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Cool sophistication with DIY touches as hip as they are budget friendly | Bedford NY Homes
You would be hard-pressed to find another color combo quite as effortlessly cool as black and white. Black and white decor, whether in the form of a graphic wallpaper pattern, black and white photography, or something else, can add elegance in an instant. From DIY art and wall treatments to furniture makeovers, these 14 project ideas have chic black and white style and won’t break the bank.
1. Patterned nook. A small nook, like this entryway, is a great place to experiment with pattern, because it requires only a small amount of wallpaper, decals or stenciling to have a big effect. And if you stencil, graphic black and white is a foolproof choice.
2. Abstract art. A few loose swirls of black paint on white paper? You can do that! Place your creation in a slim white frame and hang it with pride.
3. Typographic art. Pick a quote that has meaning for you and turn it into art in a snap by stamping, painting or simply printing out the words. Place your creation in a rustic wooden frame for a handmade look.
read more…..
http://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/30405664?utm_source=Houzz&utm_campaign=u614&utm_medium=email&utm_content=gallery9
Fixed Mortgage Rates Edge Lower | Bedford NY Real Estate
Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®), showing average fixed mortgage rates following bond yields lower. Averaging 4.12 percent for the week, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage once again is at its 2014 low.
News Facts
- 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 4.12 percent with an average 0.6 point for the week ending August 14, 2014, down from last week when it averaged 4.14 percent. A year ago at this time, the 30-year FRM averaged 4.40 percent.
- 15-year FRM this week averaged 3.24 percent with an average 0.6 point, down from last week when it averaged 3.27 percent. A year ago at this time, the 15-year FRM averaged 3.44 percent.
- 5-year Treasury-indexed hybrid adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) averaged 2.97 percent this week with an average 0.5 point, down from last week when it averaged 2.98 percent. A year ago, the 5-year ARM averaged 3.23 percent.
- 1-year Treasury-indexed ARM averaged 2.36 percent this week with an average 0.5 point, up from last week when it averaged 2.35 percent. At this time last year, the 1-year ARM averaged 2.67 percent.
Average commitment rates should be reported along with average fees and points to reflect the total upfront cost of obtaining the mortgage. Visit the following links for the Regional and National Mortgage Rate Details and Definitions. Borrowers may still pay closing costs which are not included in the survey.
Quotes
Attributed to Frank Nothaft, vice president and chief economist, Freddie Mac.
“Mortgage rates were down slightly amid a week of light economic reports. Of the few releases, retail sales were virtually unchanged in July after a 0.2 percent increase in June, ending five months of increases. Excluding motor vehicles and parts, retail sales were up 0.1 percent last month.”
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Inventories Approach Normal Levels | Bedford NY Real Estate
Current inventories are now 13.4% lower than this time last year, closer to the 6-month supply recognized as a balanced market with an equal number of buyers and sellers, according to the latest RE/MAX Housing Report.
RE/MAX reported home sales and prices in September were lower than August, but remained significantly higher than September last year, making September the 20th consecutive month for year-over-year increases in both sales and prices.
September home sales were up 10.7% and the median price of $185,000 was 12.2% above the price in September 2012. With the current rate of sales, the number of months required to sell the entire inventory of homes on the market moved up to 5.0. This is closer to the 6-month supply recognized as a balanced market.
“It’s normal for the housing market to slow down a bit after the peak summer season, but it’s really encouraging to see that both sales and prices remain significantly higher than this time last year,” said Margaret Kelly, RE/MAX CEO. “The strong performance we saw this summer and throughout 2013 confirms we’ve passed the early stages of a housing recovery and are now moving toward a sustainable marketplace.”
The September RE/MAX National Housing Report showed an 18.5% decrease in Closed Transactions from August, but a 10.7% increase over September 2012. This makes September the 27th consecutive month RE/MAX reported higher sales than the same month in the previous year. After a strong summer season with sales peaking in May and July, lower numbers in September appear to be following seasonal trends. Of the 52 metro areas surveyed in September, 47 reported higher sales than September 2012, with 34 reporting double-digit gains, including: Chicago, IL +27.6%, Boston, MA +20.7%, Anchorage, AK +19.9%, Kansas City, MO +19.3%, Wichita, KS +19.1%, and Des Moines, IA +18.9%.
The median price of all homes sold in September was $185,000, a drop of 1.7% from the Median Price in August, but still 12.2% higher than the median price in September 2012. September becomes the 20th consecutive month with a median price higher than the same month of the previous year. Median price increases can be tied directly to the market’s low inventory and strong buyer demand. Of the 52 metro areas surveyed in September, 46 experienced higher sales prices than one year ago. Of those, 19 metro areas reported double-digit increases, including: Detroit, MI +44.4%, Atlanta, GA +36.0%, Las Vegas, NV +30.5%, San Francisco, CA + 28.5%, Miami, FL +24.4%, and Orlando, FL +24.3%.
http://www.realestateeconomywatch.com/2013/10/inventories-approach-normal-levels/
10 Awesome Headlines that Drive Traffic and Attract Readers | Bedford Realtor
Creating headlines that drive traffic and attracts readers is part art with a dose of science.
If you don’t learn how to write a good headline then the chances are you will have trouble attracting traffic to your website or blog. In a digital economy that can cost sales, because you need readers to turn up to buy your goods and services.
Newspapers and magazines have been perfecting the art for over a hundred years. Write a good headline and your circulation increases. Headlines are vital not just for newspapers but for advertisements both offline and online.
Even Facebook ads are not immune.
Twitter with only 140 characters is the perfect platform for honing headlines if you want people to click on the embedded link. Online stores need to create banners with headlines that make people click. The skill of headline writing is also vital for those important emails that you send out to your subscribers….if you want them opened.
The power of effective headlines was something I discovered after reading a series of printed marketing guides 20 years ago by Jay Abraham (an American marketing wizard). I implemented some of his ideas for print media and found they worked.
Print or web, the principles have not changed.
Stopping the car
Writing a good blog post or article often starts with the headline and it flows from there. I often stop what I am doing (even a conversation..politely of course) and write down a headline idea. Don’t let that inspiration escape.
Stopping the car has been done on several occasions.
So what are some headline types that work?
Headlines come in all shapes and sizes but some work better than others.
Here are a few types to get you thinking.
1. The “List” headline
These lists can be 5, 10 or mega. The mega list is often guaranteed to produce a ton of traffic. It means you might have to spend longer writing the article but it will be worth it.
Example: “57 ways to Boost your Blog Traffic“
2. The “How to”
Everyone is trying to work out how to do something. How to be rich, beautiful or fit. Tell them how and they will not only read the rest but tell their friends about your article and retweet and share on Facebook.
Example of this “How to Get More Retweets on Twitter“
10 Awesome Headlines that Drive Traffic and Attract Readers – Jeffbullas’s Blog.
Vine & Instagram Have A New Short Video Competitor | Bedford Realtor
Two days ago Brianna Wills wrote a great post talking about how Vine videos are a great way to market your eCommerce business. Today, I’d like to add an additional tool to your tool belt. Once Vine was released, Instagram saw the opportunity and released their version. It was different in that the video can be 15 seconds, instead of the 6.5 seconds that Vine offers.
YouTube has now entered the short video scene and released their own version. It’s called MixBit and it’s available on iOS devices.
When you make a video, it can be up to 16 seconds. Is it possible that the market wants longer video time? For Vine and Instagram users, this app is quite different in some regards. Here are some of those differences:
- Everything is anonymous – there are no usernames and no commenting available. (Will most likely come down the road.)
- You can edit the videos from within the app.
- You can share your videos on social networks.
- You can string together up to 256 clips into an hour long video. (videos of others and ones you own).
I’m excited to begin using MixBit on my iPhone. At the end of the summer, I’ll put together a bunch of the clips that my wife and I made during the summer. It will be like a wrap up of summer 2013. I think there are many applications for this. What do you think of MixBit? Will you use it for your business?
Vine & Instagram Have A New Short Video Competitor | Search Engine Journal.
How to Use Facebook Power Editor, a Detailed Guide | Bedford Realtor
Are you looking for a better way to manage your Facebook ads?
Do you want access to new Facebook advertising features as soon as they’re available?
Facebook offers a powerful and often overlooked way for marketers to do amazing things with ads.
In this article I’ll show you what Power Editor is, explore its benefits and show you how you can create campaigns using Power Editor.
What Is Power Editor?
The most powerful way to target your ideal audience on Facebook is with Facebook ads.
But clicking the “Boost Post” button and using the self-serve ad tool only scratches the surface. If you want to thrive and direct profits with your Facebook ads, you need to use Power Editor.
Use Power Editor to have full control over your Facebook advertising.
Power Editor is a free browser plugin created by Facebook that lets you bulk-edit your ads. It was initially created as a Chrome plugin. Although it does sporadically work in other browsers, you’ll likely want to use the Chrome browser when working with Power Editor.
Go to Facebook.com/powereditor to test your browser or install the plugin.
But Power Editor is much more than just a bulk ad editor. It has many advantages over Facebook’s self-serve ad tool used by the vast majority of Facebook advertisers.
Here are the benefits of using Power Editor for your Facebook ads.
#1: Get Access to Latest Features
Partner Categories is a feature available within Power Editor.
When Facebook rolls out new advanced features, they’re sent first to the Facebook ads API (which goes to third-party tools) and Power Editor. As a result, marketers using Power Editor tend to get these features well before those who use the self-serve ad tool exclusively.
Here are some examples of features you can currently find in Power Editor, but not in the self-serve ad tool:
Partner Categories: Facebook has partnered with three data-mining companies (Axciom, Datalogix and Epsilon) that collect mounds of data on users related to purchase history and lifestyle. Facebook uses this data to let advertisers do some powerful ad targeting with more than 500 categories.
How to Use Facebook Power Editor, a Detailed Guide | Social Media Examiner.
How to Use Facebook Power Editor, a Detailed Guide | Bedford Realtor
Are you looking for a better way to manage your Facebook ads?
Do you want access to new Facebook advertising features as soon as they’re available?
Facebook offers a powerful and often overlooked way for marketers to do amazing things with ads.
In this article I’ll show you what Power Editor is, explore its benefits and show you how you can create campaigns using Power Editor.
What Is Power Editor?
The most powerful way to target your ideal audience on Facebook is with Facebook ads.
But clicking the “Boost Post” button and using the self-serve ad tool only scratches the surface. If you want to thrive and direct profits with your Facebook ads, you need to use Power Editor.
Use Power Editor to have full control over your Facebook advertising.
Power Editor is a free browser plugin created by Facebook that lets you bulk-edit your ads. It was initially created as a Chrome plugin. Although it does sporadically work in other browsers, you’ll likely want to use the Chrome browser when working with Power Editor.
Go to Facebook.com/powereditor to test your browser or install the plugin.
But Power Editor is much more than just a bulk ad editor. It has many advantages over Facebook’s self-serve ad tool used by the vast majority of Facebook advertisers.
Here are the benefits of using Power Editor for your Facebook ads.
#1: Get Access to Latest Features
Partner Categories is a feature available within Power Editor.
When Facebook rolls out new advanced features, they’re sent first to the Facebook ads API (which goes to third-party tools) and Power Editor. As a result, marketers using Power Editor tend to get these features well before those who use the self-serve ad tool exclusively.
Here are some examples of features you can currently find in Power Editor, but not in the self-serve ad tool:
Partner Categories: Facebook has partnered with three data-mining companies (Axciom, Datalogix and Epsilon) that collect mounds of data on users related to purchase history and lifestyle. Facebook uses this data to let advertisers do some powerful ad targeting with more than 500 categories.
Here’s a sampling of the targeting you can do with the help of Partner Categories:
- Household size of 6 (8,842,800 users)
- Upscale department store credit card user (34,618,400 users)
- Home office supply purchases (2,638,300 users)
- Aftermarket vehicle purchase over 48 months ago (11,952,800 users)
- Baby food and products buyers (10,497,100 users)
- Casino vacations (4,242,000 users)
- Dog owner (12,643,500 users)
- Fitness buyers—runners (5,950,600 users)
- Teacher/educator (223,000 users)
- Donate to veteran causes (7,016,400 users)
While Precise Interest and Broad Category targeting are dependent on users keeping their profiles updated, Partner Category targeting is based on a user’s actual buying history and completion of surveys.
Lookalike Audiences: Facebook’s recent rollout of Custom Audiences to the self-serve ad tool lets advertisers upload their customer lists into Facebook to target those users with ads.
Power Editor’s Lookalike Audiences builds a similar list of Facebook users based on your customer list.
How to Use Facebook Power Editor, a Detailed Guide | Social Media Examiner.
Country Star Ronnie Dunn Buys in Nashville | Bedford Real Estate
If you aren’t a big enough fan of country music to have heard of Ronnie Dunn, perhaps the name Brooks & Dunn rings a bell. Dunn, who was one-half of the former country duo (he and Kix Brooks split after 20 years to pursue solo careers) just purchased a house with his wife in Nashville, according to property records and a report by the Real Estalker blog.
Nashville, obviously, is the capital of country music, and it’s no surprise to find a country musician picking up a new place within its city limits. This is the third home the Dunns have purchased in Nashville; they also own a condo, as well as an equestrian farm.
The Dunns’ new property sits on just under 6.5 acres. Rather than the traditional style most commonly found in the area, this home is a neoclassical-designed home by Palm Beach architect John L. Volk.
Measuring 5,751 square feet, the house has 5 bedrooms and 4.5 baths. Enormous windows, tall ceilings and indoor-outdoor living spaces add to the home. The grounds includes a barn and stable, guest cottage and lush, traditional garden surrounded by boxwood.