Virginia senator Mark Warner, along with colleague Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) — with backing from a bipartisan group of lawmakers — will introduce a bill that would liquidate Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. It would replace them with a new agency: … [Read more...]
Ants, rats, bees, hornets, termites and other fun stuff around the house
Lucy O’Neill over at the Improvement Center (a nifty website about home improvement projects) has a cool infographic about the most common kinds of pests around a home — what kind of damage they do, how to get rid of them, and some fun … [Read more...]
What It Takes to Differentiate Yourself in Real Estate
What separates the average agents from the top producers in the real estate industry? Actually, it is quite simple. The top producing agent conveys such a keen understanding of the real estate market that the consumer finds it easy to depend on them … [Read more...]
Realtor numbers in Virginia on the rise
Every time I prepare an issue of Commonwealth to print, I get a membership count that I send to the printer. When I started (a little more than five years ago) it was in the upper 30,000s; with the burst of the housing bubble it dropped to the … [Read more...]
Household Net Worth
The net worth of households and non-profits has recovered completely from the recession and reached a new peak of over $70 trillion in the first quarter of 2013 according to data from the Federal Reserve Flow of Funds. During the recession, the net … [Read more...]
Change in Employment: Q1 2013 vs. Q1 2012
Employment growth has been positive in all but 24 or of the 164 markets tracked by NAR Research over the 4-quarter period ending in March. This trend indicates that 85% of markets experienced an improvement in employment, which is important for the … [Read more...]
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