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Up Sell Your Home in
Any Market
By James Harner
The housing market is slowly
beginning to resemble what it looked
like before the bubble burst in 2008
as homes are staying on the market
for relatively shorter periods of time
and home prices are rising. Still,
the housing sector isn't out of the
woods quite yet and some are still
skittish about selling their homes,
or lowering the price to get it off
the market. James Harner advises
against that notion in Up Sell Your
Home in Any Market, his book that
addresses selling the fair value of the
home, not the desperate value.
In his book, Harner offers advice
on how to stage a home for positive
results, tips on how to price the home
accordingly the first time, resources
that will help market the home in
the best way possible, and strategies
on successful negotiation. The
book provides insights on how the
selling market has changed over the
years and how potential sellers can
keep pace with the current housing
climate.
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Foreclosed: HighRisk Lending,
Deregulation, and
the Undermining of
America's Mortgage
Market
By Dan Immergluck
The most devastating piece of the
housing crash of 2007 and 2008 was
not the disastrous impact it had on
the U.S. economy; rather, it was the
harsh reality that many Americans
were losing their piece of the
American dream and being forced
onto the streets as a result. And,
like any slow-moving phenomenon,
America became transfixed with
watching the economy and housing
market crumble.
In Foreclosed: High-Risk Lending,
Deregulation, and the Undermining
of America's Mortgage Market, Dan
Immergluck compiles his extensive
research on the housing market
into a narrative about the winners
and losers of the crash with insight
on how the game was played so
ineffectively. He invites the reader
into the book by introducing the
catalyst for the market crash, and
then goes on to detail how federal
policymakers failed to regulate the
high-risk lending that led to the
calamity.
The Greatest Trade
Ever: The Behindthe-Scenes Story of
How John Paulson
Defied Wall Street
and Made Financial
History
By George Zuckerman
The financial meltdown is ripe
with stories of destruction and loss.
But, there is one compelling story
of triumph that has emerged from
the bedlam. In George Zuckerman's
book, The Greatest Trade Ever: The
Behind-the-Scenes Story of How
John Paulson Defied Wall Street and
Made Financial History, the tale of
John Paulson is explained. Paulson,
a hedge fund manager had the
foresight to bet on the housing
market bubble that would soon burst.
He had detractors and doubters, but
decided to trust his gut.
At first, he lost money, but when
everything was said and done he had
earned more than $15 billion for his
firm, a figure that dwarfed George
Soros's billion-dollar currency trade
in 1992. This move outwitted Chuck
Prince, Stanley O'Neal, Richard
Fuld, and other Wall Street titans,
and made financial history in the
process.
ListedBy—Real Estate
Auction Primer for
Consumers
By ListedBy.com
As the country and the world
continue to embrace technology,
companies have picked up the pace
to meet the demand, which is why
ListedBy.com developed ListedBy
—Real Estate Auction Primer for
Consumers, a primer on important
terminology to help novice buyers
and sellers get into the action
without feeling overwhelmed by the
process.
The book is available as an
ebook and is free of charge to those
interested. This reference also serves
as an online marketplace and social
network with live bidding and "Best
Offer" functionality through the
site. Some of the topics covered
are terminology and strategies, key
considerations when bidding at an
auction, why online auctions are
more beneficial for buyers and sellers,
and a host of additional resources.
