Top 5 real estate post for 6/29/20091) New research on walking away – This report takes a look at when people decide to walk away from their home and let it go to foreclosure.

2) Banks suck at selling Phoenix real estate – Jonathan Dalton is one of my favorite reads every morning, and nails this one right on the head. This is a typical foreclosure transaction in Phoenix right now, and from what I understand it is not far off from what is going on in Las Vegas too.

3) A few mortgage thoughts of the week – HVCC, $8000 tax credit monetization, it’s covered here.

4) Calculating income of employed W2 borrowers for mortgage qualifying – Curious how your income works when getting a mortgage and how recent increases or decreases can effect it? This helps answer those questions.

5) FHA condo approval process – MAJOR guideline changes – Come October 1st there are going to be some major changes for FHA guidelines on condos. Make sure you know about them before they get here.

Top 5 real estate posts of the day for 6/10/20091) Surprise man stripped fixtures from foreclosed home – Local Realtor Shar Rundio brought this to my attention. Not really a blog post, but about time someone went after those who are stripping the foreclosure homes.

2) Many Realtors suck – That is honestly why I got into the business. Here are two posts, one  from Mark Davidson From Carchemish to Ur and one from David Lorti called Why Realtors suck.

3) Monetizing 8000 tax credit for new home buyers: Popular questions and answers – Justin McHood takes a look at 10 popular questions that are asked about turning that 8000 first-time home buyer credit into money a buyer can use.

4) Trulia talks to Mike Phillips – Named the #1 real estate agent in the country – Mike did over almost 1200 sides last year and gives most of the credit who what he is doing on the Internet.

5) Two more years of home-price declines? – Yale economics professor Robert Shiller said he thinks home prices will continue to decline for the next two years. This is a good example of all real estate is local. In Phoenix I am doubtful that prices could go down much lower and we have now seen two months of actual price increases.

Top 5 real estate posts for Tuesday 5/19/2009

1) What’s the HVCC and what does it mean to loan officers, Realtors and consumers? – Tom Vanderwell takes one more look at the HVCC. This is one of the most thorough looks at the appraisal changes and has information relevant to everyone.

2) Who makes the rules – Craig Frooninckx takes a look at some of the pitfalls of buying bank owned foreclosures. The number one thing to remember, the banks are making the rules and you need to agree to their version of the contract.

3) REDC Auction – I have been getting more and more people asking about auctions lately. Heather Barr has a look here at one of the biggest.

4) Inventory plummets, prices start to raise – It’s the basic law of supply and demand. Supply is down and prices have actually started bouncing back.

5) Reader asks .. – A reader asks Teresa Boardman if they had to use the same agent for selling and buying a home.

Top 5 real estate posts for Monday 5/18/2009

1) What to do when your bank won’t finance more than 4 properties (Even though Fannie Mae allows it) – Fannie Mae changed their policy in February to allow investors to finance up to 10 properties, but not all banks are honoring the change. Dan Green says if your bank doesn’t allow it there is an easy fix, find a new bank.

2) NAR punts on IDX decision – Here are two blog posts talking about NAR’s final decision to not yet make a decision on the IDX issue.  MIBOR blocks change as appears on Agent Genius and NAR Board sends IDX policy back to committee from Bloodhound.

3) Choosing the right Realtor to sell your home – Ines Hegedus-Garcia takes a look at some great tips on choosing a real estate agent if you are getting ready to sell your home.

4) Phoenix real estate auction starts today – While this auction has passed there is still some good tips if you plan on buying a home at auction in the future. We had one home in this auction that sold yesterday, the home had previously been on the market for $25K, it sold at auction for $33K. Still think auction’s are the place for a bargain?

5) Listen to your stager, not your heart– Kris Berg takes a quick look at using stagers to sell your home in a competitive market. The biggest piece of advice, just listen to the stager, they are the pro.

Top 5 real estate posts for Thursday 5/14/2009

1) FHA and the $8,000 tax credit – what I know and what I don’t… – Tom Vanderwell takes a look at the decision to allow first time home buyers to use the $8,000 tax credit for your FHA down payment. I did something on this yesterday too and have some of my own thoughts that are similar to Tom’s.

2) Rare breed indeed: SF Realtor is 18 years old – This Zillow blog post is an fun look at a 18 year old kid in San Francisco who is trying his hand at real estate.

3) Realtor member survey show response to challenging market – This Realtor survey has some interesting numbers such as money earned in relationship to time in business, hours worked, use of assistants, age of real estate agents and use of technology.

4) Phoenix foreclosure market, it is not the end – Last week we had a post about how the Phoenix foreclosure market has probably hit bottom, this post says not so fast, there is another wave to come.

5) Making an offer on a short sale – Jonathan writes this important blog post for those interested in purchasing a short sale. There are numerous posts warning buyers about the trouble they will face, I have written some myself. This one is a good post on how to do it if you still wish to after the warnings. And you have to respect any post that can work in a Brady Bunch reference.