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Who Pays America’s Highest (and Lowest) Property Taxes? | Zillow Blog
Highest Property Taxes as a Percent of Home Value Allegany County, NY (3.76%) Milwaukee County, WI (3.68%) Kendall County, IL (3.57%) Sullivan County, NY (3.56%) Orleans County, NY (3.49%) Lowest Property Taxes as a Percent of Home Value Caroline County, VA (0.17%) Catahoula County, LA and Randolph AR (0.2%) Iberville County, LA and Cumberland County, […]
Average American Net Worth of $77,300 – Homeownership’s Impact on Net Worth
A recent study by the Federal Reserve found that: The average American family has a net worth of $77,300 Of that net worth, 61.4% ($47,500) of it is in home equity A homeowner’s net worth is over thirty times greater than that of a renter The average homeowner has a net worth of $174,500 while […]
Northwest sales hinge on one key problem | 2014-04-04 | HousingWire
As Seattle goes – so goes Spokane County (in a couple of years)…… Tight inventory supply is holding back the housing recovery in the Northwest as brokers report rising prices on fewer sales in March. Northwest Multiple Listing Service recorded that there were 9,183 pending sales during the month, roughly 300 fewer than the same […]
Are real estate ‘paper brokerages’ the next big thing in real estate? | Inman News
Are real estate “paper brokerages” — companies that join multiple listing services in order to access and display MLS listing data online, but don’t provide brokerage services to consumers — the next big thing in real estate? It’s increasingly common for brokers to get licensed in states outside of their home turf. Are ‘paper brokerages’ […]
Time Management Tips for Property Managers | Real Estate and Rental Marketing Blog for Professionals – Zillow Pro Blog
By Loretta Morgan Overwhelmed? Stressed out? No time to do the things you want to do or should be doing? It’s time for time management. This will be difficult at first. With structure, discipline, and focus, it will become easier, and everyone around you will comply. Time Blocking Is Time Management Plan out your day, week, and […]
Carrington Mortgage Services taking minimum FICO score down to 550 | Inman News
Last month Wells Fargo announced it would make FHA loans to borrowers with FICO scores all the way down to 600, well below the previous 642 threshold, which got executives at Realogy and other real estate-related companies cheering. via Carrington Mortgage Services taking minimum FICO score down to 550 | Inman News.
‘Money illusion’ leads people to embrace real-estate gains at face value, even if reality turns them into a mirage
SANETTE TANAKA March 27, 2014 9:10 p.m. ET Many home buyers are victims of money illusion: They believe they are doing better if they sell their home for a higher dollar amount than they bought it, even if inflation eats the gains. Photo: Anna Parini. Home sellers, be warned—that attractive house price might be […]
50 Signs You Might Be an Entrepreneur
By John Rampton|March 28, 2014 http://m.entrepreneur.com/article/232451 Entrepreneurs are a unique group of people. Not only do they think differently; they act differently. They draw on personality traits, habits and mind-sets to come up with ideas that straddle the line between insanity and genius. But just because you’re an original thinker and came up with an idea […]