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<title>Positive on Real Estate / Positive News</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:52:10 UTC</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Recession, I Dont See No Stinkin Recession]]></title>
<link>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Recession_I_Dont_See_No_Stinkin_Recession</link>
<comments>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Recession_I_Dont_See_No_Stinkin_Recession</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:52:10 UTC</pubDate>
<dc:creator>god</dc:creator>
<category>Positive Real Estate News</category>
<guid>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Recession_I_Dont_See_No_Stinkin_Recession</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Worst of Credit Crunch and Housing to End SUMMARY: &quot;Although housing and credit markets will gradually loosen their grip, U.S. economic growth is expected to only slowly return to health,&quot; said Ellen Hughes-Cromwick, NABE president and chief economist at Ford Motor Company. &quot;While our panel anticipates an improvement in credit markets and a bottoming out in housing this year, the forecasters have marked down their estimates of growth for both 2008 and 2009.&quot;<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Condo, Co-op Sales Rise 1.7 Percent in June]]></title>
<link>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Condo_Co-op_Sales_Rise_1-7_Percent_in_June</link>
<comments>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Condo_Co-op_Sales_Rise_1-7_Percent_in_June</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:51:51 UTC</pubDate>
<dc:creator>god</dc:creator>
<category>Positive Real Estate News</category>
<guid>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Condo_Co-op_Sales_Rise_1-7_Percent_in_June</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Existing condominium and co-op sales rose 1.7 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 590,000 units in June from 580,000 in May, according to the National Association of Realtors' (NAR) latest report. This figure is 19.7 percent below the 735,000-unit level a year ago. The median existing condo price was $224,200 in June, which is 2.2 percent lower than it was in June 2007.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[GOOD NEWS ON FLORIDA'S HOUSING PROGNOSIS]]></title>
<link>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=GOOD_NEWS_ON_FLORIDAS_HOUSING_PROGNOSIS</link>
<comments>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=GOOD_NEWS_ON_FLORIDAS_HOUSING_PROGNOSIS</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:51:31 UTC</pubDate>
<dc:creator>god</dc:creator>
<category>Positive Real Estate News</category>
<guid>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=GOOD_NEWS_ON_FLORIDAS_HOUSING_PROGNOSIS</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A ‘prognosis' made by the University of Central Florida's Institute for Economic Competitiveness states that the U.S. will begin recovering from its &quot;mild&quot; recession right about now. Good news. Florida, however, is supposed to be delayed in its recovery due to the statewide housing slump.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[TRANSPARENT REAL ESTATE (www.TransparentRE.com): Financial Engineering Bad Mortgages]]></title>
<link>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=transparent-real-estate-www-transparentre-com-financial-engineering-bad-mortgages</link>
<comments>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=transparent-real-estate-www-transparentre-com-financial-engineering-bad-mortgages</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:51:12 UTC</pubDate>
<dc:creator>god</dc:creator>
<category>Positive Real Estate News</category>
<guid>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=transparent-real-estate-www-transparentre-com-financial-engineering-bad-mortgages</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The markets have been signaling &quot;something&quot; these days... Economic pundits are attributing the US stocks and dollar's new strength to the US taking the lead in pulling out of a global downturn that hit the Asian and European markets later than the US....  the markets have discounted Global Armageddon and are pricing up a future based on stabilization.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Real Estate Will Recover]]></title>
<link>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Real_Estate_Will_Recover</link>
<comments>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Real_Estate_Will_Recover</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:23:29 UTC</pubDate>
<dc:creator>frontin</dc:creator>
<category>Positive Real Estate News</category>
<guid>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Real_Estate_Will_Recover</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A new study from the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University, &quot;The State of the Nation's Housing 2008,&quot; finds the country poised to see an increase in housing demand over the next decade.&quot;The good news is that we still have a growing population,&quot; said Nicolas Retsinas, director of the Joint Center for Housing Studies and one of the study's authors. &quot;As long as you have more households, more people are going to need places to live.&quot;Social trends - people getting married later and divorced more often - are making single-person households the fastest growing household type, the study finds. In addition, a long-term net in<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[80,000 Members And Only 300 Have Anything To Sell?]]></title>
<link>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=80000_Members_And_Only_300_Have_Anything_To_Sell</link>
<comments>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=80000_Members_And_Only_300_Have_Anything_To_Sell</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:23:04 UTC</pubDate>
<dc:creator>god</dc:creator>
<category>Positive Real Estate News</category>
<guid>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=80000_Members_And_Only_300_Have_Anything_To_Sell</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Fortunately there are Realtors out there that want to do more than try out the Flip Video Camera or the Mixpo editing program and be lemmings for a veiled product placement marketing campaign…oh, you didn't even realize you were being marketed to did you?Thankfully, there are agents who actually respond to a call to action. They just aren't on Active Rain. They must be too busy actually selling!Take Denny Grimes in Cape Coral, here's an agent who has not gotten the memo that it's a down market and there aren't any buyers. He missed it because he was out there selling 100 houses last week.You won't find Kurt Kinsey, a real estate <br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Growth:Blue Skies Ahead?]]></title>
<link>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=GrowthBlue_Skies_Ahead</link>
<comments>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=GrowthBlue_Skies_Ahead</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:22:45 UTC</pubDate>
<dc:creator>god</dc:creator>
<category>Positive Real Estate News</category>
<guid>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=GrowthBlue_Skies_Ahead</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Growth:Blue Skies Ahead?Existing home sales edge up 2 percent in May only second gain in past 10 months Sales of existing homes edged up slightly in May although median home prices continued to fall. The National Association of Realtors reported that sales of existing single-family homes and condominiums rose by 2 percent to 4.99 million units last month.This might be the start of something stable. http://www.houseblogger.com/real_estate_blog_director/2008/06/growthblue-skie.html<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Realtors Push Back Against Negative News Spin]]></title>
<link>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Realtors_Push_Back_Against_Negative_News_Spin</link>
<comments>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Realtors_Push_Back_Against_Negative_News_Spin</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:22:25 UTC</pubDate>
<dc:creator>god</dc:creator>
<category>Positive Real Estate News</category>
<guid>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Realtors_Push_Back_Against_Negative_News_Spin</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Early this year the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) introduced the &quot;Surround Sound&quot; campaign, aiming to counteract the barrage of negative messages with an effort to &quot;surround consumers with messages about the opportunities currently available to them in today's housing markets.&quot;  At a state level the California Association of Realtors® (CAR), noting that &quot;Consumers are flooded with negative stories and images on the airwaves, in newspapers, and on the Web,&quot; launched an initiative &quot;to combat this onslaught&quot;. Since the beginning of the year CAR has provided its members with email advisories and a weekly &quot;Market Matters&quot; new<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Falling prices lure homebuyers back]]></title>
<link>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Falling_prices_lure_homebuyers_back</link>
<comments>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Falling_prices_lure_homebuyers_back</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:21:55 UTC</pubDate>
<dc:creator>god</dc:creator>
<category>Positive Real Estate News</category>
<guid>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Falling_prices_lure_homebuyers_back</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Even with the economy struggling and companies downsizing, some people are willing to risk buying a home because the California coastal market - with its proximity to urban areas, ideal climate and beautiful beaches - is guaranteed to rebound eventually. And the question is will homes ever be available in the $300,000 range again.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Increasingly Affordable U.S. Housing Markets]]></title>
<link>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Increasingly_Affordable_U-S-_Housing_Markets</link>
<comments>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Increasingly_Affordable_U-S-_Housing_Markets</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:21:21 UTC</pubDate>
<dc:creator>god</dc:creator>
<category>Positive Real Estate News</category>
<guid>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Increasingly_Affordable_U-S-_Housing_Markets</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Top Sellers' Markets1. Raleigh, NC 2. San Francisco, CA 3. Austin, TX 4. San Antonio, TX 5. St. Louis, MO  San Diego's is at 10 on the list of affordable cities. The cities that showed greater affordability increases include Boston, Mass., Orlando, Fla., Washington D.C., and Phoenix, Ariz. Cities like San Diego or Tampa are improving in the housing affordability index because buying activity in the lower segment of the market has picked up. In a slow market, and especially one with tight credit, it's easier for first-time home buyers to purchase homes, and they're usually buying at the entry level.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Barron's: Real estate poised for the giddy days again?]]></title>
<link>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Barrons_Real_estate_poised_for_the_giddy_days_again</link>
<comments>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Barrons_Real_estate_poised_for_the_giddy_days_again</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 23:43:31 UTC</pubDate>
<dc:creator>god</dc:creator>
<category>Positive Real Estate News</category>
<guid>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Barrons_Real_estate_poised_for_the_giddy_days_again</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Barron's [a paid publication]. Actually, there may be the start of a real estate recovery by the end of this year.This is certainly a controversial stand. Keep in mind that inventory levels are stubbornly high (helped by foreclosures) and housing prices seem to fall further and further. What's more, the credit crunch is still here and there are serious problems with major real estate operators, such as with the implosion of IndyMac Bancorp (NYSE: IMB), as well as the deterioration of Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) and Freddie Mac (NYSE: FRE).OK, so why the optimism? Well, if you peel back some of the recent housing data, it appears that th<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[U.S. Realtors are 'SOLD' On New Happy Real Estate News Website]]></title>
<link>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=U-S-_Realtors_are_SOLD_On_New_Happy_Real_Estate_News_Website</link>
<comments>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=U-S-_Realtors_are_SOLD_On_New_Happy_Real_Estate_News_Website</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:21:23 UTC</pubDate>
<dc:creator>god</dc:creator>
<category>Positive Real Estate News</category>
<guid>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=U-S-_Realtors_are_SOLD_On_New_Happy_Real_Estate_News_Website</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Another Positive real estate site:The 73 cities featured (with annual home sales of 1000 or more), include: Atlanta, GA; Austin, TX; Chicago, IL; Mesa, AR; Cincinnati, OH; Kansas City, MO; Boston, MA; Charlotte, NC, East Bay, CA; and Las Vegas, NV. &quot;What many brokers and agents don't realize,&quot; says d'Ancona, &quot;is that they can have access to this kind of market intelligence on their computers all the time.&quot; d'Ancona is talking about REality(r), the service he's been providing to the North American residential real estate industry for more than 20 years.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[If Real Estate is on Sale]]></title>
<link>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=If_Real_Estate_is_on_Sale</link>
<comments>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=If_Real_Estate_is_on_Sale</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:34:56 UTC</pubDate>
<dc:creator>god</dc:creator>
<category>Positive Real Estate News</category>
<guid>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=If_Real_Estate_is_on_Sale</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Private equity investors like The Blackstone Group have been buying packages of properties from builders like Lennar and Syntex are buying homes at 30-40 cents on the dollar..... if you wait to hear that real estate is making a recovery then you will already be too late.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Santa Cruz Sentinel :market better 09]]></title>
<link>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Santa_Cruz_Sentinel_market_better_09</link>
<comments>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Santa_Cruz_Sentinel_market_better_09</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:20:47 UTC</pubDate>
<dc:creator>god</dc:creator>
<category>Positive Real Estate News</category>
<guid>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Santa_Cruz_Sentinel_market_better_09</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Housing recovery prediction Santa Cruz  Robert Kleinhenz, deputy chief economist for the California Association of Realtors, forecasts a turnaround next spring.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Prices up / Volume Down]]></title>
<link>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Prices_up__Volume_Down</link>
<comments>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Prices_up__Volume_Down</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:20:28 UTC</pubDate>
<dc:creator>god</dc:creator>
<category>Positive Real Estate News</category>
<guid>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Prices_up__Volume_Down</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Sales and median prices of existing homes were up in 16 and unchanged in one among 58 counties that have Multiple Listing Services reporting to the state association of Realtors. Westchester and Putnam showed increased prices with lower sales volume.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Real Estate is on SALE.  Why arena4t you buying?]]></title>
<link>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Real_Estate_is_on_SALE-__Why_arenrsquot_you_buying</link>
<comments>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Real_Estate_is_on_SALE-__Why_arenrsquot_you_buying</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:28:34 UTC</pubDate>
<dc:creator>frontin</dc:creator>
<category>Positive Real Estate News</category>
<guid>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Real_Estate_is_on_SALE-__Why_arenrsquot_you_buying</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Contrarian is the one making the money in real estate.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Tough real estate market offers opportunity]]></title>
<link>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Tough_real_estate_market_offers_opportunity</link>
<comments>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Tough_real_estate_market_offers_opportunity</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:28:10 UTC</pubDate>
<dc:creator>frontin</dc:creator>
<category>Positive Real Estate News</category>
<guid>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Tough_real_estate_market_offers_opportunity</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The American Dream is home ownership. ...there has never been a better opportunity to reach this dream than in the current housing market.  Maine State Housing offers a loan program at 5.25%. There is another program that offers 100% financing and the opportunity to roll your closing costs into the loan. In addition, there are 3% down programs for 2-4 unit properties in which a non profit can gift the buyer their down payment!... prices have dropped as a result of over inventory, and interest rates are still at historic lows making our buying power better than it has been in the past 20 years!<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[First-time buyers in luck]]></title>
<link>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=First-time_buyers_in_luck</link>
<comments>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=First-time_buyers_in_luck</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:27:50 UTC</pubDate>
<dc:creator>thisisit</dc:creator>
<category>Positive Real Estate News</category>
<guid>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=First-time_buyers_in_luck</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Derica and Dusten Sonnon, both 36, recently took advantage of the economic climate to buy their first house on their own. Derica, an office manager for a photographer, and Dusten, a preschool teacher at an educational day care center, bought a foreclosed home from a bank. The property needed cosmetic repairs but was structurally in good shape.&quot;Most of it was just wear and tear,&quot; Derica Sonnon said. They bought the three-bedroom, two-bath house for $115,000 -- a price unheard of during the height of the real estate frenzy.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[New Orleans Real Estate 6th Best in Country]]></title>
<link>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=New_Orleans_Real_Estate_6th_Best_in_Country</link>
<comments>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=New_Orleans_Real_Estate_6th_Best_in_Country</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:27:29 UTC</pubDate>
<dc:creator>god</dc:creator>
<category>Positive Real Estate News</category>
<guid>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=New_Orleans_Real_Estate_6th_Best_in_Country</guid>
<description><![CDATA[New Orleans is back! This is great news for a city so devasted just a few years ago.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Price Corrections Are Not As Bad As Reported]]></title>
<link>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Price_Corrections_Are_Not_As_Bad_As_Reported</link>
<comments>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Price_Corrections_Are_Not_As_Bad_As_Reported</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:27:09 UTC</pubDate>
<dc:creator>god</dc:creator>
<category>Positive Real Estate News</category>
<guid>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Price_Corrections_Are_Not_As_Bad_As_Reported</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Overstating the decreases:36% decline in value in Sacramento, a 31% decline in Port St. Lucie, a 24% decline in Las Vegas, a 24% decline in Orange County, and a 20% decline in Tampa.All way overstated by the parrots in the media and bubblistasSome of the reasons stated are that because less is selling, there is a smaller sample size.Most of the decreases are with distressed property which the studies do not represent.Also median prices today tend to be in less desireable areas of suburban areas.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Survey Shows Consumers Optimistic on Real Estate]]></title>
<link>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Survey_Shows_Consumers_Optimistic_on_Real_Estate</link>
<comments>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Survey_Shows_Consumers_Optimistic_on_Real_Estate</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 08:07:33 UTC</pubDate>
<dc:creator>god</dc:creator>
<category>Positive Real Estate News</category>
<guid>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Survey_Shows_Consumers_Optimistic_on_Real_Estate</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Destin, FL (PRWEB) June 23, 2008 -- Consumers are apparently optimistic about the future of the national real estate economy, according to a new survey conducted by Housing Predictor. Nearly 1 out of 2 polled say they believe the national real estate economy will improve within the next two years. The online survey serves to show that despite the turmoil in the nation's real estate markets, triggered by the credit crisis most believe conditions will improve in a short time span. Only 28% of all respondents said they believe it will take five years or longer for credit market conditions to improve the housing market. An unprecedented<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Wherea4s the Bad Real Estate Market?]]></title>
<link>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Wherersquos_the_Bad_Real_Estate_Market</link>
<comments>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Wherersquos_the_Bad_Real_Estate_Market</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 07:54:59 UTC</pubDate>
<dc:creator>asacofsacra</dc:creator>
<category>Positive Real Estate News</category>
<guid>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Wherersquos_the_Bad_Real_Estate_Market</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A house three doors down from my home in Andover sold in under a week last month; it actually had multiple offers and it entered a bidding war Gold dropped about $25 yesterday. That tells me the dollar is getting stronger. The bad market is in places where bad deals are offered to consumers as good deals.The bad market is on the front page of newspapers and websites. Of course it is, because there isn't much other bad news (haven't heard too much from Iraq on the front pages, lately, have you?) And media only sells bad news.  We're inflexible. As an industry, we mostly do the &quot;same things we've always done&quot; for decades.   We don't like havin<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Another Anti-Bubblista Resource]]></title>
<link>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Another_Anti-Bubblista_Resource</link>
<comments>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Another_Anti-Bubblista_Resource</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 07:54:29 UTC</pubDate>
<dc:creator>god</dc:creator>
<category>Positive Real Estate News</category>
<guid>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Another_Anti-Bubblista_Resource</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A new Positive housing Blogger has emerged. Called The FrothingDeveloper.wordpress.com This guy is set to change the face of Las Vegas Realty. I guess this new trend of positivity should have a name. I think I coined the term bubblistas over at the http://www.houseblogger.com/houseblogger/real_estate_bubble/site. So perhaps we can call us positive guys the posarrati?From the frother himself:He says the site provides home buyers, real estate agents and others with a &quot;resource for the real news and explanations as to why the media have the story mostly wrong.&quot; Edelstein says he created the blog to expose what he says are the inac<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Opportunities Exist Heathrow Florida]]></title>
<link>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Opportunities_Exist_Heathrow_Florida</link>
<comments>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Opportunities_Exist_Heathrow_Florida</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:23:06 UTC</pubDate>
<dc:creator>god</dc:creator>
<category>Positive Real Estate News</category>
<guid>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Opportunities_Exist_Heathrow_Florida</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Opportunity does exist during a down real estate market!  Mortgage rates are at a historic low and families are able to purchase their first home due to the low housing prices currently on the market and a high inventory of homes available.Purchasing pre-foreclosed or foreclosed properties is also another opportunity to purchase well below market value.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Home Sales May Rise Modestly Before Broader Upturn in Second Half Of 2008]]></title>
<link>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Home_Sales_May_Rise_Modestly_Before_Broader_Upturn_in_Second_Half_Of_2008</link>
<comments>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Home_Sales_May_Rise_Modestly_Before_Broader_Upturn_in_Second_Half_Of_2008</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:22:51 UTC</pubDate>
<dc:creator>god</dc:creator>
<category>Positive Real Estate News</category>
<guid>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Home_Sales_May_Rise_Modestly_Before_Broader_Upturn_in_Second_Half_Of_2008</guid>
<description><![CDATA[NAR is predicting an upturn in real estate.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Repoland grows 16% in Sales in May]]></title>
<link>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Repoland_grows_16_in_Sales_in_May</link>
<comments>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Repoland_grows_16_in_Sales_in_May</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:22:18 UTC</pubDate>
<dc:creator>god</dc:creator>
<category>Positive Real Estate News</category>
<guid>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Repoland_grows_16_in_Sales_in_May</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Bargain hunters are fueling a resurgence of home sales in Riverside and San Bernardino counties and reducing the glut of listings, leading some real estate experts to hope the region's battered housing market might finally be on the road to recovery. The inventory of unsold homes fell 11 percent from March to April, then leveled off in May to about 33,000 active listings in the Inland Empire and San Gabriel Valley, according to the Multi-Regional Multiple Listing Service that tracks resale activity in the region. Pending sales were up more than 16 percent in May to 4,650 compared to about 4,000 in April. Also the<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Bernanke: Danger of 'substantial downturn' faded]]></title>
<link>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Bernanke_Danger_of_substantial_downturn_faded</link>
<comments>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Bernanke_Danger_of_substantial_downturn_faded</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:21:58 UTC</pubDate>
<dc:creator>god</dc:creator>
<category>Positive Real Estate News</category>
<guid>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Bernanke_Danger_of_substantial_downturn_faded</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Despite a recent spike in the nation's unemployment rate, the danger that the economy has fallen into a &quot;substantial downturn&quot; appears to have waned, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Monday.Addressing a Fed conference in Chatham, Mass., on Monday night, Bernanke said a government report last week showing the unemployment rate rising from 5 percent in April to 5.5 percent in May - the biggest one-month jump in two decades - was &quot;unwelcome.&quot; However, the Fed chief said other forces should &quot;provide some offset to the headwinds that still face the economy.&quot;<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Homes are biggest bargain since 2004]]></title>
<link>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Homes_are_biggest_bargain_since_2004</link>
<comments>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Homes_are_biggest_bargain_since_2004</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:21:42 UTC</pubDate>
<dc:creator>god</dc:creator>
<category>Positive Real Estate News</category>
<guid>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Homes_are_biggest_bargain_since_2004</guid>
<description><![CDATA[affordability has improved dramatically in many U.S. cities.As a result, 53.8% of all new and existing homes sold nationwide during the first three months of 2008 were affordable to families earning the median household income of $61,500, according to the latest Housing Opportunity Index released Tuesday by Wells Fargo and the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). That's up from 44% during the first three months of 2007 with home prices the most affordable they've been since the three month period that ended June 30, 2004.&quot;Three factors combined to substantially increase housing affordability,&quot; said NAHB president, Sa<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Despite economy, homes still selling -Michigan News]]></title>
<link>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Despite_economy_homes_still_selling_-Michigan_News</link>
<comments>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Despite_economy_homes_still_selling_-Michigan_News</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:21:24 UTC</pubDate>
<dc:creator>god</dc:creator>
<category>Positive Real Estate News</category>
<guid>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Despite_economy_homes_still_selling_-Michigan_News</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Vollink says those in the residential home market must cut through the low consumer confidence and national headlines about a housing market crash and look at the local facts.Statistics from the West Michigan Lakeshore Association of Realtors back up Vollink's market analysis. Although home sales are down over the past three years and average home sale prices are lower, the number of sales are at historically average levels.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sacramento County Real Estate Market Heats Up]]></title>
<link>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Sacramento_County_Real_Estate_Market_Heats_Up</link>
<comments>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Sacramento_County_Real_Estate_Market_Heats_Up</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:20:57 UTC</pubDate>
<dc:creator>SacramentoBroker</dc:creator>
<category>Positive Real Estate News</category>
<guid>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Sacramento_County_Real_Estate_Market_Heats_Up</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In May, unit volume is up more than 60% over last year, with more homes selling than at any time since 2005!  Not bad.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Las Vegas Historically Undervalued]]></title>
<link>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Las_Vegas_Historically_Undervalued</link>
<comments>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Las_Vegas_Historically_Undervalued</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:20:42 UTC</pubDate>
<dc:creator>god</dc:creator>
<category>Positive Real Estate News</category>
<guid>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Las_Vegas_Historically_Undervalued</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Global Insight showed Southern Nevada's first move toward housing-market in the reports history.At $232,600 in the first quarter, the median home price in Las Vegas fell 3.1 percent below the value that historical market trends establish as sensible or healthy, the House Prices in America analysis said.That's compared to the 22.9 percent overvaluation the market saw in the first quarter of 2007, when the median price came in at $286,100.Sullivan Group Real Estate Advisors recently assessed where local new-home prices would be if the Las Vegas market had appreciated at normal rates of 5 percent to 7 percent a year since 2002. They fou<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[My Recession was Worse Than Your Recession]]></title>
<link>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=My_Recession_was_Worse_Than_Your_Recession</link>
<comments>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=My_Recession_was_Worse_Than_Your_Recession</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:20:28 UTC</pubDate>
<dc:creator>god</dc:creator>
<category>Positive Real Estate News</category>
<guid>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=My_Recession_was_Worse_Than_Your_Recession</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Amen someone is finally saying it!&quot;All I am hearing is that this real estate market is &quot;worse than the Depression&quot;, &quot;the worst ever real estate market&quot; etc. Today I heard that it's the &quot;worst real estate market since World War II&quot;.  Granted there are people hurting, granted there are people losing their homes, granted these are tough times; but, this is not as bad as it was in the 1980's. &quot;She goes on to show analysis comparing the two time periods.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[30% of Spire's condos are sold]]></title>
<link>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=30_of_Spires_condos_are_sold</link>
<comments>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=30_of_Spires_condos_are_sold</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:20:12 UTC</pubDate>
<dc:creator>god</dc:creator>
<category>Positive Real Estate News</category>
<guid>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=30_of_Spires_condos_are_sold</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The Chicago Spire's developer said Tuesday that it has sold 30 percent of the building's condo units, which, it says, is proof the world's tallest residential structure will be built.Reaching the 30 percent sales mark historically was the minimum for a condo project to win backing from lenders.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Oklahoma is Booming]]></title>
<link>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Oklahoma_is_Booming</link>
<comments>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Oklahoma_is_Booming</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:51:34 UTC</pubDate>
<dc:creator>god</dc:creator>
<category>Positive Real Estate News</category>
<guid>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Oklahoma_is_Booming</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Oklahoma has been booming 8 years straight, Frobes ranks Oklahoma City #1 Recession Proof.http://www.youtube.com/v/PSub6d-MtOQ&amp;hl=en<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[New Orleans tops national housing list]]></title>
<link>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=New_Orleans_tops_national_housing_list</link>
<comments>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=New_Orleans_tops_national_housing_list</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:51:17 UTC</pubDate>
<dc:creator>god</dc:creator>
<category>Positive Real Estate News</category>
<guid>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=New_Orleans_tops_national_housing_list</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In its June issue, Money magazine predicted that New Orleans would outshine all but five other major metro areas in the price gains homeowners could expect to record over the coming year. Baton Rouge trailed closely behind, coming in at No. 9. New Orleans appeared in the estimable company of places like Scranton, Penn., Buffalo, N.Y., and McAllen, Texas, all of which posted meager price increases last year while markets in many parts of the country buckled after years of nearly perpendicular appreciation.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Housing Bust Is Over]]></title>
<link>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=The_Housing_Bust_Is_Over</link>
<comments>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=The_Housing_Bust_Is_Over</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:19:51 UTC</pubDate>
<dc:creator>soretg</dc:creator>
<category>Positive Real Estate News</category>
<guid>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=The_Housing_Bust_Is_Over</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The U.S. housing bust may be just about over. We should be darn close to the bottom... possibly within one year of it.1) Houses are affordable again.The typical mortgage payment on the typical home in America now is 20% cheaper than it was less than a year ago....Between the lower price and the lower mortgage rate, you'd be paying less than $1,000 a month on your mortgage now - for the same house that would have cost you $1,200 last summer!..Can the typical household afford the typical mortgage payments on a typical home? Last summer, the answer was no. But now, the answer is yes.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Wherea4s The Bottom?  The Prophet Speaks.]]></title>
<link>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Wherersquos_The_Bottom__The_Prophet_Speaks-</link>
<comments>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Wherersquos_The_Bottom__The_Prophet_Speaks-</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:14:03 UTC</pubDate>
<dc:creator>SacramentoBroker</dc:creator>
<category>Positive Real Estate News</category>
<guid>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Wherersquos_The_Bottom__The_Prophet_Speaks-</guid>
<description><![CDATA[This article discusses how the extent of real estate downturn is limited by the demand that inevitably picks up when prices go down.  It also discusses how the next wave of option ARM resets is likely to be less damaging than the first.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Positive Market News Today]]></title>
<link>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Positive_Market_News_Today</link>
<comments>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Positive_Market_News_Today</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:13:35 UTC</pubDate>
<dc:creator>fastter</dc:creator>
<category>Positive Real Estate News</category>
<guid>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Positive_Market_News_Today</guid>
<description><![CDATA[For instance, Loganville, Ga., homes sold 38.5 percent faster in April than they did in March, and sales of homes in Avondale, Ariz., increased by 64 percent in April compared with March&quot;The problem with glass-is-half-empty stories is that they have an undue psychological impact on markets that is not borne out by all the facts,&quot; says d'Ancona. &quot;We know, because it's our business to know, that there are hundreds of cities and thousands of neighborhoods in the United States right now where the market is very healthy, thank you.&quot;<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Positive on Real Estate / User / applevalleyhomes]]></title>
<link>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Positive_on_Real_Estate__User__applevalleyhomes-1</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:13:19 UTC</pubDate>
<dc:creator>applevalleyhomes</dc:creator>
<category>Positive Real Estate News</category>
<guid>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Positive_on_Real_Estate__User__applevalleyhomes-1</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Craig Skibiski PRUDENTIAL CALIFORNIA REALTY. CRAIGSKIBISKI@PRUCAREALTY.com  The Town of Apple Valley is located in the heart of the Victor Valley in the County of San Bernardino, at an elevation of 3,000 feet. Known as the &quot;High Desert&quot;, Apple Valley is strategically located 80 miles northeast of the Los Angeles metropolitan area, 150 miles north of San Diego, and 190 miles south of Las Vegas. The Town has 78 square miles in its incorporated boundaries, and a sphere of influence encompassing 200 square miles.Climate: Apple Valley experiences an average of 350 days of sunshine per year with winter temperatures dipping into the low 20s t<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Phoenix Real Estate Rebound?]]></title>
<link>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Phoenix_Real_Estate_Rebound</link>
<comments>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Phoenix_Real_Estate_Rebound</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:12:51 UTC</pubDate>
<dc:creator>god</dc:creator>
<category>Positive Real Estate News</category>
<guid>http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/story.php?title=Phoenix_Real_Estate_Rebound</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Phoenix Rebounding?<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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