...A colleague of mine sent me this to me in an email and thought it would be a great resource to share with the real estate community.  If there is anything you are looking for realestate wise, I am pretty sure you could find it in this list.  Chec...

If you are working in a major market city, I am sure you may be getting this question.  Should I rent or should I buy right now.... Well this questions has many determining factors to consider.  I came across this tool and this should help you and your clients what their next move should be. Yaho...

The 10 biggest gainers: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas: 162,250 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Ga.: 151,063 Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, Ariz.: 132,513 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas: 120,544 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, Calif.: 86,660 Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, N.C.-S.C.: 66,724 Chicag...

Stocks surged Tuesday morning after the Federal Reserve said it would loan up to $200 billion to banks and lenders in an effort to loosen up tight credit markets. The Dow Jones industrial average soared more than 250 points in the early going. The blue-chip index had ended the previous session at...

Hello fellow real estate colleagues, I am wondering if any of you AGENTS have singed up with housevalues .com.  I spoke to a representative today and I am somewhat interested in their service.  Any feedback that you could give me would be very helpful.  The investment is over $4000.00 a year, and...

 The dollar fell against the yen and the euro in Asia Monday over the speculation that gloomy economic conditions in the U.S. will prompt the Federal Reserve to drop interest rates next week. The dollar was trading at 102.00 yen midafternoon Monday, down from 103.09 yen late Friday in New York. T...