http://www.realtychat.com/blog Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 11 May 2007 21:04:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I am really interested to see what those out and about are seeing. Where is the market headed in your area? http://www.realtychat.com/blog/2007/05/11/where-is-the-market-headed/ Well, it would appear that still nothing has happened with this development. They are now back to rentals. They are flip-flopping back and forth so much I can’t keep track! http://www.realtychat.com/blog/2007/05/11/what-defines-%e2%80%9cluxury%e2%80%9d-part-iii/ As a part of our site upgrade we’ve moved to a new server. Things have been a bit buggy but the tech team is working on them. We apologize for the inconvenience. http://www.realtychat.com/blog/2007/03/24/server-upgrade/ If you haven’t already noticed, RealtyChat.com has gone through a complete overhaul. We are still trying to hammer out the bugs so pardon us for the next couple of days. What’s NEW Free Real Estate Blogs - We now offer real estate professionals a free place to get ... http://www.realtychat.com/blog/2007/02/28/new-design-new-features/ A little update about that previous post… Almost a year later and one of those condo devolpments (the one overlooking a trailer park/car lot) is STILL on the market… They first marketed them as condos, then as elderly housing, then apartments, and now back to “luxury” condos. Never see ... http://www.realtychat.com/blog/2007/02/28/what-defines-%e2%80%9cluxury%e2%80%9d-part-ii/ This one is just funny… Saw a house that had 3 real estate signs on it. I’ve seen instances where 2 might be appropriate, maybe on a big corner lot, but I’ve never seen 3 before. And then I saw another one! LOL Now this isn’t exactly the ... http://www.realtychat.com/blog/2007/02/28/signs-signs-everywhere-signs/ Looking around Boston at much of the new construction I see the term “luxury” absolutely everywhere… MY favorites so far: “Luxury” condos overlooking a car lot and a tralier park. More “Luxury” condos no more than 15 feet from traintracks. Some BEHIND other homes (sort of in their backyards) abutting traintracks, AND ... http://www.realtychat.com/blog/2006/04/18/what-defines-luxury/ AgentConnect has made it to the top of my most recent list of spammers! I am being bombarded by their pitches to try and get me to buy their leads. These low-lifes have bought some outdated email lists and just send their junk to everyone. Do people ... http://www.realtychat.com/blog/2006/01/28/agentconnect/ As I was driving around Boston today I realized the true loss during a real estate boom. It broke my heart to see. Every single scrap of land, every yard, every lot has been built on. Houses jammed into every corner. TINY little places in many ... http://www.realtychat.com/blog/2005/12/13/downside-of-a-boom/ To me these is little more shameful than “professionals” in any business misusing their own tradename… I run the directory here at RealtyChat.com and one at InternetRealtyNetwork.com. I am astonished at the number of times I must correct this with AGENTS!!! How are consumers ever going to treat this industry if ... http://www.realtychat.com/blog/2005/10/28/realitor-realator-reality/