Truth about Real Estate Reality Shows (Chicago Tribune)

Real-estate TV shows try really hard to make it look real By Mary Ellen Podmolik Chicago Tribune CHICAGO — Flip on your television and tune into HGTV’s “House Hunters” and you might see yet another set of Chicago homebuyers and a local real-estate agent in action. The popular cable TV program seems to like the… Read More

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Foreclosures affect on appraisals (Associated Press)

Foreclosures weigh on home appraisals It appears that in neighborhoods with high foreclosure rates, values for all homes are being pulled lower than in areas where there are few or none. By Alex Veiga The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — It wasn’t the first time that Katherine Scheri ruined a real-estate agent’s day with a… Read More

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Short Sales Standarized Plan (Seattle Times)

Standardized short-sale plan may relieve big headache By Kenneth R. Harney Syndicated columnist WASHINGTON — If you’re in trouble on your mortgage and can’t get a loan modification, check out the Obama administration’s new standardized short-sale plan scheduled to roll out during the coming months. The program, outlined Dec. 1 by the Treasury Department, is… Read More

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Tyler Freed’s Easy Exit Listing Agreement for Sellers

EASY EXIT LISTING AGREEMENT What’s your biggest fear when you list your home with a real estate agent? It’s simple. You worry about being locked into a lengthy listing agreement with a less than competent real estate agent, costing your home valuable time and exposure on the market. Well, worry no more. Tyler takes the… Read More

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Yakima area benefiting from tax credit extension

Homebuyer credit helps keep area housing market afloat by MAI HOANG Yakima Herald-Republic Buy YHR Photos Enlarge photo ANDY SAWYER/Yakima Herald-Republic Real estate agent Thomas Parker shows a home to Maria Valdez Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009. YAKIMA, Wash. — Since he was a young boy, Ricardo Velasco was told by his parents that he needed… Read More

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