Barry Long's (realestatebear) Blog

Looks like another triple digit tempurature weekend in TC and the buyers are out with loads of ice water checking out homes!   School starts in about a month so most buyers want to try and be closed by end of August and not much later than mid September.   I am holding 2 Open Houses this week Ope...

Hello everybody! Been awhile since I've been on here writing a blog post! Want to know why? I landed a GREAT gig as the afternoon dj and Program Director for 97.5 COOL FM in Tri-Cities. I started last March and with the way things were going in real estate I decided this would be ALOT of fun to d...

Ok!   So the Tri-City Association Of Realtors delivered some sobering news about our market the other day. Feb 2009 was not a great month either in real estate in our area. Here's what it looks like LISTINGS Feb 09 1222 Feb 08 1319 Thats good news! At least we don't have a glut of homes for sale....

Good Morning Everyone! Despite all the news we have all heard on the news or read in the newspaper or seen on-line. Here are some facts that have come from the National Home Builders Association on the First Time Homebuyers Tax Credit. There are several provisions in the overall stimulus package ...

Hey everyone! So I came across this article from the homebuilders website that I think explains the President's plan on helping with foreclosures. Here it is: President Obama last week unveiled details of a $75 billion foreclosure prevention plan designed to help seven to nine million "responsibl...

Its kind of like planting a bulb in the fall and wondering if its going to sprout in the spring. Guess we'll wait and see. The big housing news we were all hoping for was the tax credit for all home buyers for $15,000. Well that didn't happen. BUT! If you are a 1st time home buyer you can get a t...

Good morning everyone! Picked up my news paper this morning and what did the headline read? $15,000 tax break for homebuyers! Currently Uncle Sam (our government) has a First-Time Homebuyers tax credit of $7500 which is for as it says First-Time Homebuyers. The Senate passed a housing stimulus pa...

It has been an interesting week! Everytime I sat down in front of the computer to write a blog post I got "diverted". Well this morning it was time to get another post on here. Everybody knows that "life Happens"...right? I've got some clients that life happened to them. They bought their 1st hom...

Wow! I can't believe our local newspaper wrote something nice about the real estate market in Tri-Cities last sunday! We all know you can't put lipstick on a pig and 2008 was dismal at best. But there were over 2700 homes and to be honest that was down over 23% from 2007. The great part was every...

Today is Wednesday January 21st, 2009. Well! We made it! A new president...lots of people shaking their heads and wondering why the economy isn't fixed yet. I'm going to give President Obama another day and see what happens. Hey! We didn't get in this mess overnight and it's going to take some ti...