Never underestimate the lobbying power of NAR (National Association of Realtors). NAR managed to have the enforcement of the anti-dual agency rule postponed. The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) had planned to implement the new regulation 10-1-13 to help fight Fraud in Short Sales. “Dual Agency” is generally defined as one real estate…
When interviewing agents to list and sell your Short Sale, i.e., your real estate which is currently worth less than the total owed on the mortgage, there are many factors to consider. Personality compatibility, motivation level, persuasiveness, compassion, are all factors in selecting a “partner” to help you succeed in the business of selling your…
This headline out of Missouri at first seems encouraging to the average homeowner trying to find anyway possible to keep from having their home taken from them. Like this family in the featured story, many homeowners have done everything possible to “keep a roof over their heads”, including selling all the family jewelry. But unlike…
Here’s a great article that I found by Carrie Bay from February 10, 2001 at DSNews. There is a lot of interesting information. You can see the original article here. Home values in the United States fell 2.6 percent during the last three months of 2010, posting their largest quarterly decline since the first quarter…
