International Real Estate Blogs

Our selection of great estate blogs – lots of comment, ideas and market news …..

Realtors – how to get some buyers off of the fence right now
by Jeff Belonger
So you have some buyers on the fence and their mortgage payment could be an issue. For those that would be using FHA loans for their type of home financing, FHA has formally announced a change in regards to the monthly mortgage insurance and…

SEO and Google Alerts
by Tim O'Keefe
Have you tried Google Alerts? It is a great way to monitor reputation management. In other words you can see if anyone is smack talking about you or you business. By typing into Google your name or your business name...

Making the Move on Opportunity
by Brian Kinkade
Here I am, broker and lead of a Denver real estate team here in the heart of the country. We’ve had our share of challenges. However, we continue to invest into our business and persevere and it’s paying off. When others are asking, “How’s busines...

Walkin’ the Talk – What I Told My Own Daughter To Do
by Jeff Brown

Sunday morning found me havin’ breakfast with my newlywed daughter and her wicked cool hubby. They’re both anomalies in this economy. Within a reasonable time both of them found jobs completely congruent with their degrees. In a year or so they we...

15 Month Low For The Home Builder Index in July 2010
by Tom Royce
Nationally 14 out of a hundred home builders surveyed by NAHB think that the new home market is doing okay. My question is, what do that 14 percent of homebuilders know or do they need to be drug tested? But to be honest, there is some logic to th...

Yahoo Real Estate Partners with Zillow to Challenge Realtor.com
by Overseas Property Mall
Yahoo Real Estate has entered into a partnership with what would seem to be one of its main competitors, Zillow.com. The keywords there being “seem to be”. This is because before the partnership Yahoo had focussed on selling ads from large mortgag...

On bartering with estate agents
There was, according to the OFT report, around £800 (or 0.4%) of wiggle room on the commission when selling a £200,000 property. That £800 wiggle room is almost the entire commission on a property sold via Spicerhaart/Tesco. Why would...

Will Caribbean property remain in the sea of tranquility?
by Mark Pollak
No matter how desirable a place is and how white its sandy beaches are, no homes market seems like it is going to get away unscathed from the world financial crisis, be it in terms of property investment, construction or morale. Even the sun-baked...

Translating Twitter speak and garnering retweets
by Lesley Lambert
Not long ago one of my Twitter followers who is new to social media sent me an email asking for some help “decoding” the following tweet: RT @JoeCascio: @aubreyliciouss PodCampCT meeting and tweetup tonight in Middletown . http://goo.gl/o4TA #pcct...

What They Are Not Telling You About Hyperlocality
by Tim O'Keefe
Today is Take My Gloves of Thursday! part 1: +How did hyperlocal emerge? +Two types of hyperlocal as it is sold and why it is wrong +And why that benefits you +Why it is nearly impossible to get content feeds...