Newsletters & Articles

CFR Market News Volume 2 Issue 9 May 2010 April Showers – Bring May Flowers But do April showers really bring May flowers? No more so than showers in May or September. Exactly which rainy period has the biggest effect on growth depends on whether you’re looking at perennials or annuals. Perennials, which are plants…

CFR Market News Volume 2 Issue 8 March 2010 Goodbye TO Winter, Hello TO Spring!…. can’t come anytime too soon! Old Man Winter has been brutal.  Most of us experienced a much colder than normal winter and in many cases whiter too. If you are thinking about selling your home, a key element to bringing…

CFR Market News Volume 1 Issue 8 February 2010 HOMEBUYERS TAX CREDIT Buy a Home & You Get a Tax Break Am I Eligible? First-time homebuyers & existing homeowners who purchase a primary residence on or after April 9, 2008 and before April30, 2010 are eligible. If you (and your spouse, if married) have not…

CFR Market News Volume 1 Issue 7 December 2009 Waiting for Prices to Plummet on Homes for Sale May Be a Mistake Article written by Jeff Launiere, P.A.,Agent in Tampa November 1, 2009 If you’re looking at homes for sale and want to buy a home but are waiting around for better prices, you might want…

Speaking of Real Estate: Timely Insights & Observations People, Ideas, Hardware Brian Summerfield, Online Editor, REALTOR Magazine wrote of one of the most interesting and original thinkers of the 20th century a colonel in the U.S. Air Force that few people have heard of. John Boyd, a former fighter pilot who transformed into a military…

ON-Line Real Estate Scams HIT Home! As more & more of our day to day business move online, the cyberspace robbers follow right behind. Online crime can impact our finances, privacy, moral dignity, reputation, and even our pet dog’s privacy. So it’s no surprise that fraudulent scammers have found ways to cheat innocent people with…

NAR 2009 Housing Pulse Survey Survey Reveals Down Payment, Closing Costs Still Greatest Obstacles to Home Ownership The telephone survey of 1,250 urban and suburban adults in the top 25 metropolitan statistical areas was conducted for NAR by American Strategies and Myers Research & Strategic Services for NAR’s Housing Opportunity Program. Some key results include:…

Improve Energy Efficiency by Offering Carrots, Not Sticks, Say Realtors® Washington, June 11, 2009 Improving the energy efficiency of the nation’s homes and buildings can be best accomplished with incentives and education, according to the National Association of Realtors® through the approach and overarching goals behind the Green Resources for Energy Efficient Neighborhoods (GREEN) Act,…

The Role the Internet Plays in Buying/Selling Real Estate 2008 National Association of Realtors® Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers Shows What Buyers Do * 35 percent drove by the home * 29 percent walked through the home * 12 percent found a REALTOR® * 11 percent requested more information * 4 percent got pre-qualified…