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Thursday, January 28, 2010
Trust and salesmanship
By TERESA BOARDMAN When it comes to real estate standards, there are really great agents and really lousy agents at all experience levels in the real estate industry. And most consumers don't know what to look for in an agent. My early days in the industry were hard on me -- traumatic, in a way. I had worked in corporate America for many years and had reached the very top of my field. I was respected and well compensated in that career. More »
FHA stigma vs. 'conventional' cost
Q: I'm trying to buy my first home using a loan insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA). My offers keep getting rejected, and my agent says it's because sellers don't like FHA loans because of all the different repairs and guidelines.
5 ways to corner your market
Financing continues to be a major challenge in today's market. If you're struggling to find clients who are ready, willing and able to buy, the 2009 NAR Profile of Buyers and Sellers -- which is based on survey data from a sample of 9,138 participants who purchased a home between July 2008 and June 2009 -- contains some very helpful data.
Obama pledges 'step up in refinancing'
The government "will step up refinancing so that homeowners can move into more affordable mortgages," President Barack Obama said in his first State of the Union address Wednesday evening.
Cash cab
I recently hopped in a San Francisco cab and the driver turned to me and said with palpable delight that I was his last passenger. "Why, what are you doing, where are you going?" I asked.
Compromise on squeaky-floor fix
Q: My boyfriend and I have been living in an apartment in an older section of town for about two years. This 1930s building has had some renovations but never a complete overhaul. In the last year or so the wood floorboards have begun squeaking loudly under our feet. The apartment is carpeted, but the squeaking is very audible to us and to the tenant below us, who is constantly complaining that she can hear "every step we take" even though we are mindful of the noise we are making. |
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