Your Real Estate Clientele is Ever-Changing.

Investors are taking advantage of the low prices in today's buyer's market. Photo Source: http://www.greekshares.com/

Jan. 30, 2012 – As a REALTOR®, you own your own business and you have your own clientele. You can call them your base – your friends, family, past clients, etc. Anyone who would buy or sell real estate from you would be part of your base clientele.

Millennials are getting older and buying their first homes. Photo Source: http://www.comerecommended.com/

In the article, Your Base is Changing. Are You Changing With It? RISMedia makes the point   that your clients are getting older and thus their real estate wants are changing. The millennial generation are graduating college, starting families and buying their first homes. While the investors are also buy-crazy in this market.

Cater to your clients and remember people are ever-changing so you must change with them. Alter your marketing strategy and customize to each group of people.

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Buy Now and Save

Dec. 17, 2012 – I know what you’re thinking. You can’t bring yourself to buy a home while prices continue to drop. I understand that. I mean, why would someone buy a sweater at full price when they know it’ll be on sale the next week?

Don’t wait to buy your dream home. Call an agent today!

Well, one answer is: you risk the chance of it being bought by someone else. I know it’s happened to you at least once – you find something you want and instead of buying it right then, you go home to think about it. The next day, you show up and it’s gone; sold to someone else! Then you’re kicking yourself, wishing you would have bought it.

Although you’ve done it before, you’ll probably do it again. It doesn’t matter how many times people say it or how many articles advise you to buy now, you won’t because you’re holding out for the lowest and best prices.

Think of things this way – The bottom isn’t the bottom until things continually start going up. And once that happens, you’ve missed it. This whole time you’ve been waiting for the “bottom” and you miss your chance to get a smokin’ deal on a mortgage and an amazing price of a home. Some are expecting an rise this year: Optimism Builds in Housing Market.

Skip the “what if’s” and buy your dream home. When you’re ready, we’re ready. Give us a call, 915.834.4000.

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Selling in a Buyer’s Market

Now Is the Time To Buy

Now is the time to buy your dream home.

Jan. 3, 2012 – We are now three days into a brand new year and, for most, New Year resolutions are still in effect. However, there are some things that haven’t changed with the new year and might not change for a few more years – the housing market.

Watch the following video for the good and bad of the 2012 housing market:

2012 Housing Market Outlook

You heard the woman – get your bottom out there and start looking for your dream home. Now is the time to buy – don’t wait!

Contact one of our REALTORS® or give us a call, 915.834.4000, or send us a facebook message and we’ll match you up with a REALTOR® who will help you through the buying process.

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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Spreading Holiday Cheer

Dec. 15, 2011 – How are you spreading holiday cheer? Fannie and Freddie are doing their part this year and have vowed not to foreclose on any homes between Dec. 19 and Jan. 2. Merry Christmas to those who are delinquent on their Fannie or Freddie mortgages!

“No family should have to give up their home during this holiday season,” said Terry Edwards, an executive vice president for Fannie Mae.

Other large mortgage lenders like Chase Mortgage, Wells Fargo and Bank of America have also promised not to foreclose during the holidays. Although there are gray areas. You are promised to sleep in your house for the holidays, however, the administrative paperwork is still being done so come the new year, count your blessings.

Read More: Fannie Mae, banks halt foreclosures for the holidays

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It’s a buyer’s market! Looking to buy a great piece of property; possibly a foreclosure? Contact us today to see what great grabs there are here in town!

Finding a Foreclosure

Nov. 18, 2011 – If you are looking to buy, you have probably already told your REALTOR® you want to see all the “deals” – foreclosures. But are there actually deals? A search in google would suggest yes. Type in “foreclosure deals” in the search field and you’ll find the first page is filled with sites promising deals.

AGBeat came up with Six Useful Foreclosure Apps for Android and iPhone Users so now you can find the foreclosures (deals or not). While on your foreclosure hunt, also check out the Top 10 Hottest Neighborhoods for Foreclosure Searches by Inman News.

A positive note for homeowners, Time Magazine noticed there are Fewer Foreclosures Near Top 10 Public Schools.

Is it a common misconception that foreclosed properties are bargains? You’ll have to ask your REALTOR®. Don’t have one? Ask any one of ours! They’ll be more than happy to talk to you. Call (915) 834-4000 or visit www.cbelpaso.com.

Happy hunting!

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