Alan Barker on December 11th, 2009

If you’re looking for some great information about Cache Valley Real Estate, here is a site I found that I thought was worth sharing. Cache Valley Utah Real Estate.

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Alan Barker on December 11th, 2009

Home sellers in Cache Valley Utah are getting 6.5% less than their original list price when selling  homes the last two months. This is closer to the original list price than we’ve seen in a while, and a sign that the real estate market improvement is headed in the right direction. This tells us that [...]

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Alan Barker on December 9th, 2009

Cornerstone Real Estate Professionals Were #1 Again during November.

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Alan Barker on December 8th, 2009

Your Logan Utah Real Estate Agent is now required to be a little bit smarter, or at least a little bit more educated. The Utah Legislature passed a bill requiring Utah Real Estate agents to have atleast 18 hours of continuing education credit every two years. Previously, this amount was just 12 hours of CE [...]

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Alan Barker on December 7th, 2009

Cache County home sales were up 37% compared with November of last year when just 51 residential homes in Cache Valley sold. So far, 81 Cache Valley homes have been reported sold by the MLS. The huge increase in home sales can largely be attributed to the scheduled expiration of the first time buyer tax [...]

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Alan Barker on December 3rd, 2009

There is a huge problem in our country with short sales. In Utah, as well as nationally. Because of the housing boom, prices were over inflated. Now, many homeowners owe more on their house than they are worth. These people are generally not good savers anyways, and so have no way to sell their homes [...]

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Alan Barker on December 3rd, 2009

Buying homes in Logan Utah just got even better. Just when we thought mortgage rates couldn’t get any lower, they did. In fact they are the lowest they’ve been since freddie mac started keeping track back in 1971. Rates on 15- and 30-year fixed-rate mortgages fell for a fifth consecutive week to new lows, Freddie [...]

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Alan Barker on December 3rd, 2009

Option ARMS were the hottest new trend when I bought my first house four years ago. They gave the borrower an “option” on what payment they would make. They had a choice to pay either a 15 year amortized payment, a 30 year payment, an interest payment or an interest payment. Good options right? It [...]

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Alan Barker on December 2nd, 2009

87% if all real estate transactions begin online. People are looking for a home or a real estate agent. The most important factor of a choosing a real estate agent according to CAR was how useful their web page was. Blogging Takes the best of Static Websites and Social Media. It’s fresh, and professional. Three [...]

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Alan Barker on December 1st, 2009

Moving to Logan Utah? Consider a Lease Option House.

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