http://stuartrealteam.com Bringing the Power of Premier to Work for You! Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:03:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en -we announced new listings, price adjustments and pending properties. -discussed the results from Sunday’s open houses. -acknowledged some agents that had newspaper articles written about them. -getting a new, faster, state of the art computer server. -discussed client expectations primarily with pricing, of course. -commercial update:  2009 had a 20%-30% decline, 30%-35% vacancy rate no [...]]]>http://stuartrealteam.com/general/prg-sales-meeting-notes-2810 - discussed in house procedures. - real estate attorney came in to discuss the new HUD form and the changes involved with it. - please contact me if you would like more information about this topic as its pretty extensive. - the office then went on our monday tour of new listings. - have a [...]]]>http://stuartrealteam.com/general/prg-meeting-notes-from-2110 -we discussed some in house policies -the inventory keeps coming down, at 1785 total in Dec, two years ago inventory was 2900. -about 150 homes a month are selling -the 3 month moving average is stabalizing at around 12-13 month supply of homes. -trend indicator for December 09′ says 226 homes under 100k listed and [...]]]>http://stuartrealteam.com/general/prg-sales-meeting-notes-12510 Hard to believe, 2009 is almost history. We closed on twice as many transactions as last year, but prices were mostly below $200,000. We’ll be posting our SnoBob report early next month, with our predictions for 2010. In the meantime, have a great Holiday Season!!!]]>http://stuartrealteam.com/general/years-end Well, here we are about a third of the way through NFL season, and the Giants look like a juggernaut again. And, oh yeah, the Yankees got through the first playoff round, but the Angels always play tough against us. And so much for the cool front predictions, now postponed till this weekend (Oct 17-18). [...]]]>http://stuartrealteam.com/general/new-york-teams-rule We have our first prediction of a cool front later this week, dropping temps to the mid-eighties. The best weather of the year is right around the corner, and our winter residents will be arriving. Any in need of a home will be pleasantly surprised by the continuing great deals available here in Martin County. [...]]]>http://stuartrealteam.com/general/looking-forward-to-the-season Hi all, based on the 12  already this year and 6 more pendings scheduled to close in the next 2 months we are certainly near the bottom.  A local financial expert reports that the market is bouncing along the bottom in search of stablility.  I love that quote, it is so true.  With the 8k first [...]]]>http://stuartrealteam.com/general/bouncing-at-the-bottom I took my family to the West Palm Beach Zoo yesterday, a great little spot in itself, and decided to take the scenic route home up A1A. The beautiful blue water of the Atlantic, the pristine beaches, and the state and county parks are all reminders of why we moved here 8 years ago. The [...]]]>http://stuartrealteam.com/general/what-a-great-place-to-live We had an outstanding week, with 3 closings successfully completed. Two more this week, and three the first week in June. The evidence is clear…this is a phenomenal time to purchase a home. Call us!!!]]>http://stuartrealteam.com/general/good-times Wow, have things picked up.  Buyers have finally realized that the incredible deals out there will not be around for too long.  We are seeing the foreclosures come on the market and within 48 hrs have multiple offers on them, especially if its in a nice neighborhood.  The short sales are also getting incredible action.  [...]]]>http://stuartrealteam.com/general/we-must-be-getting-close-to-the-bottom