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Mon, 14 May 2012 21:03:27 +0000
What is New Hampshire’s Current Use Law?
By Dick Thackston On July 1, 1973 the Current Use Law became effective in New Hampshire. The Current Use law was designed to keep New Hampshire’s rural character in tact while allowing owner’s to use the land quoting from the preamble to the law itself: “It is hereby declared to be in the public interest [...]
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| Thu, 10 May 2012 16:49:51 +0000
Strange, but True: Your House Price Drops but REO Properties go up in Price!
By Dick Thackston According to several industry sources the average value of bank owned, REO Properties, has actually increased in the last years while the value of non-bank owned real estate has dropped on average! There are several reasons in the realm of conventional wisdom as to why this is happening; the most common reason [...]
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| Mon, 19 Mar 2012 18:01:16 +0000
ServiceLink and PartnerFirst recently announced a renewal of their agreement in providing solutions for the nation’s housing crisis.
CORONA, Calif., March 12, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — PartnerFirst is pleased to announce the renewal of its contract with ServiceLink as its nationwide short sale agent network. Through this alliance, now entering its third year, thousands of distressed homeowners can use PartnerFirst agents to resolve their mortgage problems. PartnerFirst powers the ServiceLink Short Sale [...]
Mortgage News, Real Estate News, asset disposition, distressed home owners, Financial, foreclosure, home sales, housing market, Lost Mitigation, Market, Mortgage, PartnerFirst, preforeclosure, real estate, realtor, REALTORs, recession, REO, ServiceLink, short sale Read More Of This Article
| Mon, 27 Feb 2012 06:35:30 +0000
Im From the Government and Im Here to Help! (Not a shot.)
By Dick Thackston Ronald Regan made the now famous statement about thirty years ago that the phrase “I’m from the government and I’m here to help”, was a phrase that Americans everywhere have learned to fear. The current mortgage/housing/financial crisis has only reinforced that view for many of us that have had to deal with [...]
Mortgage News, News, Real Estate News, american dream, cash for keys, crisis, Financial, foreclosed, foreclosure, fraud, government, HAFA, HAMP, home equity, homeowners, Housing, lenders, Mortgage, refinanced, relocation assistance, ronald regan Read More Of This Article
| Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:29:08 +0000
Reality or Fear Based View of Real Estate in the US The Choice is Yours.
By Dick Thackston Prior to 2007-2008 most of the American public and most mortgage lenders believed, and often would state in conversation, “real estate never goes down!” Since that time frame buyers and sellers have gone to the other extreme and now the common wisdom is “real estate will never go back up.” Well never [...]
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| Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:50:01 +0000
2012 is a Buyers Market! Six Tips to Keep in Mind if You are Using a Buyer Broker:
By Dick Thackston So, 2012 looks like maybe hone buyers will be back out seriously looking at homes which means the whole issue of buyer brokerage will soon be among us again with untrained agents trying to represent buyers again. Thinking about that, I have created a six point template that every buyer thinking about [...]
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| Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:00:31 +0000
Is the Ice Breaking for Home Builders?
By Dick Thackston The National Association of Home Builders maintains indices that measure conditions for the home building industry. There are three basic measures that the NAHB looks at as measure of were the home building industry is at: traffic visiting model homes, current sales conditions and the most subjective of the three expectations for [...]
News, Real Estate News, building industry, buyers, downturn, Employment, home builders, housing inventory, housing market, Maine, massachusetss, Mid-west, model homes, new construction, New Hampshire, new homes, North East, real estate, realtor, resale, rhode island, sales conditions, sellers, South, Thackston, Vermont, West Read More Of This Article
| Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:18:34 +0000
The Three Es of Real Estate in 2012?
By Dick Thackston 2012 is likely to be defined, in the real estate world, by three “E’s”: Expectations, Employment and Europe/Economy. No matter what your political belief system is, no matter how much or how little money you have, these three factors will permeate American life and the economy more than any others in the [...]
Mortgage News, Real Estate News, buyer, buying, China, debt crisis, economy., Employment, Europe, Expectations, Financial, financing, First Home Buyers, first time buyer, first time buyers, first time home buyers, foreclosure, housing market, housing market recovery, housing recovery, investors, Japan, Keene, landlord, Landlords, Massachusetts, monadnock region, move up buyer, New Hampshire, northeast, Peterborough, political belief system, positive cash flow, real estate, realtor, REALTORs, recovery, REO, Sales volume, seller, selling, short sale, time home buyers, totalitarian, Tsunami, Unemployment, Vermont Read More Of This Article
| Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:40:36 +0000
Is Mortgage Lending Getting More Consumer Friendly in 2012?
By Dick Thackston I continue to read about mortgage credit terms such as Credit Scores, Down Payment Requirements, and so forth being eased on home purchases. Federal Reserve Senior Loan Officer Survey still reports historically tight standards. Part of the problem from what I’ve seen, is values coming in low on appraisals after the buyer [...]
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| Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:31:48 +0000
Will 2012 be the Year of The Buyer Broker?
By Dick Thackston By now if you’re in the housing market, have been in the housing market or are thinking about being in the housing market, you’ve heard about buyer brokerage. Most folks, consumers & REALTORS, have an idea about buyer brokerage but very few actually understand it or have the training and background to [...]
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