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Monthly Archives: January 2014
Hot Anchorage home market drives prices up to average $347,000 | Cross River Homes
How to stop anyone on Google+ from emailing your Gmail account | Katonah NY Realtor
Inside South Beach’s Abandoned South Shore Hospital – Abandonment Issues | Bedford Hills Real Estate
Social Media Mistakes | Bedford NY Realtor
Armonk Folly : Controversy Continues As Goldberg Returns As North Castle Administrator | Armonk Realtor
How would you grade the Obama housing recovery? | Pound Ridge Real Estate
Colorado agent launches marijuana-friendly marketing campaign | Mt Kisco Real Estate
On Jan. 1, Bob Costello, an agent with the Brokers Guild brokerage in Denver, launched his “420 Friendly Realty Broker” campaign to capitalize on Colorado’s new 2014 law that allows adults over the age of 21 to purchase recreational marijuana legally in the state.
“I’ve had about 30 calls about this, and for a real estate broker, it’s great — you want a lot of leads,” Costello told the Huffington Post.
Costello offers prospective clients who might want to grow pot insight into what type of homes they should be looking for.
“First of all, you want to be in a marijuana-friendly city like Denver, Edgewater, Wheat Ridge or Pueblo,” Costello told the Post. “You probably also want to get a house that’s not too close to a school, maybe not too close to something controversial.”
Source: Huffington Post
– See more at: http://www.inman.com/wire/colorado-agents-2014-marijuana-friendly-marketing-campaign-seeing-early-returns/?utm_source=20140110&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=dailyheadlinesam#sthash.CVrTCTBy.dpuf
What does Mel Watt mean for housing finance in 2014? | North Salem NY Homes
Mel Watt (D-NC) is set to take the helm as the next official director at the Federal Housing Finance Administration — and we know there are no shortages of industry opinions out there about what a Democratic-led FHFA may decide to do (or not do) with the reins of the GSEs in their hands.
So, we want to hear from you: what does a Mel Watt-led FHFA mean for U.S. housing finance, in 2014 and beyond?
The best answers will be selected by our team of editors to appear in the February 2014 issue of HW Magazine, in our monthly “Sounding Board” department.
Those selected to appear will also receive a complimentary digital reprint of their contribution ($350 value), highlighting their opinion. It’s our way of saying thank you for telling us what you think.
So, if you’ve got an opinion, speak up! What does Mel Watt mean for housing finance, this year and in the future?
http://www.housingwire.com/blogs/1-rewired/post/28460-what-does-mel-watt-mean-for-housing-finance-in-2014
Government thinks it can fix struggling communities | Cross River Real Estate
The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development joined the education and agriculture secretaries Thursday in a press conference to elaborate on what will be involved in President Obama’s new “promise zone” initiative.
President Barack Obama announced that he is starting a new government program designed to help economically challenged communities.
The promise zone initiative, Obama said, will focus on attracting private investment to replace distressed housing with what they call “mixed-income” housing, reducing crime, providing tax incentives to stimulate economic growth, and promoting programs to help high schools retain and graduate students.
The first five locations will be San Antonio, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Southeastern Kentucky, and the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. The White House plans to announce 15 more promise zones over the next two years in blighted rural and urban areas.
HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan said the effort will integrate housing, education and crime relief efforts, and bring together local community leaders with businesses through tax credits, coordinated by federal oversight.
“This is a sharp departure from the way the government provided aid in the past,” Donovan said. “Washington would swoop in and impose solutions without working with local leaders to support their visions and strengthen all assets needed for communities to thrive.”
“We want to bring together a wide variety of stake holders to better communities,” Donovan said. “Home is the foundation of all of our lives. Now we are going to connect housing with other efforts to expand opportunity.”
Donovan said that the tax credit component of the promise zone initiative is critical, especially for housing and job creation.
“Yes, these zones will work without tax credits, but no, not to full capacity,” he said. “Those tax credits that will be proposed are critical in accelerating job creation and improving housing.”
He added he believed the promise zones initiatives and tax credits will receive bipartisan support in Congress.
http://www.housingwire.com/articles/28537-big-promises-the-white-house-is-making-now-about-housing