by Joe Manausa on November 16, 2008
Welcome to the 15th Edition of Real Estate Market Reports Blog Carnival. What started as a few real estate bloggers submitting information about their local real estate markets has grown to a large pool of real estate professional reporters who really know what is happening “on the ground” in their respective markets. [click to continue…]
by Joe Manausa on November 9, 2008

Can you believe that this is the 14th Edition of Real Estate Market Reports Blog Carnival? The Carnival is a growing series of localized real estate market reports from around the country. As we head towards the holiday season, localized reports seem to indicate similar situations everywhere.
Dave Peeples tells us that one lender reports profits are up even as they acknowledge that their asset base is dropping. Keeping the money flowing with workouts is becoming big business for the mortgage industry lately. These are certainly times of change in the housing industry. [click to continue…]
by Joe Manausa on November 4, 2008
by Joe Manausa on October 27, 2008
Welcome to the October 26, 2008 edition of Real Estate Market Reports. This is by far the largest offering of real estate market reports from around the country (and beyond!) that we have provided thus far. With 55 real estate professionals contributing from all over North America, the Real Estate Market Reports Blog Carnival is spreading out and gaining momentum. If you would like to submit your own content to the next Carnival, please see the instructions near the end of this post. If you have recommendations for improvements to our weekly real estate report, please give us all the feedback you can muster through the comments section below. [click to continue…]
by Joe Manausa on October 11, 2008
I have been working with a few families who are struggling with their cash flows due to this crazy economy slowing down. While their problems are not “real estate related,” the fact is that they need to cut their expenses at home. In doing research in trying to help them re-balance their real estate portfolios, I have stumbled across a product that could be a “life-saver” for anybody who is fortunate enough to have an IRA and/or stock portfolio. [click to continue…]
by Joe Manausa on October 9, 2008
It seems that the whole purpose of a real estate blog is to create a conversational relationship between internet travelers and a real estate broker. The real estate broker seeks this to gain exposure for his or her name and brand while hoping to demonstrate a level of competence to the people that have occasion to view his or her site. The reader, on the other hand, is attracted to the real estate blog for a myriad of reasons. [click to continue…]
by Joe Manausa on October 8, 2008
by Joe Manausa on October 5, 2008
Welcome to the October 5, 2008 edition of real estate market reports. This week we have local real estate market reports from all over the United States. The consistent theme seems to be that inventories are very high (though many markets are now reporting inventory levels dropping) and that homes that are priced incorrectly are just wasting the time of everybody involved.
Please comment on this week’s edition of the Real Estate Market Reports Blog Carnival and if you would like a specific market included, please mention it below as well. We aim to please … [click to continue…]
by Joe Manausa on October 1, 2008
One day Henny-penny was picking up corn in the cornyard when–whack!– something hit her upon the head. “Goodness gracious me!” said Henny- penny; “the sky’s a-going to fall; I must go and tell the king.”
We all have heard the old English fable about a chicken who thinks the sky is falling and how it has been adapted to our modern language to demonstrate panic about events that either cannot occur or ones that are beyond our span of control.
So, when we look at the Federal Government, which is considering a $700B bailout of the financial markets, we have to wonder about the ramifications of doing this versus doing nothing at all. [click to continue…]
by Joe Manausa on September 24, 2008
Really Better Real Estate is dedicated to helping real estate investors, home owners, and real estate professionals better their lives through enhanced understanding of the real estate market and the real estate industry. Today, in the Tallahassee Real Estate Blog, a real estate predictive model was suggested and reviewed for the purpose of predicting home sales in 2009 and the following years. [click to continue…]