Congress Votes for Home Buyer Tax Credit Expansion
As of today – Thursday November 5 – Congress has passed a bill that includes an amendment
to extend and expand the homebuyer tax credit. This bill will be sent to President Obama for
his signature. The National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) has created a side by side
comparison of the ...
BofA Implements Equator (REOTrans) Platform, as Short Sales Gain Ground
10/22/2009 By: Carrie Bay, reporter for DS News
California-based Equator (formerly known as REOTrans) says it has launched the industry's first-ever short sale module for a large national lender.
Although Equator declined to name the lender, the San Francisco Chronicle has reported ...
Traverse City Real Estate Market is in fact better. The numbers don’t lie!!! From July 1st 2008 to September 25th 2008 there were 270 closed residential sales reported in the Traverse Area Association of Realtors (TAAR) MLS system. During that exact period of time for this year there were 303 closed residential sales reported. That’s a 12% increase over 2008! ...
Stay away from foreclosures!
Did I hear you right? Stay away from foreclosures? Are you on drugs? Yes, but that's beside the point.
I was talking to a first time home buyer in Traverse City recently that made a conscience effort to avoid buying a bank owned property. Why? He simply said "I got tired of being 3d in line and out bid by other buyers." It's true. ...
There are a lot of people who are taking advantage of the 1) Lowest interest rates in 50 years, 2) Lowest pricing on homes in many years, 3) The widest selecting of inventory in many years for nearly every market and 4)$8000 tax credit for first time home buyers. Take a look at this video for further reasons not to put off that purchase of a home:
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Affordable housing in Traverse City has never been better. There are 137 homes tagged as Traverse City foreclosure or bank owned in Grand Traverse County as on April 30 2009. 43 of these 137 Traverse City homes for sale are $150,000 + in value. 10 of these Traverse City foreclosure Homes are between $300,000 and $825,000. So the message is "they are not all dives". ...
Are we at the bottom? How big is the bottom? Today's real estate market could be likened to reminiscing about your 3d grade bus driver in that no one knows how "big" (his or her) bottom was. However, whereas you don't care to know the anatomy of your 3d grade bus driver, you are hoping to foresee and understand the "anatomy" of this unprecedented market low as ...
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Traverse City area Foreclosures are still the "wave to ride" if you're a first time home buyer or real estate investor. Foreclosures at all time high + Interest rates at 50 year low = fabulous time to buy!
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