I'm really obsessed with this whole color thing. I found Benjamin Moore's 2007 colors and checked them against the 2004 and 2005 fashion colors. I would have to say that they match best with the 2004. Benjamin more does have the 2008 color available, but you have to pay for it. Have any of you go
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04/02/2007
As I've said, I'm working pretty closely with Mary Larsen, a redesigner here in NC, on a book project. She is a great business woman and marketer and I love getting ideas from her. One of her suggestions is to have classes on how to do what you would go do for people. For some, this may seem coun
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04/02/2007
I was doing a bit of research (yes! again!), and I came across a pretty neat concept that I never saw before. In Fredericksburg, they have a blog put together for all real estate professionals of the area. Kind of like an AR/localism. (http://fredericksburgrealestateblog.com/)According to the own
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04/02/2007
Home sales are down in many areas. When this happens, how do you market?Some agents have tried gimmicks like giving away a big screen TV or even a car with every sale. In general, however, such things don't work well in a slow market. Here are a few things that agents have found work for them.Exp
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04/01/2007
Well, in one area they are!According to stagedhomes.com, roughly 75 percent of the homes on the West Coast market are now staged. I suppose it is because the whole idea originated there. I'm here on the East Coast - the South East Coast. I'd have to say that in my town, less than 2% of the homes
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03/31/2007
I kept looking at the 2005 fashion colors. As I said, I've had designers tell me that the home trends are about 2 years behind the clothes trends. However, as I looked around, I just didn't see that to be true. So, of course, I looked for an answer. I took a look at the 2004 fashion colors and I
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03/30/2007
According to Times News 2 days ago, prices of single family homes fell across the nation by 0.7%. This trend is even worse in cities such as San Diego, Detroit, Boston, Phoenix and Tampa, Fla.Then in the Houston Times, it says that the price of single family homes in Houston have gained 2.5%. The
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03/30/2007
Many people want to sell their home on their own. They feel that they can save money by doing so. As with many things, the numbers may help them to rethink their position. These stats come from the 2006 National Association of REALTORS® Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers FSBO homes, based on the
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03/29/2007
Find population, housing and income data for an address in the U.S.http://www.ffiec.gov/Geocode/default.aspx Building permit activity in Texashttp://recenter.tamu.edu/Data/databp.html Free unlimited access to U.S. Census 1990 data and U.S. Census 2000 Dress Rehearsal Data. FreeDemographics offe
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03/28/2007
According to some people in the business, the colors found in homes are two years behind the colors found in clothes. So, that would mean that the hot new colors for furniture, paint, window treatments, wallpaper, etc, should be those colors found in clothing fashions in 2005.I'm not up on what i
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03/28/2007
