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Top 5 real estate posts of the day for 10/8/2009

October 8, 2009 By Dean Ouellette Leave a Comment

1) We suck less? – Tired of lenders and their minutia? This column is a must read. An honest loan officer.

2) What say you? Is this good advertising? – NAR advertising for an extension of the homebuyer tax credit. I have a different opinion on should the tax credit be extended?

3) 5 things that don’t control mortgage rates – I usually respect Dan Green’s opinion greatly, but I am not so sure about number 5.

4) Turning leads into clients – Maybe the one thing most real estate agents struggle with the most.

5) The fallacy of Zillow, Trulia and the online listing aggregators – Exhibit #63 on why you should not trust them for your house search information.

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Filed Under: Top Posts Tagged With: $8000 tax credit, mortgage brokers, mortgage rates, Technology

Top 5 real estate posts of the day for 10/7/2009

October 7, 2009 By Dean Ouellette Leave a Comment

1) Do you really want to use that Internet lender? Please say it isn’t so! – This is one of the best ways I have heard anyone explain why a buyer should consider using one of a Realtor’s preferred lenders.

2) Have you compared the 15-year fixed rate mortgage to the 30-year mortgage lately? – A lot has changed in the last year including an even bigger difference in the 15 vs 30 year mortgage rates.

3) Random thoughts in search of facts – Interesting post on how banks are punishing investors when they should be embracing them.

4) Happy New Year! Welcome to 2010! Part 1 – It’s not to early to start thinking about a business plan for next year.

5) Brand loyalty: Is there such a thing? – Some people are loyal to certain things like Coke or Pepsi, but what about real estate brands?

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Filed Under: Top Posts Tagged With: business development, investors, marketing, mortgage rates

Top 5 real estate posts of the day for 10/5/2009

October 5, 2009 By Dean Ouellette Leave a Comment

1) How long do I have to decide on this mortgage rate? – That sizzling mortgage rate that your lender just gave you may only be good for a few hours.

2) Some marketing advice for Realtors: Use your voice – Daniel Rothamel talks about using your voice more, but blowing your own whistle less.

3) 10 ways to be a Realtor bully – I am always a sucker for sarcasm. Ines does a great job with it here.

4) The quest for the paperless office: Scanning – Recommendations for scanning to help you go paperless.

5) Seasonal comfort and invisibility or 13 simple steps to omnipresence and 2010 comeback – Talking about using the slow season at the end of the year to finish strong and have a strong start to 2010.

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Filed Under: Top Posts Tagged With: marketing, mortgage rates, Technology

Top 5 real estate posts of the day for 10/1/2009

October 1, 2009 By Dean Ouellette 1 Comment

1) Are mortgage rates going up or down? – Dan Green thinks they will remain unchanged for the next month, as do half the people asked for the survey.

2) Think price doesn’t matter? – A look at what happened in a local market in one day and how price may have something to do with it. This was not the only post in the last 24 hours on price matters.

3) Is your Realtor a bully? – Should you hire a bully real estate agent?

4) No way has housing bottomed, says David Leavy – Despite three straight months of housing price increases, forecaster David Leavy says housing has not bottomed yet.

5) Buyers/sellers: What does few foreclosure/bank-owned properties on the market mean to you? – Bank owned foreclosure inventory is down in a lot of places, that means different things to buyers and sellers?

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Filed Under: Top Posts Tagged With: Foreclosures, housing market, mortgage rates, selling tips

Top 5 real estate posts of the day for 9/30/2009

September 30, 2009 By Dean Ouellette Leave a Comment

1) Underwriter knows best – 2nd day in a row there is a rant on a real estate blog about underwriters, amazed there have not been more actually.

2) Mortgage rates trend down – 30-year fixed mortgage rates are falling back down to sub 5.0.

3) Is earthquake insurance worth it? – Does your state rank in the top 20 for earthquakes?

4) The significant advantage of being the “Top of mind brand” – No matter your market, if you can be the top-of-mind brand in your market, you will have an advantage.

5) Power to the seller: The unzillowing of real estate – MLS boards are adding language to give home owners the right to not have their home blogged about.

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Filed Under: Top Posts Tagged With: Insurance, marketing, mortgage rates, Technology, underwriting

Top 5 real estate posts of the day for 9/4/2009

September 4, 2009 By Dean Ouellette 2 Comments

1) Why don’t I have prices on my flyers – Always a hot topic among agents, put the price on the flyer or not?

2) Lis Pendens, Deed in Lieu…it is all Greek to me! – A look at the foreclosure process.

3) How mortgage rates are reacting to the August job report – Rates are improving today and how the jobs numbers effected them.

4) Should I list homes or work with buyers – You need to look at what the market is doing to decide what may be the best for you right now.

5) Just listed – Ok, I don’t put listings in this daily column, but this one had such a cool video I thought I would share it. Great job with the video Amy.

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Filed Under: Top Posts Tagged With: buyers agent, Foreclosures, mortgage rates, sellers agent, Technology

Top 5 real estate posts of the day for 8/27/2009

August 27, 2009 By Dean Ouellette Leave a Comment

1) Being a real estate agent is a stressful job? – Ok real estate can have some stressful moments, but one of the 10 most stressful jobs? I have had more stressful.

2) Are mortgage rates going up or down? – This week’s edition is an overwhelming “remain the same” although Dan Green says they will trend down over the next month.

3) Men and women buy homes differently? Venus and Mars again? – Imagine that, men and women are different, interesting survey results.

4) Is your Realtor cutting back on advertising this year? – Real estate agents appear to be cutting way back on advertising. When business is slow is that time to cut back?

5) Simple sidebar navigation – For our tech tip of the day Dave Smith look’s at Max Chirkov’s sidebar plugin. I have used it on other sites and it does rock!

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Filed Under: Top Posts Tagged With: advertising, interest rates, mortgage rates, Technology

Top 5 real estate posts of the day 7/24/2009

July 24, 2009 By Dean Ouellette 2 Comments

1) Home Valuation Code of Conduct is killing home values. What can you do about it – From my personal experience HVCC has indeed been leading to some low ball appraisals. Ken Brand has some ideas on how we can work to change it here.

2) Knowing when to lock or float is easy when mortgage rates are range-bound – Dan shows you in today’s market how it may be easier than you think to decide when to lock or float.

3) Loyalty to the seller or the MLS rule? – A good example on how sometimes MLS rules may not be in the best interest of our client.

4) Commissions, customers, clients. disclosure and fiduciary – A look at how “customers” and “clients” could mean different things for the buyer.

5) The Federal Reserve’s proposed changes to Regulation Z (Truth in Lending) – The Fed has been proposing how mortgage originators are compensated be changed.

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Top 5 real estate posts of the day 7/16/2009

July 16, 2009 By Dean Ouellette Leave a Comment

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Filed Under: Top Posts Tagged With: mortgage rates, Redfin, short sales

Top 5 real estate posts of the day 7/14/2009

July 14, 2009 By Dean Ouellette 1 Comment

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