The mortgage industry today is still very much entrenched in a 1990s “High Contact – Wham Bam” mentality. They need to forge relationships with customers that go past “Thank you, come again!”
Tag Archive: Real Estate
How to Build Real Estate Interest in Your Area on Twitter
TweetUsing Twitter to Generate Real Estate Leads Real estate investment is a world-wide business. Homes are one of the few commodities that that will always be bought and sold. Families continue to move from place to place and they always need somewhere to live. No matter the stability of the economy, residential real estate will…
Florida, California, and Nevada Tally Half of the Nation’s Foreclosures
TweetForeclosures have pretty much dominated the nation’s newspapers and online real estate blogs since 2007. Seems it’s nearly impossible to turn on the news or open a paper without some foreclosure-related story. Interestingly, much of the nation’s foreclosure activity seems to be geographically centered. Per the folks at RealtyTrac.com, over half of the foreclosures we saw…
Winter Haven Florida Housing Report for February 2009
TweetThe Fed’s latest rate decision should keep Florida mortgage rates low, and from the looks of the February 2009 home sales data, we could be in for a bit of a dust up come the end of March! Though average home sale values have kept on the decline by about 24% as compared to last…
Real Estate SEO – Don’t Get Left Behind
TweetTechnology has advanced real estate marketing dramatically in the last few years, and if you’re not keeping up to date, you’re being left behind. Unless you’re totally unplugged, you’ve surely heard words like Facebook, Myspace, Youtube, Twitter, Squidoo, iPhone, Blackberry and a dizzying array of other names. You may have wondered, “What does any of…
A Closer Look at the Making Home Affordable Modification Program
The Florida mortgage landscape may shift a bit here shortly as the Obama’s home affordable modification program, titled “Making Home Affordable,” sets to take hold on April 4, 2009.
Florida Mortgage Newsbreak: Housing Starts Up 22 Percent – Is Housing Bottom Near?
TweetExtra, extra… read all about it! New home construction for February surged up 22 percent, according to recent Housing Starts data , and it may be a good sign for home sellers in the near-term. John Elwell, over at the Florida Real Estate Blog, has posted a link to the actual report, should you wish…
13 Percent of U.S. Homes Are Late Paying Or In Foreclosure – Or Not…
TweetAccording to data fudged data compiled by RealtyTrac, 1 in 8 U.S. homes were in various stages of default or delinquency at the end of 2008. This story was all over the news last week. However, it’s only half true. See, USA Today posted a 2008 Foreclosures By State heatmap last week, which reinforced an…
Appraisal of Acreage – How Does it Work?
TweetThe appraisal of acreage – whether it be raw land or forty acres upon which sits a family estate, is something I’ve not quite been able to fully understand. Realizing this, I decided to reach out to my network contacts in search of some clarity. My first stop was to LinkedIn, where I found…
The USDA Rural Development Loan Program: Top 10 Things Borrowers Need to Know
TweetWord on the street is that 100 percent financing is a thing of the past. NOT TRUE!!! There remains here in Polk County, Florida and in other parts of the nation a true 100 percent financed home loan purchasing program surprisingly few folks are talking about. What’s the program? Hey… glad you asked. Why,…
