Real Estate For Fun And Profit » economy http://realestateforfunandprofit.com Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:48:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 D3TV – Reluctant Negotiating http://realestateforfunandprofit.com/d3tv-reluctant-negotiating/ http://realestateforfunandprofit.com/d3tv-reluctant-negotiating/#comments Thu, 01 Jul 2010 19:44:13 +0000 dean

DeanDretske.com – wanted to share a negotiating tip with you. Negotiating as the more relunctant party is a powerful strategy to getting what you want.

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    ]]>     http://realestateforfunandprofit.com/d3tv-reluctant-negotiating/feed/ 0     Housing Mortgage Market Review http://realestateforfunandprofit.com/housing-mortgage-market-review/ http://realestateforfunandprofit.com/housing-mortgage-market-review/#comments Mon, 24 May 2010 03:06:04 +0000 dean http://realestateforfunandprofit.com/?p=286 The Housing Mortgage Market Review came out this month – you can see the original at http://www.pmi-us.com/PDF/may_10_pmi_hammr.html

    Home sales rose in March.  The main reasons given are the homebuyer tax credit, rebound from the bad weather during the winter months and a better outlook for jobs and demographics. 

    I expect that April sales looked good as well, though I am doubtful that this will continue into May.  Since the homebuyer tax credit ended in April, I expect that May sales will have fallen.  I also think that the continued turmoil in Europe is going to have an affect in the overall economy here and that will affect house sales.

    It is also expected that house prices and interest rates will remain unchanged through this year. 

    The chart that I found most interesting showed the percentage of mortgages that are ‘seriously delinquent’ (pg 5).  The trendlines on this chart show that more and more mortgages are headed into foreclosure – a trend which will definately hold down the housing prices in the future.

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    7 speakers who will share with you the strategies that they are using to make money in today’s market. You owe yourself a look!

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    I also just read that the median price of sold houses in Detroit in Dec 08 was $7500.  Here in Tulsa is was closer to $125K.


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