Hojin's SW Orlando Real Estate Scoop

Bernake recently gave a nationally televised interview and revealed some clear insights into the thoughts of the Federal Reserve. He points to the housing market as already weak and unlikely to go any lower preventing a double dip recession.  A recovery in the unemployment rate is at least 4 to 5 years off and there’s [...]

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As part of Coldwell Banker’s new ad campaign On Location, the company aims to project more of an updated tech image with a new 3D logo, listing syndication, and video tours of local areas. Coldwell Banker now syndicates their listings to over 350 sites. I didn’t even know that many real estate sites existed. Now [...]

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I guess I’m on a comedy kick lately. I just came across this funny parody of real estate agents on my facebook page called Closing Escrow and couldn’t stop laughing.

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Being a landlord can be a glorious experience at times. I manage 3 retail centers and let me know tell you, there’s always something broken and rent that’s past due. Every once in a while you need to make light of the situation and this little video put me on the ground laughing. The Landlord [...]

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Watch CBS Videos Online With all the talk about the bailout plan being debated in Congress, I’ve heard all kinds of reasons why people think the market is failing. I’ve heard it’s because of Fannie Mae, shady mortgage lenders, stupid consumers that can’t comprehend that their payments will go up eventually on interest only loans, [...]

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I ran across an episode of Million Dollar Listing on Bravo flipping through channels the other night and of course being a real estate agent, I had to tune in. While there’s an interesting cast of characters on the show, I’ve got to say I’ve never come across any agents like these guys. Most real [...]

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Paul Bishop, economist for the National Association of Realtors, was recently interviewed by the Wall Street Journal about the impact of the housing bill just signed by President Bush and appeared pretty positive in the interview. He says the new bill will bring stability to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac which is quite important in [...]

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Here are the new ads Coldwell Banker will be airing throughout 2008. They were just posted and I’ve gotta say they’re better than the past years although not Oscar material by any means. This year the focus is a lot more on their web presence as it should be but I think they should have [...]

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Trulia Voices allows consumers to post a real estate question and receive answers from real estate professionals. It’s a welcome addition to the real estate world and a great way to make a connection between Realtors and consumers. Personally, I find Trulia to be much more user friendly than portals such as realtor.com or Yahoo [...]

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PMI, commonly referred to as mortgage insurance, is required by a lender when a borrower does not have 20% to put down on a mortgage. On the one hand it allows consumers to buy properties without such a large sum of money but on the other hand it is a total waste. Consumers have been [...]

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