HomeSight, a Decatur, Ill.-based company, has announced an agreement with Apex Software to expand its interactive floor plan and virtual tour services to a larger audience. "By partnering with Apex Software, HomeSight now has the resources and software tools to expand our Realtor support services nationwide and beyond," stated Tom Brinkoetter, HomeSight president. Field person draws the home using Apex software.

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Online Floor Plans and Virtual Real Estate Tools - Apex Partners With HomeSight



HUD Homes Discounted For Katrina Victims

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In an effort to assist families displaced by the Gulf Coast Hurricanes attain homeownership, the U.S. Dept. of Housing Urban Development will give evacuees the opportunity to buy HUD-owned properties at a discount. These families will be offered the opportunity to purchase the homes they are currently occupying at a discount of ten percent off the property's fair market value.

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HUD Homes Discounted For Katrina Victims





This requires a close look at comparable home sales in your area, as well as making an assessment of the state of the real estate market itself. How long should you market a home at a given price? However, this may be too short for your home if you have an unusual or very high end home for which there is a small market. If your home has been on the market for months with no offers, you have been given a clear message that the price is set too high.

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ABO - Appraised By Owner: Tips For Pricing Your Own Home



Bogus Trailer Park Real Estate Scam - Interesting

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When they tried to contact her to find out the status of the tranaction they would not be able to get ahold of her again. Some potential buyers met with who they thought was a real estate agent and paid down payment money that they never saw again. “When the prospective buyer would call to find out more about what was going on, they never got an answer and figured out they’d been duped out of their money,” Hay County Sgt.

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Growth of Minority Home Buyers Initiates Changes In Industry

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The growth of minority home ownership is creating new opportunities for real estate agents, but it is also forcing them to develop new skill sets. But that approach has changed as agents and others have recognized the importance of making sure buyers are comfortable in their home-buying decisions.

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Growth of Minority Home Buyers Initiates Changes In Industry



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A report updated for the first quarter of 2006 shows what areas have the most overvalued housing. You can view the report here. The report says it takes 3 and a half years to correct the overvaluation. For Q1 2006, they list the San Luis Obispo housing market as being 56.5% overvalued, which ranks about 30th on their list of 317 areas nationwide. The most undervalued areas are in Texas.

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Water, Water Anywhere

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Median home prices are also a lot lower than in nearby Sedona - about $325,000 in Flagstaff, she said, which is roughly the Sedona entry price. For example, in Mountain Home (population 11,100), tucked deep into the Ozark Mountains, second homes made up only 10 percent of the market three to five years ago, but today it's 15 to 20 percent, said Rodney Wagner, the principal broker and owner of the Mountain Home Real Estate Company.

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