Hot Real Estate News for the Greater Lansing, Michigan Real Estate market on the Proposed New Home B
Here's some hot real estate news for the Greater Lansing, Michigan Real Estate market on the proposed new Home buyer Tax Credit. According to an article written by Bloomberg the U.S. Senate leaders moved closer to an agreement replacing an expiring $8,000 tax credit for first- time home buyers with a smaller one that would expand access to so-called step-up purchasers.The Senate deal would reduce the size of the tax credit to 10 percent of the sale’s price, capped at $7,290. The credit would be available on home purchases that are under contract by April 3

DropBox: Wonderful Advancement for the Real Estate Industry
Dropbox, a cross-platform file-syncing tool, has now made it’s way to the iPhone and iPod touch, complete with offline file viewing for professionals who need access to files on the run. This will be a wonderful advancement for the real estate industry to use for documents and listing information. Once installed on your device,

Greater Lansing Real Estate Market Can Be Complex However Pending Home Sales Are Up
The Greater Lansing Michigan real estate market showed a substantial increase in pending and closed sales for weekending October 13, 2009 over last year the same week according to GLAR.  Pending home sales have increased for seven straight months, the longest in the series of the index which began in 2001, according to the National Association of

Greater Lansing Real Estate Real Estate Market Statistics Can Better Set Client Expectations
Coldwell Banker Hubbell Briarwood released the 3rd Quarter 2009 Market Report today that showed some positive statistics and comparisons that will aid sellers in the greater Lansing real estate market with sound pricing decisions when it comes to marketing their home. This report also breaks down areas by school district to assist buyers and sellers. Here are some highlights of the 14-page report. Units Sold increased 8% compared to 2009 3rd Quarter

REALTORS: What's Wrong With This Picture, Who's Responsible for YOUR Education
As I look at this chart from a recent survey taken by NAR that was sent to 47,000 Realtors, and received 1,189 completed surveys back, I am shocked, yet not surprised. This number is large enough for overall responses to be considered statistically valid. I see some odd responses that tell me things could be out of whack when it comes to where we learn about Technology for real estate. Look it over and tell me your thoughts. I have made 6 observations below the chart.