July 2012

The Difference Between Excellent and Perfect

July 31, 2012
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Why does a buyer or seller look for a real estate professional in today’s new market reality? There’s plenty of information readily available for them to look at and analyze as they’re going through the process. That’s just the point. Information being readily available causes confusion. That’s when people seek out professionals (whether it be [...]

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The Economy’s Impact on Housing

July 30, 2012
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With the economic recovery sluggish at best, many ask what impact this has on housing. Over the last several years, most economists believed that housing would not recover until the overall economy recovered. However, it now seems that the housing sector may be a driving influence in the recovery. Here are four reports released in the [...]

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Short Sales vs Foreclosures: the Children

July 27, 2012
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This week, we have looked at the advantages of a short sale over a foreclosure from five different perspectives: Sellers’, Neighborhoods’, Banks’, Prices and the Children. – The KCM Crew We were recently troubled by the findings of a research paper authored by Julia Isaacs of the Brookings Institute for the organization First Focus which [...]

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Short Sales vs Foreclosures: the Prices

July 26, 2012
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This week, we are looking at the advantages of a short sale over a foreclosure from five different perspectives: Sellers’, Neighborhoods’, Banks’, Prices and the Children. – The KCM Crew All distressed properties put downward pressure on prices. However, the impact of a short sale is nowhere as drastic as the impact of a foreclosure [...]

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Short Sales vs Foreclosures: the Banks

July 25, 2012
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This week, we are looking at the advantages of a short sale over a foreclosure from five different perspectives: Sellers’, Neighborhoods’, Banks’, Prices and the Children. – The KCM Crew The banks are beginning to favor offering a short sale to distressed homeowners rather than foreclosing for several reasons: The short sale sells on average [...]

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Short Sales vs Foreclosures: the Neighborhood

July 24, 2012
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This week, we are looking at the advantages of a short sale over a foreclosure from five different perspectives: Sellers’, Neighborhoods’, Banks’, Prices and the Children. – The KCM Crew A foreclosure, in most cases, leaves the block with a vacant home. A short sale does not. A vacant house in a neighborhood creates several [...]

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