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According to REALTOR® Magazine, 25% of transactions last year were by single home buyers, with twice as many single women purchasing homes than single men! To read more about it, Click Here to view the rest of the article.

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Will a generation of Baby Boomers downsizing to smaller homes result in a flood of large homes lingering on the market? This recent article from REALTOR® Magazine tackles this question. To read more please, Click Here.    

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The National Association of REALTORS® Nationwide Open House Weekend is this weekend, April 20th and 21st! Check your local Association office for resources! To visit REALTOR.org for more open house statistics, please Click Here.  

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If you live or sell real estate in a tourist area, then listen up! The National Association of REALTORS® has indicated that the housing market recovery has also included vacation properties. In 2012 vacation home sales rose 10.1% to 553,000, up from 502,000 in 2011. NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun indicated that, “attractively-priced recreation property [...]

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Denise’s recent Zebra Report article about “Pricing in the Land of “No Comps” was just picked up by the Georgia Association of REALTORS® and is featured in their March/April issue of their Georgia REALTOR® magazine. To view the article as featured in the magazine, please Click Here! Once there, see pages 8 – 10 for [...]

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The Commercial Sector Is Improving! According to Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist, the commercial real estate market is continuing to improve due to an improved economy and an increase in jobs. Good news! To visit the National Association of Realtors® website and read the original article “Commercial Real Estate Sectors Steadily Improve” please, Click Here!

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Mortgage rates for a 30 year mortgage hit a four-month high yesterday at 3.53% according to Bloomberg Businessweek. Just how high will mortgage rates creep this year according to the Mortgage Bankers Association? To read the full article, Click Here. If you have buyers on the fence or wanting to wait out short inventories, this [...]

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Median Home Prices Hit Seven Year High: The National Association of Realtors (NAR) recently reported in their quarterly findings that the median home prices in the fourth quarter of 2012 showed its highest year-over-year increase in seven years. The median existing single family home prices rose in 133 of the 152 metropolitan statistical areas (MSA’s). [...]

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In his “State of the Union” address this week, President Obama indicated that although the housing market is “healing”, tight mortgage lending conditions are holding the economy back and this needs to be fixed. Furthermore, the president asked Congress to send him the bill which would give “every responsible homeowner in America the chance to [...]

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A number of articles of late have alluded to changes that may be happening in the mortgage industry. These possible changes include mortgage products becoming more available and more creating programs being available. Changes to the lending requirements could include lower FICO scores as well as creative programs for individuals who lost their home to [...]