Steven San Filippo

If anyone is using listingbook I would like to hear from you. What do you think about the program? Has anyone had any feedback from their clients as to what they think about the program. If you could respond to me here in active rain or just email with your input and assessment of the program. Also those that have feedack from clients if you could let me know what they thought about the format and whether they thought it was user friendly and if it gave them enough information to make a decision. In advance I want to thank all of you that participate and respond to my blog.

Steve

Today, I sat in an open house and didnt have one person come to the open house. The house is really very nice its in a gated community. While I was at the open house some SOB stole one of my open house signs. Now being that no one showed up an now that one of my signs was taken that really made my day. To say I was pissed would be an under statement. But, I guess I will just have to forget it about it because I'm doing an open house tomorrow at the same house. Any way heres to hoping for better days ahead for all of us trying to make a living in the real estate industry. Everyone have a great weekend and I hope everyone sells something this weekend. Take care and have fun doing it.

This market continues to change daily. I can't believe some of the things that we are seeing with this market. My office has gone back to the old ways we are hosting open house every Friday, Saturday and Sunday in attempt to get more sales. It is working to degree. But what we get mostly is a lot of tire kickers coming in. Although we have sold some of the listings that we have at the Open Houses. They are few and far between. The market I hope and believe is trying to stabilize itself. That is one of the main reasons why our office has gone back to some of the old ways of selling real estate. We have seen sales double every month since the first of the year over last year sales. But I think this is really a double edged sword because the home prices are actually 50 % lower than they were a year ago. Home prices are 200% lower than they were in housing boom of 2005. Hopefuly over the next couple of months the market balances itself out. Here's looking at a brighter future in the real estate industry.

I currently have a contract for a condo that is a short sale Countrywide is the mortgage holder. We submitted this contract back in the end of January 2009. We have repeatedly had to file extensions to keep this contract alive. We still havent heard a word on weather its going to be a go or no. May 1st we will starting our 4th month of waiting for any type of word from Countrywide. Hopefully we get word from them that it is a go. My clients continue to call me every week asking when its going close. I give them my standard answer that I haven't heard anything from the other realtor or the mortgage company and until we do we will have to sit and wait for the mortgage company to make their decision. Please let me hear from any other realtors that may have experienced the same problem with the same mortgage company or maybe another one.

Has anyone had anything to do with these USDA loans? How hard are they to get completed and are they a pain to do like short sales. If anyone has any information please respond to this blog. I would really appreciate hearing from my fellow realtors who have worked with these types of loans so that I willknow what to expect and what I will have to do to get it done. In advance, let me thank all of you that respond to this blog. Have a great and lets keep selling.