Real Estate News
Preview of January 2011 Housing Numbers
The Arkansas REALTORS Association will release complete stats for 43 counties in Arkansas on Monday. However, here is a sneak peak in to some of the Central Arkansas numbers for January 2011. You will note that the ARA is now providing numbers for the years 2011, 2010, 2009 and 2008 where available. New and Existing [...]
Read More >>House to House: Renting? Know Your Responsibilities
A friend’s recent experience in trying to rent a house he owned brought to mind the possible lack of information that some renters may have in regard to their responsibilities as renters who are paying for the right to enjoy someone else’s property. No one wants to see someone evicted, but unfortunately, that action is [...]
Read More >>House to House: What Do You Mean the Sellers Took it With Them?
This week’s House to House column is written by special guest columnist Gary Isom, Executive Director Arkansas Real Estate Commission. Gary can be reached at Gary.Isom@Arkansas.gov The closing is over and the buyers just walked into their new house with excitement and anticipation. Then to their surprise, they discover that special item they thought was included [...]
Read More >>December Housing Report Suggests AR Market Returning to Normal Levels
December 2010 Housing Market Report The Arkansas Realtors® Association released its December 2010 Housing Market Report today marking the end of tumultous year for the Arkansas housing market. “The report confirms what we’ve been saying all year – the end of the first time homebuyers tax credit created an exaggerated dip in the Arkansas housing [...]
Read More >>Preview of Arkansas Housing Stats for December 2010
The Arkansas Realtors Association will release complete stats for 42 counties in Arkansas tomorrow. However, here is a sneak peak in to some of the Central Arkansas numbers for December 2010. County Units Sold Dec ’10 Units Sold Dec ’09 % Change Avg Price Dec ’10 Avg Price Dec ’09 % Change Clay 3 5 [...]
Read More >>House to House: Portable Generator Safety Guidelines
Arkansas’s recent winter weather event likely caused some Arkansans to pull out and gas up their portable electric generators. The men in my house were actually rooting for the electricity to go out so that they’d have a reason to utilize the one they received for Christmas. While portable generators are useful during temporary power [...]
Read More >>Marchand Joins Arkansas Realtors® Association As CEO
Mark G. Marchand Joins the Arkansas Realtors Association as CEO The Arkansas Realtors® Association announced today that Mark G. Marchand has joined the ARA as its new Chief Executive Officer. Marchand’s first official day with the Association was Monday, January 10, 2011. “Mark’s hands-on management style and extensive association management experience really appealed to our [...]
Read More >>Misleading ads tout ‘free’ phone service to low-income Arkansans
LITTLE ROCK — Recent reports from Arkansas residents regarding direct mail solicitations offering “free” local phone service and “free” long distance have prompted Attorney General Dustin McDaniel to issue a consumer alert today warning of these deceptive advertisements and explaining that discounted, but not free, phone service is available to low-income Arkansas consumers. “The advertisements [...]
Read More >>Communicating with legislators more important than ever
I always think it curious when people say they are a “child of the digital age” because it leaves me to ponder exactly what I am. I think I’m the parent of the children of the digital age. While I’ve learned to use Macs and PC’s since graduating college and I now Facebook, LinkIn and [...]
Read More >>RULE OFFERS NEW PROTECTIONS FOR DISTRESSED HOMEOWNERS
LITTLE ROCK — At a time when some homeowners are struggling to pay their mortgages, so-called mortgage relief services have been more aggressive in offering loan modification help. Today, Attorney General Dustin McDaniel issued this consumer alert to warn … Continue reading →
