Thanks to urbnlivn for the heads up on this. It appears that the 20 or so remaining new condos at the Lumen are going to be auctioned off by the developer on July 11, 2009. The building has ~90 residential homes in it, so they are looking for a way to sell their remaining inventory [...]
Archive | May, 2009
Technology at every step of the real estate process
When choosing a real estate agent, it is important to understand how they use technology to help you buy or sell a home. Technology has transformed and continues to transform the real estate industry, yet amazingly there are many agents in the business who refuse or are slow to embrace it. I recently attended a [...]
NEW SEMINAR: Buying Short Sale or Foreclosed Properties
With many properties on the market in some form of distress, navigating your way through the process may be overwhelming. We discuss the ins and outs of buying a foreclosed or short sale property, and can give you an idea of what to expect. Wednesday, June 17, 2009 | 6:00PM – 7:00 PM findwell Offices [...]
Home Seller Hall of Shame – Entry 2
There are no pictures for today’s entry in the Hall of Shame. However, I came across the craziest of showing restrictions on a listing today. There is a home listed in Bellevue for under $250k, which is an exceptionally low price for this area. It isn’t the most exciting of ramblers, but at that price, [...]
Web search controversy erupts with NAR – Can Google index my listings?
In the last week, a major controversy has erupted between real estate agents and the National Association of Realtors. The Indianapolis Board of REALTORS has blocked one of the agents from allowing their IDX listing feed from being indexed by Google. You can read more about it on this post from Agent Genius. What is [...]
findwell statistics for April 2009
Starting this month, I am going to put together a monthly statistical update for findwell and share it with our readers of the findwell blog. More Buyer Activity April was a busy month for findwell agents, both for home tours and placing offers. findwell agents led buyer on tours of 96 homes, a 43% increase [...]
Seeking focus group participants – Help make findwell better – June 11
We are hosting a focus group on Thursday, June 11 and are looking for ~10 participants to talk about how we can improve findwell’s real estate services. We’re in the midst of planning the next major update to our service, including a set of big changes for our website and need help from customers to [...]
Finding out what’s “down under”…
Home inspections are a regular and necessary part of buying a home. A home inspector will assess a variety of aspects of a home. They’ll make sure that all major systems and appliances are functioning, will visually inspect the structure, and will make sure that there is no evidence of leaks, slippage or settling or [...]
How much is a house worth?
I have seen a number of recent debates online about determining the accurate value of a house. Buyers are trying to determine accurate values of homes to help them craft their offers. It seems that the struggles of the real estate market have given rise to a set of more data-savvy consumers trying to avoid [...]
