California’s housing market may be dragging along the bottom.
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This latest report should put the notion to bed that the housing boom was largely driven by speculators. The National Association of Realtors annual Investment and Vacation Home Buyers Survey finds that investors and second home buyers snapped up one third of the homes sold in 2007.
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If you long for the days of neighborhood block parties or being able to borrow a cup of sugar from your neighbor, traditional new housing developments, while designed to offer plenty of privacy, offer almost no community. For those focused on advancing society, improving community and preserving nature and the environment we live and work [...]

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Your ability to plan, set goals, and create action plans to accomplish your goals is the mark of someone who is truly successful. This skill to set goals is a life-long endeavor. It is a habit that must be cultivated daily for a lifetime. This single activity will have the greatest impact on your life [...]

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Linda Moran says that for Ocean City, Maryland, spring is in the air and buyers are realizing that now is the time to strike.
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Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain weighed in with his long-awaited housing and mortgage policies last week — and perhaps not surprisingly, they don’t look like anybody else’s — including those of the Bush Administration.
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With more to-do’s on your “technology plate” than ever before, the number of Internet marketing technologies may seem too overwhelming to consider: Websites, IDX, PPC, blogs, social networking sites, and lead capturing, to name a few. The good news is that these technologies provide you — the REALTOR® — with more opportunities then ever to [...]

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