In the first minute of the Oct. 29 episode of Comedy Central’s highly rated “The Colbert Report,” Emmy-winning writer and comedic pundit Stephen Colbert declares support for “President RE/MAX.” Watch the show’s intro. The show begins after a 30-second commercial. It’s safe to say that RE/MAX received the “Colbert Bump” – a tongue-in-cheek term that [...]
Archive for October, 2008
Comedy Central’s Colbert Gives ‘Bump’ to ‘President RE/MAX’
Posted in Real Estate News, tagged Colbert Report, Comedy Central, President RE/MAX, RE/MAX, RE/MAX News, Real Estate News, Stephen Colbert on October 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Bargain Hunters Shrink Housing Inventory
Posted in Market Stats, Real Estate News, tagged DC Real Estate, Good Economic News, Housing Market, Housng Sales, Maryland Real Estate, NAR, National Association of REALTORS, RE/MAX, RE/MAX Allegiance, Virginia Real Estate on October 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Bargain hunters and home owners who pulled their properties off the market hoping for better days down the road helped shrink the inventory of available homes in September, according to a Wall Street Journal survey. The largest year-over-year declines in inventory were 32.1 percent in Sacramento, 27.1 percent in Orange County, Calif., 21.6 percent in [...]
Surprise! New Home Sales Up
Posted in Listing Info, Market Stats, Positive Economic News, Real Estate News, Selling Info, tagged DC Real Estate, Good Economic News, Housing Market, Housng Sales, Maryland Real Estate, NAR, National Association of REALTORS, RE/MAX, RE/MAX Allegiance, Virginia Real Estate on October 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sales of newly constructed homes rose in September, but the median selling price slipped. The September report from the Census Bureau finds new home sales inched up 2.7 percent from August to an annualized rate of 464,000. Despite the gain, sales are down 33 percent from September 2007, and far below the pace during the [...]
Sentrilock
Posted in RE/MAX Allegiance News, Real Estate News, tagged Lock Boxes, Sentrlock on October 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Many of you will be converting to Sentrilock lock boxes over the next several months. Click the link to see what they are all about. Please call your local association should you have a question about your conversion. http://www.sentrilock.com/NXT/intro.php
National Sales Post Biggest Gain in 5 years
Posted in Listing Info, Market Stats, Positive Economic News, Real Estate News, Selling Info, tagged DC Real Estate, Good Economic News, Housing Market, Housng Sales, Maryland Real Estate, NAR, National Association of REALTORS, RE/MAX, RE/MAX Allegiance, Virginia Real Estate on October 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Existing-home sales increased last month as buyers responded to improved housing affordability conditions, according to the National Association of REALTORS. Existing-home sales – including single-family, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops – rose 5.5 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.18 million units in September from a level of 4.91 million in August, and are [...]
Virginia Third Quarter Housing Report
Posted in Listing Info, Market Stats, Positive Economic News, Real Estate News, Selling Info, tagged Housing Market Stats, Housing Stats, RE/MAX, RE/MAX Allegiance, Virginia Ecomony, Virginia Economic News, Virginia Housing, Virginia Housing Stats, Virginia Real Estate on October 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Virginia Association of REALTORS recently released the Virginia Third Quarter Housing Report. Virginia continues to do better than most parts of the country in housing and overall economically. I will post stats for your market in the next few days. Virginia Third Quarter Housing Report Highlights • Amid the national financial uncertainties and news [...]
RE/MAX Allegiance Raises $6000 for Sick Kids
Posted in Listing Info, RE/MAX Allegiance News, Selling Info, Winners, tagged Children's Miracle Network, CMN, DC Real Estate, Maryland Real Estate, RE/MAX, RE/MAX Allegiance, RE/MAX Charity, RE/MAX Premier Community Citizenship, Real Estate, Virginia Real Estate on October 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I am very proud to announce that we raised $6,000 for sick kids through the auction and other contributions received at the RE/MAX Allegiance Convention and Expo last week. The proceeds will be shared between Children’s Miracle Network and the Cody Johnson fund. Associates throughout the RE/MAX network raised $9.5 million in 2007 for Children’s [...]
America’s Safest Bank Relies on Traditional Practices
Posted in RE/MAX Allegiance News, Winners, tagged Bank Failures, Burke and Herbert Bank, DC Real Estate, Financial Crisis, GMA, Good Morning America, John Blount, Maryland Real Estate, RE/MAX, RE/MAX Allegiance, Real Estate, Safe Banks, Virginia Real Estate, Wachovia, WaMu on October 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Find more on John Blount’s appearance on Good Morning America last week below. Unfortunately, GMA does not support its videos on wordpress or youtube so I cannot post the vid. From Doggy Treats to Personal Home Appraisals, Burke & Herbert Thrives Through Tradition By CLAIRE SHIPMAN Oct. 16, 2008 — For many Virginia residents, one [...]
Julia Avent Elected to NVAR Board of Directors
Posted in RE/MAX Allegiance News, Winners, tagged Alexandria Real Estate, Arlington Real Estate, Fairfax Real Estate, Julia Avent, Northern Virginia Assocation of REALTORS, NVAR, RE/MAX, RE/MAX Allegiance, RE/MAX Allegiance News, Susan Mekenney on October 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I am pleased to share that Julia Avent, of the Clarendon Office, was elected to the Northern Virginia Association of REALTORS Board of Directors. Julia will serve alongside Susan Mekenney, of the Leesburg Pike Office, who will be Chairman next year. Way to go Julia!
