http://jaybauerrealtor.wordpress.com Just another WordPress.com weblog Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:18:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://jaybauerrealtor.wordpress.com http://jaybauerrealtor.wordpress.com/2009/04/06/my-move-for-your-next-move/ http://jaybauerrealtor.wordpress.com/2009/04/06/my-move-for-your-next-move/#comments Mon, 06 Apr 2009 22:05:29 +0000 jaybauerrealtor http://jaybauerrealtor.wordpress.com/2009/04/06/my-move-for-your-next-move/ ]]> I am proud and excited to announce my move to FRANKLY REAL ESTATE after five years of experience with top Realtor Brad Rozansky at Long and Foster. My new email address is Jay@JayBauerRealtor.com, and my phone number remains 301-785-1100.
This is an exciting time for the real estate industry in our country, especially in the Washington, DC metro area. With an unprecedented outpouring of support for our new leadership and our country’s new direction, the DC area will no doubt be front and center on the map for change. This should mean good things for our local real estate market.
For example, Forbes recently reported that the DC area is ranked #1 in the world for real estate investment! If you haven’t seen the article, here it is:
http://www.forbes.com/2009/01/21/investment-obama-realestate-forbeslife-cx_mw_0121realestate.html
Interest rates have dropped to historic lows and home prices are still deflated. What a compelling opportunity for qualified buyers to purchase a home or an investment property in this market!
The times are changing and so are the tools. As you can see from these web links, Frankly Real Estate provides unique, dynamic, and cutting-edge advantages to real estate buyers and sellers. Social networking and marketing will provide the next generation tools for real estate sales. This was a major reason for my move. I view these new techniques and strategies as competitive advantages for my buyers and sellers. Take a look at the below links to get an idea what I am talking about (I encourage you to take a look through the blog and play with the MLS search tool when you have a chance. Imagine being able to sort through listings based on keywords:
Website: www.FranklyRealty.com
Blog site (award winning): http://Blog.FranklyRealty.com
Cutting agent search tool (wiki style): www.FranklyMLS.com
Traditional store-front real estate offices are cumbersome and inefficient. The cost of maintaining these large real estate offices comes directly out of the pockets of its clients. Frankly Real Estate is a paperless broker…which saves my clients both time and money. Watch as the larger brokers head in this direction in the next 5 years. As a quick example, one of my clients recently inked a deal from Arizona without ever meeting me face-to-face or setting foot inside of the property – pretty cool story! If you are curious about how contracts are done in the twenty-first century…just let me know, I’d be happy to share the story (otherwise, it will be up on my blog shortly).
It goes without saying that I will continue to work round-the-clock to provide my clients with the very best possible service. My new, forward-thinking, and no-nonsense brokerage, Frankly Real Estate, will enable me to raise that service bar even higher. Nobody will work harder for you, or utilize more state-of-the-art real estate tools, than I will. This translates to getting you the best possible property at the best possible price. Or, on the listing side…it means getting your home sold in less time and for more money!
If I can ever be of assistance to you, or someone you know, in buying or selling a home, please don’t hesitate to contact me. Thank you!

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has revealed that US home loan rates have almost hit rock-bottom, with only diminutive further decreases
possible hereafter.  Noting that the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rate has plunged to its record lowest level, since the Freddie Mac weekly survey began in 1971, the company’s interim CEO John Koskinen said that if mortgage rates go
down any further than the current ones, the fall will only be “incremental.”  Koskinen said the yearly rate charged on the most common home loans has plunged considerably in the last few months, particularly as officials have tried to loosen the credit controls.  Figuratively speaking, the March 26 week-ending survey shows the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 4.85, going down from the earlier week average of 4.98 percent. A year back, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 5.85 percent.  On July last year, the rates for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages reached the peak at 6.63 percent. With this week’s 30-year fixed-rate mortgage, the difference in interest rate is almost 2 percentage points, which for a loan of $200,000 adds up to a savings of nearly $225 in monthly mortgage payments.

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