Last year, the Virginia Association of Realtors® hosted an event they called the Blog Brawl. The winner was the lovely and talented Heater Elias. She has a great blog called LoCoMusings (Loudon County, VA). I voted for her is several rounds… And now
Category Archives: business of real estate
A different kind of hybrid…
- Wednesday, 11 March 2009 23:01
- Written by Lane Bailey
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One of the big problems that sellers are facing in the current climate is the preservation of equity. They are being squeezed while selling their homes.
Buyers are looking for a bargain, and there are bargains to be had… and any seller that needs to sell has to compete with foreclosures, short sales and other distressed properties.
Prices that sellers can command are
Gwinnett Market Report is out
- Monday, 09 March 2009 23:27
- Written by Lane Bailey
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And it is over on Lilburn Dwellings. Go over, take a look. Hopefully March will see the market picking up.
Sometimes I am just wrong…
- Saturday, 07 March 2009 17:19
- Written by Lane Bailey
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Fast forward to the last line of this post and you will see me swallow my foot…
Leading indicators v. Trailing indicators
I didn’t think Atlanta values would drop more than a couple of points… if that. Well… 20% later, and there is no way for me to spin it otherwise… I was wrong. I really thought that we wouldn’t see more than
Still think Cram-Downs are a good idea?
- Monday, 02 March 2009 22:30
- Written by Lane Bailey
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Ken Cook posted something today that was specifically about investor properties. Here is a link. Go read it… you should read his blog anyway.
What does it have to do with Cram-Downs?
Let me touch a couple of high points of Ken’s post. These are the requirements to get ten Fannie Mae investment properties