{"id":4944,"date":"2010-05-28T08:39:12","date_gmt":"2010-05-28T13:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bhgrealestateblog.com\/?p=4944"},"modified":"2024-12-30T14:34:40","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T19:34:40","slug":"week-in-review-things-we-liked-from-the-week-that-was-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/week-in-review-things-we-liked-from-the-week-that-was-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Week in Review: Things We Liked from the Week That Was"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">With Memorial Day this weekend, the perfect storm is setting in for the summer home buying season. Riding the tails of a <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB20001424052748703341904575266630627089818.html#mod=todays_us_new_york\">7.6% increase<\/a> in sales of existing homes in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/money\/economy\/housing\/2010-05-24-housingnumbers_N.htm\">April<\/a>, agents need to take advantage of the season and help sellers spruce up their outdoor areas and to communicate with buyers on what an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.time.com\/time\/business\/article\/0,8599,1991745,00.html\">ideal time<\/a> it is to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/investor\/content\/may2010\/pi20100525_631660.htm\">buy<\/a> (for reasons like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2010\/05\/26\/AR2010052605083.html\">falling interest rates<\/a> and an improving economy, among others). For buyers, acting fast is crucial because we are not seeing the <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB10001424052748704026204575266200277903596.html?mod=WSJ_Real+Estate_LeftTopNews\">price free-fall<\/a> from the recession. While<a href=\"http:\/\/rismedia.com\/2010-05-23\/as-housing-market-nears-bottom-pent-up-supply-waits\/\"> Zillow\u2019s Q1 Real Estate Market Reports<\/a> did contain a few bright spots regarding the housing market, we continue to have plenty of cause for concern. As many of you well know, we still <a href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2010\/05\/25\/news\/economy\/housing_recovery_slows.fortune\/index.htm\">need supply<\/a>. How can we convince home owners considering selling to put their homes on the market now?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">There was plenty of good news regionally this week. In <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/ap\/financialnews\/D9FTB5EO1.htm\">Maine<\/a>, home sales jumped a whopping 63 percent last month. <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB20001424052748703341904575266630627089818.html#mod=todays_us_new_york\">Sales of existing homes<\/a> in Boston rose 41.8 percent, in Pittsburgh 42.2 percent, in Portland 49.2 percent, and in New York and its surrounding suburbs 39.6 percent. Wow! Also, in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/news\/2010-05-24\/california-house-prices-rise-on-fewer-foreclosures-update1-.html\">California<\/a> house prices rose 21 percent in April from a year earlier as forecloses fell. Folks in the Midwest and South, are you seeing similar trends?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">A report from Zillow found that foreclosed homes typically sell for an average <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/story\/home-buyers-get-the-most-for-your-money-2010-05-24\">20 to 30 percent discount.<\/a> It\u2019s no wonder, then, that <a href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2010\/05\/25\/real_estate\/booming_real_estate_auctions\/\">auctions have increased<\/a> by about 10 percent a year since the early 2000s.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">On another note, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/idUSTRE64N38W20100524\/\">FHA guaranteed 1.9 million loans<\/a> last year, beating out competitors Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. They\u2019ve been working overtime!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Finally, just a little reminder of what <a href=\"http:\/\/www.time.com\/time\/photogallery\/0,29307,1735145,00.html\">our job<\/a> is all about: finding people a home. 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