Seller Pro-Forma Case Study This would be a good case study to share with you sellers and anyone in your farm area, as many homeowners have contemplated selling. Feel free to forward or copy and paste. For several years now Mike and Connie Misconception have been thinking about selling their million dollar second home. Like […]
Script Outline for Establishing Rapport & Getting Contact Information
SCRIPT OUTLINE FOR ESTABLISHING RAPPORT & GETTING CONTACT INFO (EMAIL & MAIL ADDRESSES) When in a social setting use the following: “How has business been?” “Unfortunately, it won’t get better until the economy improves.” “And that won’t happen until real estate comes back.” “That’s why so many business professionals are closely tracking the real estate […]
Still Double Whammy For Sellers
STILL DOUBLE WHAMMY FOR SELLERS Homeowners will be ringing in the New Year with the double whammy of a sick housing market and a struggling job market still in place with few signs that things will get better in 2011. MORTGAGE FORECLOSURES – Statistics show the number of foreclosures continuing to rise. According to the […]
Great Conversation Points for Your Buyers
GREAT CONVERSATION POINTS FOR YOUR BUYERS Several recent events have set the stage for the coming year: Consumers have continued to pay down debt and increase savings, leading to a significant improvement in household balance sheets. The extension of the Bush tax cuts have also helped improve consumer sentiment. Retail sales have remained very […]
Got the Winder Blues?
Census Shows Tremendous Opportunities in Real Estate
Census Shows Tremendous Opportunities in Real Estate For those of you who think the real estate industry is dead, consider the following: United States– The population of the United States increased in the past 10 years by almost 10% and is now at 308 million people. At 2.4 persons per household (or home), there should […]
Preliminary Census Report – Housing Destined to Rebound
PRELIMINARY CENSUS REPORT – HOUSING DESTINED TO REBOUND The 2010 Census Report has been released and the numbers are interesting. The population of the US grew from 281 million in 2000 to 308.1 million in 2010. While overall growth was 9.7% this is significantly below the 13.2% growth from 1990 – 2000. Locally, Florida saw […]
Will Sellers Have to Wait 10 Years to Get Their Price?
WILL SELLERS HAVE TO WAIT 10 YEARS TO GET THEIR PRICE? Many sellers are under the mistaken impression that waiting a couple of years to list their property will enable them to get the price they could have gotten at the height of the market a few years ago. Historically, the average appreciation in most […]
Twin Troubles
Twin Troubles All year long we’ve been anxiously anticipating an economic turn-around. Yet, despite lots of good news, we can’t seem to rebound. Truth is, we won’t rebound until we see improvement in one or both of the 2 critical areas listed below: 1. Real Estate- Watch closely local numbers relating to: a. Foreclosure & […]
Mortgage Interest Rates Jump Again
MORTGAGE INTEREST RATES JUMP AGAIN Once again, mortgage interest rates jumped sharply last week. In the past six weeks, mortgage interest rates have increased nearly one full percentage point from an average of 4.7% to nearly 5.1%. Please see the chart below. As discussed early this month, buyers should seriously consider this continued increase in […]