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RISMEDIA, April 22, 2009-(MCT)-Downsizing and "right" sizing are no longer terms we hear only in the workplace. They're becoming the buzzwords we use when talking about where we live. No longer is a bigger home better. We want to live smarter and that means smaller. ...
RISMEDIA, April 16, 2009-Renters are doing their part to save the environment. During a national survey, more than 65% of renters told Apartments.com that practicing an environmentally friendly lifestyle is a high priority. To conserve energy, 52% of renters are turning off lights and computers when not in use, setting air conditioners and heaters on timers and using energy-efficient light bulbs. Twenty-two percent are recycling paper, plastics and electronics.
RISMEDIA, April 15, 2009-Chase and the California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce announced that their Project Homeowner community outreach effort will visit the San Diego Concourse on Saturday, April 18, 2009, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. ...
RISMEDIA, April 14, 2009-What is the first thing that you always want your potential buyers to see when they first walk into your home that is for sale? Kitchen? Bathroom? Multi-Level Deck? The correct answer is "themselves." One of the best staging techniques is the use of mirrors, although most people don't know how to effectively use them. The first place that you should have a mirror is directly on the wall in front of someone when they open and walk through the front door.
RISMEDIA, April 13, 2009-A total of 3.2 million foreclosure filings from default notices, auction sale notices and bank repossessions were reported on 2.3 million U.S. properties during 2008, a 225% increase in total properties from 2006, according to HUD statistics. ...
RISMEDIA, April 11, 2009-Thanks to record low mortgage rates and declining home prices, 55 million families - or half of all U.S. households - can afford today's $200,000 median-priced new home, according to figures released by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). "That's an increase of 17 million households from conditions just two years ago and the best housing affordability number we have seen in years," said NAHB Chairman Joe Robson, a home builder from Tulsa, Okla. "We are now seeing the first signs that buyers are returning to the marketplace."
RISMEDIA, April 7, 2009-As the all-important spring selling season approaches in an historically slow housing market, sellers need to do all they can to market their home - and that includes staging it to attract and "wow" potential buyers. Home stagers know just the right moves to take a house from bland to grand and bring home the biggest return on investment. "Attention to detail throughout the home can make the difference between a house that sells and one that sits on the market," explains Kate Hart, one of America's top home stagers and owner of Hart & Associates Staging & Design.
RISMEDIA, April 7, 2009-As homeowners and communities throughout the country continue to face devastating consequences from the deep contraction in the economy and the housing market, the Obama Administration announced a new coordinated effort across federal and state government and the private sector to target mortgage loan modification fraud and ...
RISMEDIA, April 7, 2009-(MCT)-Many home sellers are still out of touch with the changing housing market, a new survey shows. ...
RISMEDIA, April 1, 2009-Is spring fever prompting you to head for the beaches or some other vacation getaway? If you're planning to travel during the spring holidays this year, you can help protect your home while you're away by following these tips from the Florida Association of Realtors(R) (FAR): ...
RISMEDIA, March 31, 2009-(MCT)-The Obama administration has put a greener, more energy-conscious America on its priority list and spelled out a game plan rampant with technology-as-savior. ...
RISMEDIA, March 27, 2009-Reverse mortgages have become an increasingly important financial tool for people 62 and older who want to remain in their home and fund their retirement. And, with 78 million Baby Boomers approaching retirement, interest is expected to grow. Despite this, many Americans are still unclear about how ...
RISMEDIA, March 25, 2009-Amid the buzz about Obama's housing market rescue plan with $75 billion earmarked to help troubled borrowers and otherwise stem the housing crisis at large, it's also been widely reported that more than half of the loans modified in the first quarter of 2008 "went bad again ...
RISMEDIA, March 25, 2009-In a recent interview on the Real Estate Now Radio Show with Ric Giumenta of EXIT Realty First Choice, Tami Bonnell, president of the U.S. Organization of EXIT Realty Corp. International was optimistic about the real estate forecast: ...
RISMEDIA, March 23, 2009-A former New York mortgage originator who spent four years in prison for securities fraud says President Obama's plans to help the mortgage industry correct itself while aiding millions of nearly bankrupt Americans trapped by unaffordable mortgage payments doesn't do enough. ...
