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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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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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Is an Emergency Loan Program For Homeowners Coming?

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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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Existing Home Sales Plummet in July, Down 27 Percent

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

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1 Million Foreclosures in 2010

By Tom Royce : August 21, 2010

If this number does not curl your toes, nothing will. 1,000,000 foreclosures means 1,000,000 families fearing they will be moving out of their home. 1,000,000 families lives will be turned upside down. 1,000,000 buildings will have to be processed and sold. This is not pretty by any means. Just sayin’. RealtyTrac reported that the number of U.S. homes [...]

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1 Million Foreclosures in 2010

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Mortgage Fraud Arrests in Atlanta Sovereign Citizen Case

By Tom Royce : August 21, 2010

With so many families facing foreclosure you know we will see every effort to save their houses. The Sovereign Citizen movement started originally with farmers trying to save their farms but now has moved to the suburbs. Essentially by declaring oneself a “Sovereign Citizen”, the person is saying they renounce their citizenship and are a [...]

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Mortgage Fraud Arrests in Atlanta Sovereign Citizen Case

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Oil Spill Impact On Gulf Real Estate Still Being Felt

By Tom Royce : August 19, 2010

The folks who have housing on the Gulf of Mexico are still facing a hard time from the oil spill of this summer. Sure the well is capped, but the perception of Gulf property has been damaged and it will take a long time for the perception to change. For housing to rebound there has [...]

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Oil Spill Impact On Gulf Real Estate Still Being Felt

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