Even though I am not much into popularity contests, I’ve been nominated the for the Zillow People’s Choice Award for Best Real Estate Blog in Memphis! In order to win the title, I need you to vote for me as often as possible, up to once per day until November 24. Note: the ballot takes […]
NAR Convention – 2010- random notes
Notes I made while observing and participating in the National Association of Realtors® Convention last week in New Orleans: Funny that the strangers who most aggressively interrupt your online life wanting you to be their Facebook friend don’t want to interact when you encounter them IRL [in real life]. I think my FB friends list […]
Mayor Wharton sues owners of blighted properties
Image by joespake via Flickr Memphians owe Mayor AC Wharton a a big thank you for taking initial action on our huge number of blighted properties. Yesterday, Wharton filed 138 lawsuits in General Sessions court against owners of some of the City’s blighted properties. The properties were identified by Code Enforcement and researchers at the […]
Memphis Area Home Sales – August 2010
RE-POSTED – Originally Posted October 15, 2010 The Memphis Area Association of REALTORS® has released the 0fficial home sales results for August 2010. The time lag is to allow for recording of deeds, to enhance accuracy of sales statistics. The number of sales units decreased from 2009 by 6.3%, while median price dropped by 23.8% Y-O-Y. […]
Foreclosure Fiasco
RE-POSTED – originally posted October 12, 2010 It looks like banks are going to stop doing foreclosures for a while. Jon Stewart’s (The Daily Show) commentary on what the banks are up to makes about as much sense as anything else I have seen on the subject. Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Rally […]
Another catchy ad from the Canadian REALTORS
The FSBO
While I have no problem with people selling their own homes via the FSBO (For Sale By Owner) route, there is sometimes a darker side I can save you money on marketing your home, without your being caught in your towel.
Memphis area home sales – July 2010
As expected, July sales dropped dramatically from July, 2009. The Memphis Area Association of REALTORS® reports 995 sales for July, down from 1,369 last year. That’s about one sale for every 3.5 licensed agents in MAAR.  Year-t0-date sales are down only 1.6% from 2009, a number artificially inflated by the home buyer tax credits earlier […]
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