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By Scott Berg at 3 December, 2011, 11:18 pm
Gold Coast Real Estate Market Update for 2 bedroom Condos LP – List Price MT – Market Time SP – Sold Price Total Average LP Average MT Sold-131 [...]
Read More >>Edina Realty Pulls MLS Listing Feed From Realtor.com & Trulia
By Scott Berg at 21 November, 2011, 10:43 pm
Edina Realty, one of the largest brokerages and a dominant forces in the state of Minnesota has decided not to feed its listings to Realtor.com and Trulia. It is common to hear grumblings from agents and other industry insiders that giving public sites access to their listing data is in the end counter productive and [...]
Read More >>Chicago Real Estate Market Update
By Scott Berg at 20 November, 2011, 11:43 pm
If you look at the city overall things are not bright. That being said real estate is hyper local and what is happening in one area, in one price range is quite different from another. Here is a snapshot of how the Chicago Real Estate Market is preforming as a whole: chicago-real-estate-market
Read More >>The Chicago Real Estate Scene
By Scott Berg at 17 November, 2011, 10:37 pm
I would like to introduce you to our new website called the Chicago Real Estate Scene. There are a couple of things that make this site somewhat unique. One is that it actually allows you to search by Chicago neighborhoods. Many websites out there claim to allow a neighborhood search but only actually allow search [...]
Read More >>Is a Reverse Mortgage a Better Option?
By Scott Berg at 11 October, 2011, 4:54 pm
If you are a cash strapped, 62+ year old homeowner and don’t believe you can get your house sold with the excess amount of home inventory on the market you may want to consider staying in your home and use a reverse mortgage to bridge the income vs expense divide. A reverse mortgage will enable [...]
Read More >>MLS Your For Sale By Owner – Why Not?
By Scott Berg at 11 August, 2011, 8:27 pm
If you are currently trying to sell your home “for sale by owner” then you might be considering an mls listing. The mls is the best way to get exposure for your home but you need to be aware of what an mls listing is and what it means. The first thing to understand is [...]
Read More >>Statewide MLS Listings? Flat Fee Listers Love The Idea
By Scott Berg at 10 August, 2011, 6:58 pm
The Arizona Association of REALTORS recently announced that they are moving forward with a plan for a state wide mls system. Consolidation among local associations and mls services are becoming common place as these institutions look to drive efficiencies and lower overall expenses for their members. The idea of state wide or a nationwide mls [...]
Read More >>Listing on MLS for Flat Fee to Compete with Foreclosures
By Scott Berg at 2 August, 2011, 9:37 pm
Many home sellers are trying to figure out how they can compete with all the distressed properties on the market. According to the latest report by RealtyTrac the problem will only be worse in 2012 as they estimate that over 1 million foreclosures notices that should be filed this year will be pushed off until [...]
Read More >>5 Tips for Selling via a Flat Fee MLS Listing
By Scott Berg at 28 July, 2011, 9:59 pm
Here are 10 tips to selling your home via a flat fee mls listing. 1. Research flat fee companies – I will speak more to this in a future article but basically you want to choose a company that is locally licensed (not a referral company) so that you are able to call or email [...]
Read More >>FSBOs need an MLS Listing to Get Home Sold
By Scott Berg at 27 July, 2011, 4:18 pm
This is a tough market for home sellers. Many need to conserve every dollar in order to get their home sold. The biggest expense is the commission (~5-6%) paid to a traditional agent. But how does one get the same marketing exposure as a traditional agent without paying that high commission? With a Flat Fee [...]
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