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3 Real Estate Article Links

From AgentGenius
Real estate blogger talks about SEO and how it affects his site... (Link)

From FORM
From the left coast, details a new Web 2.0 site that integrates craigslist, and Google Maps, in order for people to determine upstart neighborhoods to "gentrify." (Link)

From Philly Living
Another article about the postive numbers the Q3 home sales turned out in Our City of Brotherly Love.... (Link)


"The times they are a changin'"...just ask Bob Dylan

Philly.com Real Estate Sales Article

I still feel strongly about my post from yesterday, despite reading this article on the city's main outlet...

Non-Suburban Sprawl

This article via Philly Real Estate Blog confirms what I have been thinking and talking about a lot lately, which is that there is about to be a mass exodus from the sprawling Philly suburbs back into the city. With Mayor Nutty, getting the city back on the up and up, rising gas prices and not forgetting all of the hipsters that already headed down there, the city is looking better and better everyday that the prices are still low...

Do You Get "Social Media?"

(Via NAR blog)

Post about the National Association of REALTORS and their progression into Web 2.0. Nice to see the big, creaky conglomerate is opening up to it, too. Read the entire article here.

What is SEO and Why Is It Important?

(from Realtor.com )

A post about why you should fully understand this concept if you want your website to be any kind of relevant...

Friday Links

- Information about Subprime Mortgage Defaults

From the Philadelphia Federal Reserve, an article about what happens when a subprime mortgage defaults. Check it out here.

- Really good Podcast about Subprime Mortgages

From The Free Library with Yale University Economist, Robert J. Shiller, here.

- Smart Home Exhibit

From Philly.com Real Estate Green, article about a new home prototype that mixes clean living with high technology.Check it out here.

Green Housing

(via 6thSquare)

Dan Polig on affordable green housing.

Future of the Housing Market

(via PhillyLivingBlog)

Good News! Ex- Economics Yoda Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan seems to think the housing market will bounce back by 2009. Check out the full entry.

More Green Philly

(via PhillyRealEstateHub)

Check out this really cool website further promoting Philadelphia's Eco-Friendly Green Movement, LEED Philly...

Cool Philly Green Blog

(via Sixth Square)

Check out this really cool blog about a construction development team in center city Philadelphia, trying to build a "modern" and "green" home for only $100K.

Philly Green

On 9/29/08, Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter visited the Philadelphia Free Library to unvail the Library's green roof demonstration project. This roof project is part of the Mayor's initiative to make Philadelphia one of the nation's greenest cities.

The benefits & proponents of these green roof types seem to be extensive. Check out the post and video from the Free Library Blog here.

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Generation Y

(via Realtor.org)

"The genreation born between 1976 and 1982 wants high-tech convenience and communication, walkability, green building standards, and diversity. They'll sacrifice space, and some will even pay more, to incorporate those qualities into their lives, real estate experts told an audience at a recent forum on developing real estate for Gen Y, sponsored by the Urban Land Institute."

This is just another reason why I'm optimistic about the future of Philadelphia real estate. People are going to start moving into the city in the years to come and it seemingly already started...

Cool Story Out of Chicago's Cook County

The elusive instance when the police are working FOR you!

Haha!

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Philadelphia Real Estate Market Outlook

(via Philly Living Blog)

Here is a good article from Philadelphia Magazine about the overall outlook on city real estate that might be a lot better than you may have recently heard...

Mortgage Crisis

(via Realtor.org)

Bank of American announced a new program on Monday aimed to over 400,000 people struggling to make their Countrywide originated mortgage payments.

The program aims to foremost help mortgagees affected by recent rate changes and payment resets.

Read the entire post here.

Real Estate Legislation

Good Article about the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 (RESPA) by Al Heavens, Inquirer Real Estate Columnist, from Sunday's Inquirer.

100 Most Powerful Property People

DIY Sales

Most popular global FSBO website, fsbo.com's blog, posted their 3rd quarter statistics report 9/30, noting:

Average Days on Market: 95
Properties sold for 96% of list price
Average amount saved on commission: $8,002

Seems like people are starting to get it...

Check out the full report here.

Online Philadelphia Real Estate

I have always been interested in real estate, at least as long as I can remember.

I have been in the business for about four years now, and it still somewhat amazes me how disorganized the online content is.

While I have always been interested in real estate, I've also always been very technically savvy. This being the case, I easily came to the realization that combining these two interest could lead to good things!

So in the beginning of 2008, I finally started on my mission to create an effective and simple local Philadelphia web-base real estate community, bryanslist.org. (Read more here)

Please check back with the blog & and site, as they will be constantly updating and upgrading.

Thanks for reading!