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Advice on Short-Sale Transactions

The Residential Specialist

Experts who worked through The Great Recession of 2008 share how to handle tricky short-sale transactions. With its perfect storm of record-low property values and record-high unemployment, The Great Recession of 2008 triggered a rash of residential short sales. Short sales are not suited to all REALTORS ®.

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Xactus targets lenders through active listing data

Housing Wire

Xactus Wednesday announced its new active listing scan program, which will scan residential addresses for changes in listing status and the average number of days on market for a neighborhood. Solutions like active listing scan will help customers “close more loans more quickly,” he added. .

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Karen Copeland of First Team Real Estate Closes $5.3 Million Commercial Sale

First Team Real Estate

HESPERIA, CA – First Team Real Estate High Desert office agent Karen Copeland recently completed the sale of a retail commercial center in Hesperia, CA , successfully representing both the seller and the buyer in the transaction. Million, with both sides, the gross sale amounts to a total of $5.3

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How and When to Buy Foreclosure Property

Realty Biz

This article might be premature because across most of the country home sales continue happening rapidly. Many of these will be new investors that don’t have experience with the pre-foreclosures, short sales, and foreclosures, that occurred during the Great Recession. Instead, short sales are what most investors are looking for.

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Price Reduction in Real Estate: A 5-step Guide for Agents

The Close

Take Action Before Reducing the Price Before making a price reduction, real estate agents should ensure there is nothing more they can do to facilitate more showings and a faster sale. Decide on One (or More) Price Reduction Strategies Whatever the reason, real estate price reductions are a part of real estate sales.

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Why Today’s Options Will Save Homeowners from Foreclosure

Keeping Current Matters

A decade ago, there wasn’t a forbearance option, and most banks did not put in other programs, like modifications and short sales, until very late in the crisis. The real estate market has a shortage of listings for sale. In 2008, homes for sale flooded the market. Most homeowners have substantial equity in their homes.

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How to Up Your Community Involvement

RIS Media

As for the adults, we offered free trivia Zoom events, where we hired a local “trivia guy” who wasn’t able to work due to the bars being closed. As COVID continued, we hosted a senior breakfast toward the end of the year in our office yard/parking lot, making sure it was safe and hygienic.