The KCM Crew

State’s Economic Impact of a Home Sale [INFOGRAPHIC]

May 17, 2013

Recently the research team at the National Association of Realtors (NAR) looked at studies done by the Bureau of Economic Analysis, the Census Bureau, Macroeconomic Advisors and the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard. After reviewing the data, they determined the total economic impact of a typical home sale in each state. For more [...]

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Expert Advice Does Not Mean Perfect Advice

May 16, 2013

Today’s post is an excerpt from our newest eGuide, Real Estate’s New Market Reality, which explains how the role of the real estate professional has changed and what you can do to successfully help more buyers and sellers. You can download the entire eGuide at www.NewMarketReality.com. – The KCM Crew Don’t be afraid of those two words-expert advice. [...]

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What Is Important to You?

May 15, 2013

Every day we try to bring you a better understanding of what we believe to be the major issues impacting the current real estate market. Today, we want to hear the topics on which YOU BELIEVE we should be reporting. Please leave your suggestion in the comment section below (If you are receiving this by [...]

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‘Walking Dead’ and ‘Survivors’ in Real Estate

May 14, 2013

Over the last few years, new words have become part of our real estate vocabulary when discussing distressed properties. Terms such as ‘shadow inventory’, ‘cure rate’ and ‘short sales’ were introduced. Other words like ‘underwater’ and ‘upside down’ took on totally new meanings. Today, we want to add two additional words that we will be [...]

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Buy or Rent: Which Makes More Sense Financially?

May 13, 2013

Every potential home buyer has to stop for at least a moment and consider this question. Today, we want to look at one of the many financial reasons to buy instead of rent: the housing expense moving forward. According to the latest Existing Home Sales Report from the National Association of Realtors, the median sales [...]

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