Amid a slow housing market, Realtors are offering omelet bars, homemade cookies and other delectables to lure agents to their listings.
APPARENTLY, the way to a real estate agent’s heart is through [...]
Archive for August, 2008
Real estate agents caravan is all about the food
The Ultimate Luxury: A Garage
It adds convenience, privacy and security. And the oversize door is handy for moving big objects in or out. One owner even turned his garage into a music room.
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Real estate agents caravan is all about the food
Amid a slow housing market, Realtors are offering omelet bars, homemade cookies and other delectables to lure agents to their listings.
APPARENTLY, THE way to a real estate agent’s heart is through [...]
Realtors peddle homes to bike-happy clients
With gas prices high, bicycles flying out of stores and a buyers’ market for houses, a handful of real estate agents around the country are touting the two-wheeled appeal of their listings.
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Powering Up
The 3,800-acre Three Rivers Recreation Area in Oregon is home to more than 500 off-the-grid vacation homes.
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Mortgage rates at lowest in more than a month
Rates on 30-year mortgages didn’t budge this week, while rates on other home loans were a mixed bag.
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Mortgage Relief Programs Aren’t Helping Much
Up until now, state efforts to help distressed homeowners refinance have had negligible results. A new federal bill may give them additional tools.
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Book review: "Houseonomics: Why Owning a Home Is Still a Great Investment," by Gary N. Smith and Margaret H. Smith
Owning instead of renting, even in the current climate, pays a financial dividend, the authors explain.
With home prices continuing to fall — and expected by many experts to decline further before [...]
Mortgage applications up for first time in weeks
U.S. mortgage applications rose for the first time in three weeks as interest rates edged lower, an industry group said on Wednesday.
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International Real Estate: For Sale in … Cuernavaca, Mexico
A Colonial-style house with a tennis court and a pool is on the market for $2,500,000.
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