National Real Estate Report — Really Better Real Estate

This is the March 1, 2009 edition of Real Estate Market Reports. In this edition you will find great real estate market reports from around the country, as well as sage advice from some of the top-practicing real estate professionals. This is not aggregated “NAR” data, rather it is the view from the street. I hope you enjoy.

Housing Report

Lyn Sims presents Roselle Illinois Homes – Northern DuPage County Market Summary posted at Lyn Sims – Schaumburg IL Real Estate – Northwest Chicago IL, Illinois Real Estate,, saying, “Northern DuPage County market statistics showing whether town is up or down with median price. Proves that all areas are not hit the same with a decrease across the board. Lyn provides up the minute local market reports for each town she serves.”

Joe Manausa presents Best Tallahassee Neighborhood | Tallahassee Real Estate Blog posted at Tallahassee Real Estate Blog, saying, “Choosing the best neighborhood in Tallahassee is a process that each of us could perform and each determine a different answer. What some would consider important in a neighborhood, others might give little or no value at all.”

Local Real Estate Data

Claudia Gonella presents What $50,000 will get you in Belize, Panama, Costa Rica and Nicaragua less than 90 minutes from the international airport. posted at Real estate data for Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Belize, saying, “We’re a new site covering the Central American property market focused on providing market data to investors. We’re learning from the kind of data produced on the international RE.net.”

Jayson Gibson presents $10,000 Tax Credit for Home Buyers in California posted at New Homes Section Blog, saying, “Information about the new $10,000 tax credit for home buyers in California.”

Really Better Real Estate presents A Small But Significant Shift In The Housing Market posted at Really Better Real Estate, saying, “One key trend to pay attention to in any local real estate market is the movement of the sales success trend. What this measures is the total number of home sold divided by the total of homes listed (put on the market) during the same period of time.”

Joe Manausa presents Tallahassee Foreclosure and Short Sale Update | Tallahassee Real Estate Blog posted at Tallahassee Real Estate Blog, saying, “Every month, we update the Tallahassee Foreclosure Review in order to study the changing landscape of distressed properties in Tallahassee. These include foreclosures, lis pendens, and short sales. Lately, we have seen the trend of lis pendens filings increase in a major way, but foreclosures is no different than what we recorded in 2003.”

Real Estate Market Report

Real Estate Market Reporter presents Critical Home Inventory Report Is Easy To Understand posted at Real Estate Market Reports, saying, “Keeping a watchful eye on home inventory trends in your local real estate market will allow you to be one-up on your competition, whether you are selling a home, buying a home, or work in the real estate brokerage business.”

Raily Arena presents DIY Home Selling Tips: No Need for Realtors Guaranteed posted at How to Sell Your Own Home.

Cece Blase presents How Long San Francisco Properties Can Take To Sell (Sometimes) posted at sf real estate buzz, saying, “How long will your San Francisco property take to sell? It depends. . .”

Assaf Katzir presents Even Luxury Homes Feeling the Market Pinch posted at Real Estate Market Review.

Mark Smith presents Close Your Home Sale Without Trouble – Vox posted at how to sell your own home’s blog.

Jeonard Cook presents how to sell your own home – Be A Master Negotiator When Selling Your Home posted at how to sell your own home.

presents Legalize Your Home Sale Transaction before It Goes Bust! posted at how to sell your own home.

Joe Manausa presents Florida Home Sales January 2009 | Tallahassee Real Estate Blog posted at Tallahassee Real Estate Blog, saying, “Five months in a row we have seen year over year home sales improve in Florida. This is good. This is wonderful. But this has not yet made it uphill to Tallahassee. Last week we reported in the Tallahassee Real Estate Blog that Tallahassee had just experienced 31 straight months of year-over-year declines in home sales.”

Other Information

Brian McKay presents Mortgage Rates Drop posted at MonitorBankRates.com, saying, “Freddie Mac has released the results of it’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey.

A 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 5.16 percent for the week ending February 12, 2009. Down .09 percent from last weeks survey. The same time last year the average for a 30-year FRM was 5.72 percent.”

Patricia Turner presents The Nuts and Bolts of the Obama Bailout posted at Construction Management Degrees.

Joe Manausa presents Approved Tallahassee Short Sale | Tallahassee Real Estate Blog posted at Tallahassee Real Estate Blog, saying, “After hours of looking at all the pictures of homes for sale in Tallahassee, you come across what appears to be your perfect home. You see a house that is both exciting as well as aggressively priced. In bold headlines it reads:

Pre-Approved Short Sale In Tallahassee

Wow, too good to be true, right?”

Patricia Turner presents It’s Decision Time – Mortgage or Rent? posted at Construction Management Degrees.

Raily Arena presents Four Home Staging Mistakes of Neglect You Need to Avoid posted at How to Sell Your Own Home.

The Smarter Wallet presents The Basics of Home Financing: A Mortgage Loan Guide posted at The Smarter Wallet, saying, “Thanks!”

C Richey presents CityCenter Seeking Additional Financing posted at Las Vegas Condos – Las Vegas Condominiums.

Wenchypoo presents An Interesting Day Today posted at Wisdom From Wenchypoo’s Mental Wastebasket, saying, “My adventures with the nationally-advertised REDC auction inventory in my area.”

Insurance Toolbox presents Five Common Mistakes Made By Home Sellers That You Should Avoid posted at Fine-Tuned Finances.

Torrey Brothers presents Buy/Sell using Seller Financing posted at T. Ray Brothers Properties Weblog.

Rob presents Why the Stimulus Bill is a Boost for Real Estate Investors posted at Two Wise Acres, saying, “The stimulus plan may be a big boon for real estate investors if they know how to use it.”

Silicon Valley Blogger presents 2009 Economic Stimulus Package: Obama’s Plan For Your Money? Tax Cuts and Spending posted at The Digerati Life, saying, “Thanks!”

Wenchypoo presents This Just In: Is Housing REALLY In a Downward Spiral? posted at Wisdom From Wenchypoo’s Mental Wastebasket.

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