Very interesting press release below reference a recent UVA study. The media wants us all to belive that prices have collapsed across the country. The reality is 87 percent of the national declines have been in, you guessed it, Arizona, Nevada, Florida and California. Kudos to Andrew Kantor over at varbuzz.com for posting earlier. ————– [...]
Archive for February, 2009
New U.Va. Study Sheds Light on Foreclosures in States and Metropolitan Areas
Posted in Mainstream Media Scare Tactics, Positive Economic News, Real Estate News, tagged Housing Market, Housing Prices, Jeff Herlitz, RE MAX, RE MAX Allegiance, RE/MAX, RE/MAX Allegiance, William Lucy on February 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Notable Quotable
Posted in RE/MAX Allegiance News, Real Estate News, Winners, tagged Broker Involvement Program, Charlie Bengel Jr, NAR, RE MAX, RE MAX Allegiance, RE/MAX, RE/MAX Allegiance on February 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yours truly was quoted (at the very bottom of the article) in a RE/MAX Mainstreet article reference NAR’s Broker Involvement Program. Have you been quoted in an article? Or done a good deed? Send me the info and I’ll put it on the blog. When your clients google you, good things pop up. Contacting Congress [...]
Washington: One of America’s Best Housing Markets
Posted in Positive Economic News, Real Estate News, tagged Forbes Best Housing Markets, Positive Economic News, RE MAX, RE MAX Allegiance, RE/MAX, RE/MAX Allegiance, Washington Best Housing Market on February 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As the housing downturn wears on, some cities are stabilizing and some aren’t. In Las Vegas, the weakest market in the country, prices continue to drop. “I don’t know what those guys were drinking when they thought all this building made sense. If it does work out soon, then there’s some force out there in [...]
New Lead Program: ‘Family Advantage’ Connects You to Seniors
Posted in RE/MAX Allegiance News, tagged Brookdale Richmond, Brookdale Senior Living, Family Advantage, RE MAX, RE MAX Allegiance, RE/MAX, RE/MAX Allegiance, RE/MAX Family Advantage, Seniors Real Estate Specialist, SRES, SRES Designation on February 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The new RE/MAX Family Advantage Program puts seniors and their families in touch with experts in the RE/MAX network through Brookdale Senior Living communities. Senior homeowners considering a move into one of more than 550 Brookdale communities across the United States will be provided with information about the RE/MAX Family Advantage Program. Should they need [...]
2008 RE/MAX Allegiance Statistics
Posted in Allegiance Stats, RE/MAX Allegiance News, tagged RE MAX, RE MAX Allegiance, RE MAX Allegiance Stats, RE MAX Stats, RE/MAX, RE/MAX Allegiance, RE/MAX Allegiance Stats, RE/MAX Stats on February 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Our stats for 2008: $3.16 Billion in Sales Volume 9,551 Transactions $89.38 Million in Commissions Paid Our rankings within RE/MAX and the surveys of REALTOR Magazine, REALTrends and RISMedia will generally be published between March and June. Some additional stats by Virginia office below. Maryland & DC to come. You’ll note each office grouping out-performed [...]
Bank of America Offers Payment Protection for Your Buyers!
Posted in Real Estate News, Selling Info, tagged Bank of America, Bank of America Borrowers Protection Plan, Borrowers Protection Plan, RE MAX, RE MAX Allegiance, RE/MAX, RE/MAX Allegiance on February 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Bank of America is RE/MAX Allegiance’s mortgage partner in the Washington Region. During unprecedented times in our economy and with our loss of Array Home Protection, be sure your buyers are aware of the benefits of financing with Bank of America. In addition to helping your clients realize their homeownership dreams, Bank of America is [...]
Stimulus Bill Signed: Real Estate Highlights
Posted in Real Estate News, tagged Broadband Development, Energy Efficient Grants, Energy Efficient Tax Credits, Fanie Mae Loan Limits, FHA Loan Limits, Freddie Mac Loan Limits, home buyer tax credit, Housing Stimulus Plan, Housing Tax Credit, loan limits, Low Income Housing Grants, Neighborhood Stabilization, RE MAX, RE MAX Allegiance, RE/MAX, RE/MAX Allegiance, Real Estate Stimulus, Rural Housing Service, Tax Exempt Housing Bonds on February 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
President Signs the Stimulus Bill H.R. 1, the “American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009″ (AARA), passed the House on February 13, 2009, by a vote of 246 – 184. On the same day, the Senate passed the bill by a vote of 60 – 39. The President signed the bill on Tuesday, February 17, [...]
Pending Home Sales Show Healthy Gain
Posted in Positive Economic News, Real Estate News, tagged Good Economic News, Lawrence Yun, Pending Home Sales, Positive Economic News, RE MAX, RE MAX Allegiance, RE/AX, RE/MAX, RE/MAX Allegiance on February 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Pending home sales increased as more buyers took advantage of improved affordability conditions, according to the National Association of Realtors®. Big gains in the South and Midwest offset modest declines in other regions. The Pending Home Sales Index rose 6.3 percent to 87.7 from an upwardly revised reading of 82.5 in November, and is 2.1 [...]
One Million Leads in Six Months
Posted in RE/MAX Stats, tagged LeadStreet, RE MAX, RE MAX Allegiance, RE/MAX, RE/MAX Allegiance on February 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Just six months ago, the LeadStreet lead count topped 5 million. Since that milestone, 1 million more leads have reached RE/MAX Associates across the United States. With nearly 6,000 leads distributed on a daily basis via consumer activity on remax.com, there’s no doubt that remax.com – logging more than 2 million unique visitors every month [...]
