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Buyers not fazed by tax credit expiration

The expiration of the home buyer tax credits won’t deter optimistic households who believe the market is improving, according to a survey released last week.  More than 90 percent of those surveyed believe the home buyer tax credits have helped both first-time buyers and the overall housing market, but 65 percent say that the end of tax [...] Read more of this article

How most people find a real estate agent

Most people find a real estate agent by one of the following basic approaches.  By market size. Agents with a large market share become familiar to you by their shear presence. Buyers and especially sellers are more likely to hire someone they are familiar with and market size creates familiarity. These agents will have their [...] Read more of this article

What the agent isn’t telling you

This is a common story in real estate. There is a buyer looking in a specific area of town so he selects a  Top Producing agent specializing in the area. There are twelve listing currently in the buyers  price range and the agent has five of them listed.  As a buyer you are looking to have a buyers agent [...] Read more of this article