December 27, 2010

 

HARRY’S WEEKLY UPDATE

A CURRENT LOOK AT THE COLORADO SPRINGS RESIDENTIAL real estate MARKET

 

HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM ALL OF US AT SALZMAN real estate SERVICES !!!

We know you all are busy enjoying the Holiday season and don’t want to be bothered with some boring facts about the real estate market, so, we’ll limit ourselves to just a short list of reasons why you should consider buying a home in 2011 and a holiday poem, for your enjoyment.

Happy Holidays and Best Wishes for 2011.


5 Reasons to Buy a Home in 2011

Michele Lerner, author of “Homebuying: Tough Times, First Time, Any Time”, offers reasons why real estate is likely to improve in 2011. Here are five reasons she thinks consumers should consider a home purchase next year:

  • Mortgage rates will stay low. Even with rates climbing — maybe to as high as 6 percent by 2012 — they are still well below where they have been historically.
  • Tax cuts could help. Extending the tax cuts will encourage a more rapid recovery for the economy.
  • Americans want to be home owners. A recent Fannie Mae survey showed that Americans still believe a home is a safe and desirable investment.
  • Builders are about to begin building. Home builders have been sitting on the sidelines. This year, they think pent-up demand will create an appetite for new homes.
  • Homes are shrinking. Homes are getting smaller, which has made them more affordable.

    Source: Investopedia, Michele Lerner (12/24/2010)

 

HERE’S A POEM ABOUT THIS REALTOR’S

NEW- YEAR’S DREAM-VISITOR

'Twas the night before New Year’s, and I don’t want to grouse

But not a listing was selling, not even one house.

The signs were all planted on front lawns with care,

In hopes that some Buyer might look for them there

 

While Sellers were nestled all snug in their beds;

With visions of quick-sales abuzz in their heads;

I was here with my laptop and Blackberry, too;

Just burning the night-oil, with nary a clue.

 

When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,

I sprang from my bed to see what was the matter.

Away to the window I flew like a flash,

Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.

 

The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow,

Gave a lustre of midday to objects below,

When what to my wondering eyes did appear,

But a miniature sleigh and eight tiny rein-deer,

 

With a little old driver so lively and spry,

I knew in a moment he intended to buy.

More rapid than eagles his coursers they came,

And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name:

 

"Now, Fannie! now, Freddie! now Prancer and Vixen!

On, Comet! on, Cupid! on, Donder and Blixen!

To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall!

Now dash away! dash away! dash away all!"

 

As leaves that before the wild hurricane fly,

When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky;

So up to the housetop the coursers they flew

With the sleigh full of earnest money, and down-payments, too-

 

And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof

The prancing and pawing of each little hoof.

As I drew in my head, and was turning around,

Down the chimney my Prospect came with a bound.

 

He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,

And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot;

A bundle of loan approvals he carried on his back,

And I knew he would buy, I was on the right track.

 

His eyes—how they twinkled! his dimples, how merry!

His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!

His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,

And the beard on his chin was as white as the snow;

 

The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,

And the smoke, it encircled his head like a wreath;

He had a broad face and a little round belly

That shook when he laughed, like a bowl full of jelly.

 

He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf,

And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself;

A wink of his eye and a twist of his head

Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread;

 

He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work.

He filled out an offer; then turned with a jerk,

And laying his finger aside of his nose,

And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose;

 

He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,

And away they all flew like the down of a thistle.

But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight—

“Here’s your first sale of 2011, Harry !!!

Now, have a good night!”

 

And, please remember, I would be honored to serve as your Broker for all of your residential real estate needs. I want to help you, my reader, make the most prudent and accurate Real Estate business decision.

Also if you know of anyone who desires to buy or sell local real estate, or, who is moving in or out of the Pikes Peak region, remember that, with over 37 years of providing relocation and Real Estate services to clients throughout the country, I am uniquely qualified to assist them with the relocation process, including buying and/or selling their homes on both ends of their move. Please allow me to implement my negotiating skills on your behalf.

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