I have a headache from working on a new listing plug-in for my Orland Park real estate website that will show nice, professional listings with thumbnail photos and other features. I’ve been working with the designer for two days but we just can’t get it to work on my blog/site. That reminded me of this series I’m writing about and I need to take a breather from that. To refresh your memory, I had a very busy couple of weeks where I needed everything to work smoothly. Of course, that’s... Read Full Post

Buyers for real estate have become more tech / internet savvy and, according to most reports, over 85% of potential home buyers will look for property on the internet before contacting an agent. If you are a home seller, how can you be sure that your home will be easily found by a buyer doing a search in your neighborhood? Print media is no longer where home buyers go to look for homes. There is a benefit to using a Tech Savvy agent who is at the top of the technology curve to sell your home.... Read Full Post

...and your prospective buyers, among others, may feel the pinch! While offering Memphis real estate investors another avenue for their over all portfolio. This will and is currently having an immediate impact on the sub-prime market here in Memphis. Memphis has a higher percentage of "credit challenged" buyers than most U.S. cities of similar size. The hardest hit areas are going to be the higher REO areas. These areas will end up having a higher rental property rate than even before. Anothe... Read Full Post

The first quarter of 2007 is indicating an active year for real estate sales in Anne Arundel County. With few home buyers out there looking to purchase, home inventories in Piney Orchard skyrocketed and at one point there were more than 100 active listings of townhomes for sale! That put pressure on home sellers to lower prices and/or offer incentives to entice buyers to choose their home over the competition. The inventory of available re-sale homes in Piney Orchard is now dropping as many s... Read Full Post

Located approximately just south of Clearwater and northwest of Saint Petersburg, Florida the small city of Seminole has much to offer the person looking to relocate to Florida’s warmer climate. With a population of less than eleven thousand, the town still has all the amenities that one would look for in setting up a new home. The small town atmosphere appeals to both young families and older retirees alike. The city boasts seven public elementary schools, two public high schools along wit... Read Full Post

Spreadsheet to calculate expenses Article on Real Estate Budget Planning Almost every successful business owes that success to careful planning and budgeting. Knowing your personal and business expenses, as well as planning your marketing activities to produce your desired income is an extremely important budgeting activity. Revisit your plan regularly and make changes if necessary, then follow it. Here's How: 1. As a self-empolyed independent contractor, you first need to know your personal ... Read Full Post

The San Clemente average sales price in January 2007 increased 14 percent to $1,108,520, compared to January 2006. The number of new listings was up by 8 percent, while sales dropped 37 percent. Meanwhile, the average market time increased 35 days or 52 percent. San Clemente New Listings Sold Listings Average Sales Price Average DOM January 2007 188 38 $1,108,520 102 January 2006 174 60 $968,527 67 Read Full Post

A very important concept in programing a system that will be used by people is Input Validation. When programmers miss this it can make life difficult for others trying to deal with the data. As I deal with IDX Data I come across this a lot. I recently had a feed with 32 different spellings of a city name. Many of them were just typos like a semicolon (;) instead of an l ( the keys are next to each other on most keyboards ). Other cases were misspellings or variations of a name. An example wo... Read Full Post

I was shopping mortgage rates for a client today and received back quotes of 6% and below! Combined with the fact that sellers are willing to give great concessions - it seems like a perfect storm of buying opportunity has been created. Sellers are willing to pay most or all of closing costs right now. Some builders are even throwing in extra amenities for free on new construciton in addition to closing costs. These "extras" combined with the great mortgage rates available should make buyers ... Read Full Post