Judy Orr an Editor on Topix
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UPDATE: The Topix website no longer allows guest editors, which I think is a real shame. This was an online local news source for all different towns and areas.
In doing searches for different towns I've noticed that Topix always seems to come up in the search engines. After reading another real estate agent's blog posting on the subject from the popular real estate portal called Active Rain, I skipped over to the Topix website and joined as an editor for the city of Scottsdale.
You can read the latest Scottsdale news, read some posts on Scottsdale real estate and join in on forums for local or national news items. I'm thinking of joining up as editor of a couple of other towns although they already have editors (there can be multiple…
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is because of the MLS (Multiple Listing Service) and the correct price. They expect other forms of marketing but don't know how these methods work and what they're really used for. I'm going to explain some marketing tools to debunk the myths.
I would never expect a buyer or seller to do something I wouldn't do. It is a confusing market right now. It has been a Buyer's Market for some time and prices continue to plummet in most areas. This makes it difficult for buyers to make a decision to buy now or hold out until the real estate market hits bottom.
as being a member of 3 separate real estate organizations I belong to. I have read a couple of articles that upset me with their implications. These articles state that we, as real estate agents, need to shoulder some of the blame for the current state of short sales and foreclosures, meaning the buyers we worked with that are now losing their homes.
works and the fact that no one is guaranteed a "deal" when purchasing one of these properties. In fact, I've seen many foreclosed and short-sale properties where the bank won't budge on price and the prices are simply too high for the condition of the property. On the foreclosed property I handled in Scottsdale, the mortgage holder was ready to reduce the price right when we got an offer. That fact made the lower offer more acceptable to the bank since they were thinking of reducing it anyway.
I rarely cite other blog posts even though I read quite a few and many of them are good. But I usually have enough to write about so don't need to talk about other people's blog posts. However, once in a while I find a gem that moves me. I recently read a post about Real Estate Speculators Establishing Bottom-dollar Price for Lender-Owned Homes in Phoenix written by Greg Swann of Bloodhound Realty. That's not even the whole post title. Of all the good blog posts I read, why would I share one talking about the Phoneix market, since I work in North Phoenix? I don't think this particular agent works in my area so I'm not worried about it. Phoenix is huge!
I am seeing more and more short sale listings as 2008 continues on it's slow course in Scottsdale real estate sales. These listings are competing with the many other real estate listings that are being sold by home owners that want or need to move. In some cases short sale prices and foreclosures are now being used as comparables by appraisers. I've been on both ends of short sales. I had a short sale listing and have presented buyer offers to several short sale listings.
I haven't posted for a while because we've been busy with our monthly real estate newsletter. We have been experimenting with different formats and have been forming a team of different real estate service providers that are sponsoring the newsletter titled Classic Dream Team, Eye-on-the-Market News.
