Here’s your chance to catch up with news included to inform, enlighten and perhaps even entertain you. To read about The Big Apple, check out the other of today’s posts and look for Out and About early next week.
He sees live condo buyer in short time
Singer learns he was out of sync with the market
Her house is no prize at $11.5 million, a fashion designer concedes (3rd item)
Fed sees housing market at little changed or weakening, depending on region
Interest rates continue to crawl up
Employment in mortgage industry has plunged by more than half since 2006
Loan applications for refis and purchases slide again
Paperwork backlog causes 15 percent drop in first quarter foreclosure activity
New rules take effect on how mortgage brokers are paid
Budget legislations cuts counseling on reverse mortgages
Boomers overhaul old models or invent new housing ones for where they want to age
Some real estate agents don’t feel spring fever, but a chill instead
Blog offers five (questionable) ways to cuts costs when selling real estate and columnist advises dispassionate pricing
Trulia map lets you see price-cut history by zip code
Driven by affordability, consumers embrace the the shrinking home
There’s more than one way to caulk a kitchen counter
If you don’t have a pot, maybe this $6,400 toilet will do
To look and feel younger than your age, moving to Salt Lake City could be your best option
Probably overtaken by events, Freddie Mac forecast sees 5 percent increase in sales this year
You can search for 20,000 New York City properties listed by various brokers, and I encourage you to be in touch with me for assistance and advice. You also may want to see my periodic critiques of properties that I visit in Out and About, which I post on Mondays or Tuesdays.
Malcolm Carter
Licensed Associate Real Estate Broker
Senior Vice President
Charles Rutenberg Realty
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New York, NY 10022
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