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Source: Baron Briefs
Real estate news and commentary from RealtyBaron.com
The World’s First Risk-Free Listing
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Introducing the ListingHedge(TM)
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Tweet Your AgentRank(TM), Realtors
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ReferralAuction Scenario #2: Personal Referral
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ReferralAuction Scenario #1: Client Referral
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Four Reasons for Agents and Brokers to Use ReferralAuctions(TM)
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Introducing the ReferralAuction(TM)
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“My current Realtor raised her commission…
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Stockton, California: Epicenter for Foreclosure Start-Ups
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AgentRank(TM), Community Edition
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Source: About Home Buying / Selling
Get the latest headlines from the About.com Home Buying / Selling GuideSite.
Home Business Office Deductions May be Taxable Upon Resale Sunday, January 4, 2009
Come tax time, most home owners who work out of the house are relieved they can count on certain home business office tax deductions. Those tax deductions can come back to...
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Should You Buy a Home With a Wet Basement? Thursday, January 1, 2009
Mold isn't the only concern in a home with a wet basement. Shortly after I bought an 1898 Victorian in Minneapolis, my basement flooded. It was a hard July rain, the...
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Buying and Selling Simultaneously is Trickier if Moving Across Country Tuesday, December 30, 2008
If you have a home to sell, buying and selling at the same time involves a few more steps than those first-time home buyers face, but it can also be...
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Buying or Selling in a Down Market Requires Strategy Sunday, December 28, 2008
At holiday parties, mall shopping or out to lunch with friends, anywhere I see people, I'm constantly barraged with questions about the falling real estate market. Everybody wants to know where...
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How to Cancel a Contract Thursday, December 25, 2008
Here’s what real estate agents and brokers don’t want you to know: contracts are not always 100% binding, even if the agent tells you that you can’t cancel the contract. There...
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How to Figure Out if Buying Outweighs the Benefits of Renting Tuesday, December 23, 2008
It might shock you to hear a Realtor say that maybe, just maybe, you are better off renting; yet the question continues to nag: should you buy or rent a...
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Will a Deficiency Judgment After Foreclosure or Short Sale Come Back to Haunt? Sunday, December 21, 2008
Not a day goes by when I don't receive an email or phone call asking me whether a lender will file a deficiency judgment after a foreclosure or short...
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How to Fire Your Real Estate Agent Thursday, December 18, 2008
So your agent hasn't called you in weeks and you want to cancel your listing agreement. Can you? How do you do it? How do you fire an agent? What...
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How Investors Can Buy Into a Delaware Statutory Trust Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Odds are most real estate investors have never heard of a Delaware Statutory Trust. Delaware is the second smallest state in the U.S., beat out for first position by Rhode Island....
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12 Days of Christmas for Home Sellers Sunday, December 14, 2008
Once I start humming the 12 Days of Christmas carol, I can't get it out of my head. Plus, for some reason, this December has been the busiest month for me...
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Source: washingtonpost.com - Real Estate
Learn about Washington DC real estate in the Washington DC area. Own, buy or sell real estate in Washington DC - Washington DC apartments, Washington DC condos, Washington DC houses, Washington DC lofts, luxury homes, land for sale, home finance.
Last month, I may have glimpsed the Washington region's future -- I spent five days in sprawling, traffic-choked Los Angeles.
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If Your Landlord Faces Foreclosure
You're paying your bills, but your landlord isn't. And you're the one holding the eviction notice.
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Md. Assessments Reflect Downturn
Many Maryland homeowners will see the softening real estate market reflected in lower property assessments mailed yesterday, although the change won't necessarily reduce their tax bills significantly.
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Not-So-Bad News Cheers Arlington
Arlington County's assessor has what passes for bright economic news this holiday season: Home values are down just 2 percent, and commercial assessments have actually ticked up by 1 percent.
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Recession Weighs on Home Prices, Consumers
Home values tumbled at a record rate in October, according to a widely watched report released yesterday that also indicated that the housing downturn is spreading and worsening.
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Chat Plus: Should I Refinance at 4.75?
Real estate editor Maryann Haggerty and writer Elizabeth Razzi respond to a question adapted from a recent online chat.
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Recession Could Bring Big Change in What Consumers Demand in New Homes
What will new homes look like after this recession, which has brought construction nearly to a halt? Consumers who have learned the bitter lessons about declining home values, burdensome debts and ephemeral retirement savings values may well demand different houses than the ones that dot our recently built neighborhoods.
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Demand Transparency on Mortgage Rates and Fees
With mortgage rates at historic lows -- 4.75 percent from several lenders in mid-December -- a new legal settlement from the Federal Trade Commission offers a cautionary note for consumers, especially if they are members of minority groups: Watch out.
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Recession Propels Skid In Housing Sales, Prices
The housing market weakened further in November with the sales of both existing and new homes tumbling again, according to government and industry data released today.
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Lenders Cite Gains On Loan Relief
A government-backed alliance of mortgage lenders yesterday said it kept 2.2 million homeowners out of foreclosure this year, even as a separate report showed that many of those people likely fell back into trouble.
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