Archive for January, 2009

What would it take to get home buyers off the fence?

Stuck with bulging inventories of homes, builders might offer packages of special financing, price concessions, lower down payments and perhaps application guarantees. If you’d love to purchase a new house but you’re sitting on the fence, what exactly would it take to get you to buy? Mortgage rates lower than today’s 5% range? Smaller down [...]


Use a reverse offer to get a home buyer's attention

If a prospective buyer shows interest but not a checkbook, the seller may do well to make the first move. You’ve had your house on the market for several months with no takers. Lately, though, a nice young couple has come back to give the place a second look, then perhaps even a third. You [...]


Vondie Curtis-Hall drops price of Hollywood Hills house to $2,295,000

HOT PROPERTY You’ve seen his face all over TV for years, now won’t you please go see the man’s house? Actor Vondie Curtis-Hall and his wife, Kasi Lemmons , just dropped the price on their Hollywood Hills home by 21% — from $2,899,000 to $2,295,000.


Residents want to recover attorney costs

Question: I live in a senior community. Some owners and directors won a Small Claims Court action against our association for failure to provide books and records. Our association attorneys convinced the board that it could overturn the decision. Without a vote by owners, our board sued in Superior Court and lost. Attorneys took the [...]


Forecast: FSBOs cometh in 2009 – San Francisco Examiner

As home sales and prices continue to decline this year, more consumers will try to sell their own homes, says ForSaleByOwner.com , a do-it-yourself web site that promotes, you guessed it, the FSBO (for sale by owner) way. No matter what really …


Fewer sellers going the ‘do-it-yourself’ route – Providence Journal

Providence Journal Fewer sellers going the ‘do-it-yourself’ routeProvidence Journal, RI - 9 hours ago But some FSBO — for sale by owner — transactions do go though the MLS, though sellers in these cases have usually had to pay a flat fee to a real estate …


‘For Sale by Owner’ can be tricky to pull off – San Antonio Express

‘For Sale by Owner’ can be tricky to pull offSan Antonio Express, TX - 7 hours ago A FSBO listing, as For Sale By Owner arrangements are called, can offer advantages, chief among them being a savings on real estate commissions, …


Fizber.com Launches Celebrity Biographies Service – NewDesignWorld (press release)

Fizber.com Launches Celebrity Biographies ServiceNewDesignWorld (press release), UK - 18 hours ago With listings of nearly two million properties for sale by owner throughout the US, FizBer.com is a leading real estate FSBO site. Find Ohio homes for sale …


For Sale By Owner Web Site Fizber.com to Launch Online Gift Shop – NewDesignWorld (press release)

For Sale By Owner Web Site Fizber.com to Launch Online Gift ShopNewDesignWorld (press release), UK - 18 hours ago Fizber.com is the nation's leading "for sale by owner" website. The company charges a modest fee for its wide range of advertising and real estate resources …Real Estate and Multiple Social Networks NewDesignWorld (press release)Fizber.com Integrates Webcam Feature [...]


Forecast: FSBOs cometh in 2009 – Examiner.com

Examiner.com Forecast: FSBOs cometh in 2009Examiner.com - 13 hours ago … will try to sell their own homes, says ForSaleByOwner.com, a do-it-yourself web site that promotes, you guessed it, the FSBO (for sale by owner) way. …