Alan Barker on December 31st, 2009

Tonight signifies the end 2009. A year many would like to forget. It also signifies the beginning of a new year and a new start. A chance to change. For those that don’t own real estate yet, for the perennial renter, perhaps this is the year to change. This is the year to actually do [...]

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Alan Barker on December 30th, 2009

A break down of what kind and places people bought homes using Cornerstone Real Estate agnets as their buyers agents.

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Home Sales of Multi Family Homes in Logan, Duplexes, Triplexes, and Fourplexes are improving. They are definitely not outstanding, but over the last three months they have been up compared with the rest of the year. There are currently 9 Duplexes for Sale in Logan, and 26 Tri and Fourplexes for Sale. This includes most [...]

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Alan Barker on December 29th, 2009

Cornerstone Real Estate Professionals in Logan Utah has three new Associate Brokers. Robert Brown, Chris Tolman, and Kimberly Phipps

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Alan Barker on December 28th, 2009

These Sub 5% Interest Rates won’t last forever. Infact, they already may be rising. According to Dina elBoghady of the Washington Post: Interest rates are likely to rise to 6 percent by the end of 2010, predicted Amy Crews Cutts, deputy chief economist at Freddie Mac.The end of the Federal Reserve program that buys mortgage-backed [...]

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Alan Barker on December 23rd, 2009

The Utah Real Estate commission legally permits real estate agents from soliciting business for a fee. Real Estate agents aren’t allowed to offer you money, or rewards if you, for example refer your friend to use your real estate agent. However, Utah Real Estate agents are allowed to give “unsolicited” gifts to people. Previously these [...]

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Alan Barker on December 18th, 2009

Recent trends show an increase in FHA home loans and in 15 year fixed mortgages.

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Alan Barker on December 17th, 2009

It is FREE to use a buyers agent when buying a new home. Why buying a home using a buyers agent is to your benefit.

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Alan Barker on December 15th, 2009

Here is a great guide to Cache County Real Estate Market Conditions. It goes over important stats to follow when you are planning on buying or selling Cache County Utah real estate. The most important stats to follow include: The Number of Homes for Sale Number of Home Sales Average Price of Homes Sold Price [...]

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Alan Barker on December 15th, 2009

Right now people have lots of questions about the Home Buyer Tax Credits. These Tax Credits are only available through 04/30/2010; and buyers who qualify want to make sure they get them. There are two types of home buyer tax credits: * First Time Home Buyers – those who have not owned a home during [...]

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