Author: Aly Chiman

Posted by in , , , , with Daily Real Estate News | March 4, 2011 How you present a listing online and the words you choose to describe it may be turning off some buyers. Bankrate.com recently asked real estate professionals to weigh in on what listing red flags are turning off their buyers. No photos. “One red flag in many buyers’ eyes is the lack of photos for a listing,” says Don Tepper…

Depending on which newspaper you read or which website you follow you will have probably read that rental yields are either going up or going down. RICS, the ARLA and paragon mortgages have all put out reports in the last few months, that at some points, on the surface seem to contradict what each other has said in someway; however, when you dig deeper and get behind the facts, there is not always as much…

Local and Real Estate News Posted by in , , , with Three decades ago, Michael and Marlene Tallant would have loved to have mortgage interest rates that are available now — below 5 percent. Instead, when they purchased their first home in Dormont for $70,000, they had to work with a rate of about 16 percent. “We had a figure that we could afford, and since … Posted by in , , , ,…

Category Archivefor: ‘Marketing’ Posted by in with New York, April 26, 2011 – Data through February 2011, released today by S&P Indices for its S&P/Case-Shiller1 Home Price Indices, the leading measure of U.S. home prices, show prices for the 10- and 20-city composites are lower than a year ago but still slightly above their April 2009 bottom. The 10- City Composite fell … Posted by in , , , , with If you want to…

Category Archivefor: ‘Financing’ Posted by in , , , with Mortgage applications for purchases rose to their highest level of the year last week, the Mortgage Bankers Association reports. Purchase applications for mortgages increased 12.5 percent from one week earlier, and on an unadjusted basis, purchase application activity is the highest since last May.“ An improving job market is beginning to pave the way for … Posted by in , , with State and federal…