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Why Tooele is The Place for Utah Real Estate

Mar. 16, 2012
Tagged with: real estate, tooele
Last summer I visited Tooele Utah for the first time in my life. I'd driven near it, driving along I-80 on my way to Nevada many times, but had never actually taken the detour off of highway 36 to act... [Read More]

Improve Your 2012 Real Estate Sales With Internet Leads

Dec. 2, 2011
It's hard to believe, but 2011 has almost ended. We are in December now, and if you subtract weekends and Holidays, the new year is pretty much here. As one year ends and a new one begins its impor... [Read More]

Keys to Converting Real Estate Leads

Oct. 27, 2011
Closing Leads is the key to making internet leads successful. It doesn’t matter how many real estate internet leads you have, if you don’t get closing from them. There are many different strategies and ways to convert internet leads. Real estate agents can work leads while doing their own business as well, or they can have team members that focus just on internet leads. Sometimes those that focus exclusively on leads are more successful. They, get in the groove, and always make time to call and convert their internet leads.

Home Buying Strategy: Get The Seller To Accept Your Initial Offer

May. 5, 2011
It's a buyers market. Home buyers know it, and they fully expect to get a deal on the home they are going to purchase. This holds true whether you're looking for Logan UT Real Estate, or Atlanta Real... [Read More]

Home Buying Prerequisites

Feb. 3, 2011
The first thing that you need to do when you are thinking of purchasing real estate is to examine your finances. Every home buyer is supposed to be reasonable enough with their expenses. When a lender... [Read More]

Mortgage Interest Rates Forecast This 2011

Jan. 31, 2011
"What will happen to mortgage interest rates in the future?" Nobody knows for sure, but the leading "experts" from the Mortgage Bankers Association are predicting that mortgage rates will rise each quarter throughout 2010. Now things could change, the economy could take another turn down, and it's possible that interest rates could go back down, but don't bet on it.

Should you Sell, or Turn Your Home into a Rental Property?

Dec. 1, 2010
Real estate owners have many reasons to move. Some of the time its out of necessity, other times its simply to move into a more desireable home. In the current economy, and wit... [Read More]

Sell Your Home Quickly with Home Tending Services

Nov. 16, 2010
Did you know that a vacant house can cost you $500-$3000 worth of insurance bill per year? So, if you have a vacant house in Utah, consider Utah Home Tending services. Homeowners are currently turni... [Read More]

2010 VS 2008 Home Buying Power

Nov. 4, 2010
If you are going to look at home buying power now, the disparities with that two years ago are in some way quite astounding. For those that can qualify for mortgage loans, buying real estate has never been this economical because of the declining home prices and lower interest rates.

Is Foreclosure the Best Option for Your Home?

Nov. 4, 2010
We are all aware of the foreclosure problems US is facing and quiet serious right now. There are actually thousands of home owners that are underwater and they owe far more than their homes could ev... [Read More]

Salt Lake Real Estate Condition After The Housing Boom

Oct. 26, 2010
For real estate agents, and some home owners, the housing boom was great. Whathappened was home values escalated andn the people who sold at the right time made money effortlessly. But, those boom d... [Read More]

FHA Mortgage Insurance Changes Lowers Qualified Home Buyers

Sep. 30, 2010
With all the foreclosure activity we have seen since the housing market started slipping, mortgage insurance companies have really suffered. Mortgage insurance is essentially &... [Read More]

Buying Truths in Today's Economy

Sep. 30, 2010
Truth is truth, home sales in Utah are to a large extent lower compared to what they regularly are at this time of year. A survey by the Utah Association of Realtors among re... [Read More]

Buy a Home to Pay it Off

Aug. 27, 2010
The days of "easy" equity for home purchases are gone. It was a temporary thing. A blip in the long term housing market. From 1896-1996 home prices rose at almost exactly the rate of inflati... [Read More]

Make Sure Your Buyers Understand Agency

Aug. 5, 2010
Tagged with: agency, buyers agents
When selling real estate, we can't underestimate the importance of agency. Our time is important, and by taking a few minutes to make sure clients understand how real estate agents work, we can save a... [Read More]

Things Eternal Sellers Do To Make Sure Their Homes Don't Sell

Jul. 22, 2010
There are thousands of articles written providiing tips of how to sell a house. But either people just don't pay attention, don't care, or actually don't want their homes to sell. Well, after show... [Read More]

Credit Scores are Down. How will this effect the housing market?

Jul. 17, 2010
I recently heard the stat that 29% of US residents had FICO credit scores of less than 580. The FICO score is one of the principal tools used by lenders to determine ones worthiness to borrow... [Read More]

Comparing Real Estate Conditions in Sandy, Utah from 2000-2009

Jun. 11, 2010
Explanation of how Real Estate in Sandy did throughout the past decade

Comparing Real Estate Conditions in Syracuse, Utah from 2000-2009

Jun. 10, 2010
Information about Real Estate conditions in Syracuse Utah for the past decade.

Utah Real Estate and Home Sales Numbers

Blog by Alan Barker
Logan, Utah

Market Conditions, trends and statistics for the different cities in Utah. Find out the conditions of the real estate market by watching the numbers.

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RE: Credit Scores are Down. How will this effect the housing market?
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