The 10 relevant real estate articles of the week….
LOCAL and INDUSTRY NEWS
Short Sales Soar
All short sales in the metro area rose by 48 percent in the first seven months of 2010, compared with the same period in 2009, according to an analysis of data by InsideRealEstateNews. The vast majority of the short sales were for single-family… READ MORE
[via: InsideRealEstateNews.com]
Powers’ growth comes with questions, concerns
Asked to size up Powers Boulevard’s retail potential a decade ago, developer Fred Veitch put it this way: “It will be the next Academy Boulevard — better done,” said Veitch, of Colorado Springs real estate company Nor’wood Development Group, which has since built several shopping areas along Powers… READ MORE
[via: Gazette.com]
Homebuyer tax credit off the radar
There’s no serious talk of reinstating the homebuyer tax credit, the White House and real estate industry trade groups say, quashing speculation that followed statements Housing Secretary Shaun Donovan made on a Sunday morning news show… READ MORE
[via: Inman.com]
HUD Announces First Look Program to Help Communities Stabilize Neighborhoods Hard-Hit by Foreclosure
U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan announced an unprecedented agreement with the nation’s top mortgage lenders to offer selected state and local governments, and nonprofit organizations a “first look” or right of first refusal to purchase… READ MORE
[via: rismedia.com]
Fannie cracks the foreclosure whip
Fannie Mae says it will begin fining loan servicers who take too long to complete foreclosures once it’s been determined that delinquent borrowers don’t qualify for a loan modification or other alternatives like short sales…READ MORE
[via: Inman.com]
TECHNOLOGY & BUSINESS
The Key to Hyperlocal Marketing: Part 3 – The Fine Art of Real Estate Market Domination
With hyperlocal marketing, I would expect you to want to dominate your market, right? The three most important factors to real estate market domination are…READ MORE
[via: RISMedia.com]
Is blogging dead or alive? Have realtors killed the blog?
The highway informational system gone wrong again? There has been a lot of chit chat in the last year that blogging will die out or it’s dead. Is this true? How can this be? We see so many blog sites and blog posts all over the internet… Read More…
[via: AgentGenius.com]
The whole world is watching
A large billboard came into focus along the interstate, the final indicator that my weeklong vacation at Lake Tahoe was over:
“Now recruiting dual-career agents”
Big. Bold. Proud.
And insane…READ MORE
[via: 1000wattconsulting.com]
Expert Advice: How to Start a Website Redesign
Here at HubSpot, we get a lot of questions around website redesigns. When should they be done, how should they be done and what mistakes not to make. In this three part series, we’ll examine some of the common pitfalls you might fall into and ways to avoid them… READ MORE
[via: HubSpot.com]
Email overload? Try Priority Inbox
Information overload is a reality of the modern workplace. The average corporate worker sends and receives more than 150 messages per day1, an email deluge of varying importance…READ MORE
[via: Google Enterprise Blog]
9 Killer Content Creation Ideas for Your Real Estate Blog or Website
What’s the number one absolute best way to get more organic traffic to your real estate blog, website or lead capture pages? Content creation…READ MORE
[via: rismedia.com]
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