Hal Timinsky's (haltim) Blog

  by The KCM Crew   The most important need of anyone attempting to sell their house is – TO GET IT SOLD! It is imperative that you, the agent, are very direct in what it takes to get a house sold. Here is a checklist we put together. ACCESS A seller should be willing to give almost unlimited acc...

  by The KCM Crew   There is no doubt that the housing market is coming back nicely. What, if anything, could slow down the current momentum? We believe it may be sellers’ over exuberance when it comes to pricing. There is little doubt that house prices have appreciated over the last twelve month...

The end of summer’s approaching fast, but that doesn’t mean the opportunity has passed for buyers who’ve just decided to jump in. But, while the opportunity hasn’t gone away, the truth is things have already changed drastically in 2013. It’s your job as an agent to get and keep your buyers up to ...

For buyers in need of a quick closing, some factors are beyond your control. For example, you cannot control how fast an appraisal is performed because the appraisal requires the cooperation of the seller; or how fast a title search is performed by a title company. However, there are steps you ca...

by The KCM Crew Many are talking about why now is a great time to buy a home. Today, we want to look at why it might also be an opportune time to sell your house. Here are the Top 5 Reasons we believe now may be a perfect time to put your house on the market. 1.) Demand Is High Homes are selling ...

  Posted under: Market Conditions, Home Selling, Home Ownership  |  By Tara-Nicholle Nelson     If you watch real estate reality TV, you might have noticed that some brokers and agents have elevated the art of the Open House to an entirely new level. The fresh-baked cookies of yester-year seem to...

by Brandon Brittingham In an attempt to help more consumers who are facing foreclosure, Chase has streamlined their requirements in order to expedite their short sale process. We will cover the basics on the process and timeline in this post. Chase will let you start the short sale process prior ...

The Home Price Index is a government-published home-valuation tracker. It tracks the change in a given home's value between subsequent sales, using data supplied to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in the mortgage approval process. There is no "scale" for the HPI, per se. Rather, the index is benchmark...

by The KCM Crew The housing market is recovering so nicely that it has caused some to wonder whether a new housing bubble is forming. Today, we want to explain that the fear of a new pricing bubble in real estate is unwarranted. Trulia revealed some great data on this point in a recent blog post....

Government Sponsored Enterprise Fannie Mae published its monthly market update yesterday reporting that the U.S. economy should see a modest re-acceleration in the second half of 2013, with housing one of the main catalysts to sustain the growth. Fannie Mae went on to say that economic activity e...