Daily Archives: August 24, 2009

And the Wise Shall be Made Foolish

The one biggest problem I have with my job is that sometimes people will just not listen.  You cannot console them.  I had a listing that after a “long” first 23 days on the market the client was noticeably unhappy … Continue reading

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Most Recent Week Google Search Results for Athens GA Properties

What encourages me is that we don’t see this list inundated with search terms for foreclosed properties.  In some areas  and markets I have seen this to be the case.  In Athens we see search terms that apply to first-time … Continue reading

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Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) Weekly Index

By Jed Smith, Managing Director, Quantitative Research Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) Weekly Index The MBA has announced that the Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume, increased 5.6 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from one week … Continue reading

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Home Prices Relatively Low at this Time in Relation to Income

By Ken Fears, Manager, Regional Economics, NAR During the housing boom, home price growth steadily outpaced income growth, causing the ratio of home price-to-income to spike. Between the second quarter of 2005 and the second quarter of 2009, the median … Continue reading

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