Home buyers who are looking for big discounts on housing nowadays are finding that their lowball offers are no longer sticking with sellers, and that their offers are getting a flat-out “no” when they’re way below the asking price. "Right off the bat, buyers say, 'I want a steal,' and I tell them
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06/19/2012
Home buyers who are looking for big discounts on housing nowadays are finding that their lowball offers are no longer sticking with sellers, and that their offers are getting a flat-out “no” when they’re way below the asking price. "Right off the bat, buyers say, 'I want a steal,' and I tell them
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06/19/2012
The latest existing-home sales report from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) showed promising figures for the month of April. Sales rose by 3.4 percent, bringing the total amount of existing-home sales to 4.62 million. This is 10.0 healthy percentage points higher than April 2011. Lawren
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05/29/2012
It seems like the housing market is on the move - no pun intended! Click on the link below to see what homes are selling for in YOUR neighborhood. Click HERE Let me help you figure out just what your home is worth in today's ever-changing market! Rochelle Allison651-259-4683
04/27/2012
Bank of America is making changes to its short sale procedures and introducing an improved task flow within the short sale technology module from Equator, BofA’s short sale management platform of choice. The goal: to reduce the timeframe for a short sale decision to less than three weeks. Startin
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04/13/2012
More home buyers may jump off the sidelines this spring as they get more urgent about purchasing a home, fearing that home price and mortgage rate increases are on the horizon. Housing surveys in recent weeks have shown that more Americans are seeing now a great time to purchase a home. In the mo
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04/12/2012
We have been hearing in the news recently of identity theft and tax returns. This actually just happened to one of my team members. Holli and her husband, Mike, went to have their taxes done at the end of February. He is a Lt. Colonel in the Army and she is my marketing person on the Rochelle Al
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04/09/2012
As part of a settlement with state attorneys general, the five largest mortgage servicers are adopting new requirements for short sales, which is expected to speed-up what has been known as a lengthy process. Here are some of the new requirements for servicers under the settlement: Servicers m
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03/22/2012
Home affordability has reached the highest peak since 1970, which is when the data was first recorded, according to National Association of Realtor’s(NAR) housing affordability index. The index rose to 206.1 in January, and an index of 100 is defined as the point where a median-income household h
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03/08/2012
Banks pay delinquent borrowers $35,000 to sell their homes - yes, for real! You still need an experienced realtor to help you with this! Call TODAY! Rochelle Allison 651-259-4683 info@stpaulshortsale.com
02/16/2012
