Real Estate News Summary (week ending 07-06-09)

Real Estate News You Don’t See on the News – from The Cutting Edge   July 7, 2009

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The week’s real estate posts of interest from The Cutting Edge.

• 50 Do-It-Yourself Marketing Ideas for Your Real Estate Business | MyTechOpinion.com – http://www.mytechopinion.com/2009…
• Calculated Risk: The Booming Repo Business – http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2009…
• Calculated Risk: MBA: Record Home-Equity Loan Delinquencies –  http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2009…
• Haunted House? Michael Jackson Already Haunting Neverland : The Real Estate Bloggers – http://www.therealestatebloggers.com/2009…
• What it takes to fix housing – Housing Doom – http://housingdoom.com/2009…
• Real Estate Search – Google to Punk Your Local MLS? Is It Possible? | Real Estate Opinion MAG – AgentGenius – http://agentgenius.com/real-es…
• America’s New Ghost Towns – http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs… Chilling! – js
• FHA Website Gives Misleading Information About Reverse Mortgages – Housing Doom – http://housingdoom.com/2009…
• Realtor on Realtor Action – Is the RE.net a waste of time? | GeekEstate Blog – http://www.geekestateblog.com/realtor… yesterday Is social media really bringing business your way, or is it just a big cocktail party for your Realtor buddies?
• 7 Ways to Make Twitter Easier & Worth Your Time | Real Estate Opinion MAG – AgentGenius – http://agentgenius.com/real-es… Sunday
• Neighborhoods are the heart of the City – http://memphisrealestatebuzz.com/2009… Sunday from Memphis Real Estate Buzz
• The Housing Bubble Blog » Realtors Conclude Value – http://thehousingbubbleblog.com/… Sunday
• BloodhoundBlog.com | Private ownership of the land is the source not just of our freedom but of our civility and of our humanity itself – http://www.bloodhoundrealty.com/Bloodho… Sunday
• Calculated Risk: Songs for the New Depression* – http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2009…Saturday – Loudon Wainwritht III – Includes “Paul Krugman Blues”
• Calculated Risk: LA Times: ‘Another wave of foreclosures’ – http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2009… Saturday
• Sell This Pig! | Real Estate Opinion MAG – AgentGenius – http://agentgenius.com/g-rants… Friday from – who ever thought it was a good idea for real estate agents to write advertising copy?
• Why those who can pay walk away from mortgages – MarketWatch – http://www.marketwatch.com/story… Friday
• Mortgage Lending Drops as Interest Rates Rise – Surprised : The Real Estate Bloggers – http://www.therealestatebloggers.com/2009… Friday Mortgages are harder to get than ever, IMO
• Memphis Daily News – Is Twitter the News Outlet for the 21st Century? – http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editori… Friday – Twitter is gaining credibility and importance as a news source.
• Real Estate Crash: How’s Your City Doing: Tech Ticker, Yahoo! Finance – http://finance.yahoo.com/tech-ti… Friday Yahoo Finance – real estate market crash update
• Calculated Risk: Another Involuntary Landlord and Summary – http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2009… Friday
• Businesses urged to put best Facebook on : Business News : Memphis Commercial Appeal – http://www.commercialappeal.com/news… Thursday
• Real Estate Blog – Why Loan Officers Kill Deals, Cost You Time and Money and Anger Customers – http://activerain.com/blogsvi… July 2
• Calculated Risk: NAR: Pending Home Sales Index Increases Slightly – http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2009… July 1 Pending home sales numbers are meaningless if the sales don’t close.
• Calculated Risk: House Prices: The Long Tail – http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2009…July 1 Home prices still going down, but now at a slower rate
• Why Home Inspection Negotiations Fail viaSeattle Real Estate | Rain City Guide – http://www.raincityguide.com/2009… June 30
• via BloodhoundBlog.com | Do It Yourself and More Nonsense From Otherwise Intelligent Folk – http://www.bloodhoundrealty.com/Bloodho… June 30
• Housing Plan Stuck, National Recovery In Hands of Real Estate Market – via The Real Estate Bloggers – http://www.therealestatebloggers.com/2009… June 30
• Matrix » AMC Appraiser: How Am I Supposed to Appraise This Thing? – http://matrix.millersamuel.com/… June 30
• Where is the Real Estate Industry Headed? via Real Estate Opinion MAG – AgentGenius – http://agentgenius.com/g-rants… June 30

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