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31
2007

Yacht foreclosure sale -- seller motivated

By Matt Carter, Tuesday, July 31, 2007.
Five bedroom, five bathroom, 142-foot motor yacht. Sleeps 10, plus crew of nine. All new appliances in galley-- eight-burner Vulcan range, Thermidor double oven with Salamander broiler, custom hood with inlet blower, two dishwashers, two microwaves, Delfield double refrigerator, freezer,...  more...

Using Twitter to Stay in Touch at Connect

By Joel Burslem, Tuesday, July 31, 2007.
Twitter is a micro-blogging platform that allows you to answer the question "What are you doing?" online in 140 characters or less. Over the last few months it has been adopted by thousands of users worldwide to let their friends...  more...

Jul

30
2007

Following Connect SF from Afar

By Joel Burslem, Monday, July 30, 2007.
Cross posted at Connect SF 2007 Blog As much as we'd love to have everyone at Connect SF - understandably, some folks won't be able to make it. That's why this year, we've made it even easier for you to...  more...

Guest Post: Bridging real estate and technology worlds

By Patrick Kitano, Monday, July 30, 2007.
The influx of technology entrepreneurs who are building new real estate 2.0 applications will take off. The recent launches of SecondSpace and Terabitz demonstrate a new appetite by VC-backed techies to conquer a vertical that has massive revenue appeal. Last...  more...

Guest Post: Mortgage Lender Implode-O-Meter sued

By toddwcarpenter@gmail.com, Monday, July 30, 2007.
Morgan Brown has been covering a developing story concerning new legal action from Loan Center of California against the Mortgage Lender Implode-O-Meter. According to the site's press release: "The complaint is in response to an email posted on the Mortgage...  more...

Jul

27
2007

First-time buyer's notebook

By Jessica Swesey, Friday, July 27, 2007.
Here's some Web food for real estate bargain hunters: ZipRealty just announced on their blog that they've added a button on their Web site that enables consumers to search for "short sales". Users can create searches that enable them to...  more...

Networking the Web 2.0 Way

By Joel Burslem, Friday, July 27, 2007.
By Cayusa There's still time to get in on the fun. Our Connect SF Facebook group is up to 192 members, and we're waiting for you. It's easy to join, just click on the link and your profile will be...  more...

Jul

26
2007

Planning Your Schedule at Connect

By Joel Burslem, Thursday, July 26, 2007.
by Mike Rohde Real Estate Connect is just around the corner. If you're looking ahead to to plan your days in San Francisco, just click on this button to import the conference schedule into Google Calendar. Mac OSX iCal and...  more...

Guest Post: Blog Tour hits Seattle, commotion ensues

By Marlowe, Thursday, July 26, 2007.
Rudy and Joe's "Blog Tour USA" rolled into Seattle yesterday to great fanfare and a gathering of the local blogging masses, including Galen from Estately, Caleb and Matt from Active Rain, The Tim from Seattle Bubble and other local luminaries...  more...

Real Estate Tech Blotter

By Jessica Swesey, Thursday, July 26, 2007.
Here's a roundup of some new online services and applications for real estate released this week: 1. Scotty, give me info on 123 Main St.: Fidelity National Real Estate Solutions, the folks who brought you Cyberhomes, today launched Hi-Fi VoiceSearch...  more...

Jul

25
2007

Real estate recruiting 2.0

By Jessica Swesey, Wednesday, July 25, 2007.
Quick: What's more difficult than being a real estate agent during a housing downturn? The answer would have to be being the recruiter for a real estate brokerage company during a downturn. Everyone wants to sell houses during a boom...  more...

China: Won't get fooled again

By Matt Carter, Wednesday, July 25, 2007.
In his August Investment Outlook, PIMCO bond fund manager Bill Gross continues to fret about what deterioration in the values of securities backed by subprime mortgage loans is doing to investor confidence in other high-yield securities that have funded leveraged...  more...

Jul

24
2007

The USS Housing Market

By Matt Carter, Tuesday, July 24, 2007.
It wasn't just the news that second quarter profits were down 33 percent at Countrywide Financial that had some investors spooked Tuesday. It was the fact that Countrywide took hundreds of millions in charges and increased its provisions for losses because prime home equity loans it originated aren't performing as well as expected.  more...

Guest Post: Transparency in the mortgage industry

By toddwcarpenter@gmail.com, Tuesday, July 24, 2007.
Do you have an adjustable-rate mortgage? If so, what's the margin on your ARM? What about the caps? Is there a pre-pay, and when is a pre-pay a good thing? These are all questions that many real estate industry professionals...  more...

Jul

23
2007

Says who?

By Matt Carter, Monday, July 23, 2007.
What's amazing, given the importance of mortgage lending and housing markets to the overall economy, is that there doesn't seem to be a single, comprehensive, source of information on foreclosures that everybody agrees is objective.  more...
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