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If we keep trying to stimulate the market, that’s the definition of insanity.”

By Tom Royce : September 7, 2010

Read this and just nod your head. As the economy again sputters and potential buyers flee — July housing sales sank 26 percent from July 2009 — there is a growing sense of exhaustion with government intervention. Some economists and analysts are now urging a dose of shock therapy that would greatly shift the benefits [...]

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If we keep trying to stimulate the market, that’s the definition of insanity.”

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Sex Sells is New Marketing Campaign For Charlotte Real Estate Agency

By Tom Royce : September 7, 2010

Sex Sells is an adage that has been around for a long time. We also know that being attractive in real estate is never been a hindrance for an agent. However for an agency to build their marketing campaign around how sexy their agents are does not make sense for a number of reasons. First, even [...]

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Sex Sells is New Marketing Campaign For Charlotte Real Estate Agency

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Government Cuts Out Private Sector In Foreclosure Market

By Tom Royce : September 2, 2010

What do you call cutting out part of the marketplace to support a special interest. If it was done in the private sector the government would be screaming cats and dogs and investigators will be running rampant. But when the Federal Government cuts a deal to remove the private sector from the market they call [...]

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Government Cuts Out Private Sector In Foreclosure Market

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Recession Impacts 73% Of Americans – How Will That Affect Your Business

By Tom Royce : September 2, 2010

A new survey just released shows that 3 out of every 4 American’s have been affected by the recession. The report, prepared by Rutgers professors Carl Van Horn and Cliff Zukin, find that 73% of Americans have either been unemployed themselves (14%) or saw an immediate family member (12%), another member of their family (30%) or [...]

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Recession Impacts 73% Of Americans – How Will That Affect Your Business

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Property Values Fall As Property Taxes Rise

By Tom Royce : September 1, 2010

Back in 2008 as property values were plummeting one thing was going up. Your property taxes. Local governments were on a spending binge on the tax money that had been pouring in as property values continued to rise. Property taxes were the Golden Goose for local politicians and they could not believe that the goose [...]

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Property Values Fall As Property Taxes Rise

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Taking Out A Mortgage? Banks Will Monitor Your Credit 24/7 Now

By Tom Royce : August 31, 2010

Fannie Mae is taking a dim view of mortgage borrowers who try to scam the system by taking out new loans while their mortgage is being processed. Typically banks will check your debt to income ration in the beginning of the application process. Some borrowers took that as a green light to add debt right [...]

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Taking Out A Mortgage? Banks Will Monitor Your Credit 24/7 Now

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Is an Emergency Loan Program For Homeowners Coming?

By Tom Royce : August 30, 2010

The Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan has announced that a new emergency loan program for homeowners is on it’s way. There have been no details announced with the program, but it looks like the White House feels it needs to respond to the poor housing numbers with another program. The Obama administration plans [...]

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Wells Fargo Requesting Motivation Letter From Potential Borrowers?

By Tom Royce : August 26, 2010

I have never heard of having to write a letter to the mortgage company explaining why a person needed a home loan and certain family circumstances associated with this loan. But that is the story coming from the New York Times as a Linda Falcao and her husband were asked to write a motivation letter [...]

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Existing Home Sales Plummet in July, Down 27 Percent

By Tom Royce : August 24, 2010

While analysts were expecting an annualized existing home sales level between 5.37 million and 4.6 million homes, the numbers came in much lower than that. The seasonally adjusted number was 3.83 million, down 27.2 percent. The combination of the tax credit expiration that pulled forward summer sales, a tough credit market, and unemployment hovering around [...]

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Florida Realtors Negotiates 16 Million Dollar Settlement With BP For Gulf Agents

By Tom Royce : August 24, 2010

Florida Realtors, formerly the Florida Association of Realtors, has negotiated a settlement for Realtors who have been affected by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Terms of how the Realtor group will handle the dispersement of funds has not been released yet, but I am sure agents will be looking for their share. [...]

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