How Important Is Price When Selling Your Home?
March 2, 2010 – 7:26 pm | No Comment

Recently, I discussed the importance of staging your home, decluttering and depersonalizing. We call this the 5 P’s. PROPER PREPARATION PREVENTS POOR PRESENTATION.  However, no matter how wonderful your home looks, if you are not …

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Design Dilemmas Solved
March 3, 2010 – 7:57 am | No Comment

RISMEDIA, February 16, 2010—We gathered the most common questions about decorating with rugs, and then sat down with Lowe’s Vice President of Trend, Design & Brand Melissa Birdsong to find solutions that will work for …

Existing-Home Sales Surge in Most States in Fourth Quarter
March 3, 2010 – 7:57 am | No Comment

RISMEDIA, February 15, 2010—Strong gains in existing-home sales were the predominant pattern in most states during the fourth quarter, with many more metro areas seeing prices rise from a year earlier, according to the latest …

Regional Spotlight: Miami Foreclosure Auctions Shift from Courthouse Steps to Web
March 3, 2010 – 7:57 am | No Comment

RISMEDIA, February 13, 2010—(MCT)-In a move that could speed the sale of massive numbers of distressed properties on the market, Miami-Dade County recently launched online bidding for foreclosures, bringing together bidders from across the globe …

Homeowners Rent Out Rooms to Stave off Foreclosure
March 3, 2010 – 7:57 am | No Comment

RISMEDIA, February 12, 2010—(MCT)—Reeling from the recession’s one-two-three-punch of job woes, climbing mortgage payments and evaporating equity, desperate homeowners are dipping into a nearby income stream to avoid foreclosure: That bedroom just down the hall.
While …

Fewer Home Sellers Cut Asking Prices for Homes in January 2010
March 3, 2010 – 7:57 am | No Comment

RISMEDIA, February 12, 2010—Just over 40% of available homes for sale had reduced prices in January 2010, compared with 44% in December 2009, according to a monthly survey of home listings in 27 markets conducted …

A Frugal Lifestyle Shouldn’t Vanish when Economy Rebounds
March 3, 2010 – 7:57 am | No Comment

RISMEDIA, February 11, 2010—(MCT)—Frugality. That’s been the buzzword of the Great Recession. Sliding home values, stumbling stock portfolios and a shaky job market brought with them a consciousness about spending that many of us misplaced …

Home Staging Key to Recovery of Housing Market
March 3, 2010 – 7:57 am | No Comment

RISMEDIA, February 11, 2010—Last year home staging skyrocketed to the top of the list of the fastest growing careers in America. In the decade ahead it is promising to be a rapidly evolving industry and …

PODS to Provide Cost-Effective Solutions through Realogy’s Preferred Alliance program
March 3, 2010 – 7:56 am | No Comment

RISMEDIA, February 11, 2010—PODS, a leader in the portable moving and storage industry is now a member of the Realogy Franchise Group’s Preferred Alliance program, providing cost-effective solutions and co-branded materials to its networks of …

New Decade Presents New Opportunities in Foreclosure Market
March 3, 2010 – 7:56 am | No Comment

RISMEDIA, February 10, 2010—In this month’s column, I’ll try to answer some of the most frequently asked questions about the foreclosure market.
Q: What’s the outlook for foreclosure activity in 2010?
A: It’s likely that we’ll set …

The Avatar Economy
March 3, 2010 – 7:56 am | No Comment

RISMEDIA, February 9, 2010—It looks amazingly real, but it’s as phony as a James Cameron movie set.
Its many moving parts exist only for the purpose of creating the illusion of positive economic activity.
But, when you …