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In the real estate market of 2007 and prior - doesn’t it all seem so long ago? - first-time buyers were at a distinct disadvantage. The market was something close to rabidly competitive among buyers, and if you didn’t have all of your ducks in a row, you’d lose out to the guy who saw the apartment five minutes before you. In fact, there was a chance that the guy that saw the apartment ten minutes after you had a suitcase full of unmarked bills and was just waiting to throw down.

For most home buyers the term “MLS” is synonymous with homes for sale. And most of the time, that’s exactly what an MLS provides, but not always. A complete understanding of the term “MLS” can help buyers search more effectively for homes, and help prevent uncertainty down the road.

The VA home loan guaranty program allows lenders to offer long term affordable housing with zero to low down payments for veterans. It’s one of the benefits you receive as an acknowledgment of gratitude for your service…

The water war between Georgia, Florida, and Alabama could have a lasting impact on Lake Lanier property values. Rain is the solution but will the drought end soon enough?

In the beginning I thought, this is going to be easy. All I have to do is take a few classes, get a little experience and pass an exam and I will be an Appraiser and make some easy money. What was I thinking? Starting a new career in my mid-fifties, had not taken any classes in years, and I am competing with much younger trainees, what was I thinking?

in foreclosure as a share of total loans outstanding is below the national average.

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Hot Housing Market Catching Cold in Texas

By D Ann Petersen

The Texas housing market enjoyed… from 61.8 percent 10 years earlier.

The nation s housing market began faltering in 2005, but Texas… cautious and builders cut back in response to slower demand. Texas existing-home sales bucked the national….

In 2007, national housing ills took a toll on Texas housing sector. Persistent declines in U.S. sales

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RISMEDIA, March 3, 2008-The real estate market has certainly changed over the last year. Increased foreclosures and the subprime crisis continue to linger as serious problems in many markets, while other markets are simply feeling the slowdown in ways many agents newer to the business have not seen before.Share This …

RISMEDIA, March 3, 2008-In a potentially dramatic expansion of a legal battle pitting the rights of pioneering inventors and consumers against the real estate industry’s notorious and unauthorized use of patented methods used by millions of consumers to locate real estate online, the nation’s largest real estate firms, home builders, …