Monthly Archives: January 2008

Two Agents Every Three Days…Gone

Posted on January 30, 2008 by Guy Johnson

The Nevada Real Estate Division publishes real estate license statistics on a quarterly basis.  I last published October’s numbers for licensed agents in Washoe County.  Today I updated the table with January’s numbers.  As expected the number of active licensees … Continue reading →

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Our Blog Named The Best Of Reno

Posted on January 28, 2008 by Guy Johnson

Nothing like blowing our own horn.  Yesterday I was informed that Diane and I (and our Reno Realty Blog) have been listed as one of Reno Magazine’s "The Best of Reno TOP 101".  In case you missed it we’re on … Continue reading →

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Reno-Sparks a Category 5 Market Risk

Posted on January 26, 2008 by Diane Cohn

According to Countrywide, America’s Wholesale Lender, the Reno-Sparks market is a category 5 risk along with other familiar locales, such as Las Vegas, Stockton, Modesto, Riverside, Phoenix, Sarasota and Miami. As with tornadoes, 5 is about as bad as it … Continue reading →

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Deos Spllenig Ralely Matetr?

Posted on January 26, 2008 by Diane Cohn

Aoccdrnig to rseearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is that the frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a … Continue reading →

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15% Decline This Year and Then Another 10% Drop In 2009

Posted on January 24, 2008 by Guy Johnson

It looks like last quarter’s Moody’s Economy.com report on housing price declines, which I have referenced in previous posts, may have been a little too optimistic.  Many of our readers have been forwarding links to yesterday’s Merrill Lynch housing report.  The report … Continue reading →

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A Couple More Videos

Posted on January 24, 2008 by Guy Johnson

In keeping with the Housing Market video theme, here are a couple more that Reno Ignoramus forwarded our way…       These YouTube videos can be found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ivp4YqGCI-s and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rLYph0J7vc&feature=related

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“The Last Chance Mortgage” Solution

Posted on January 24, 2008 by Guy Johnson

Last week Diane linked to a video of a presentation that we attended at the recent Inman Connect conference in NYC.  Today I’d like to share another one of the excellent presentations we attended.  In this video John H. Vogel … Continue reading →

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Montreux Sales Update

Posted on January 23, 2008 by Diane Cohn

We have 26 homes for sale in Montreux according to our MLS, not counting developer unlisteds. Thirteen are under $1.5 million, and I see one pending, 5920 Cartier for $1.295 million. In 2007 we had 23 sales, putting the rate … Continue reading →

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