Programming will be aired on Visitors Network, ItsMyFaith, IndiePix, Hip Hop and the Comedy & Games channels. Those channels will air in Germany, France, Sweden, Austria, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, the Alto Adige region of Italy, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia Herzegovina and Croatia with other European markets following in Q2 - 2008.
United States programming on DirecTV and syndication throughout Europe will increase the SearchHomesOnTVsm “world wide” exposure to well over 145 million households. All shows will be broadcast in English with Multilanguage subtitles added.
“We believe the level of interest in the European market place will be huge on two levels. Europeans have a curiosity in viewing the American life style, architecture and design. More importantly, the strength of the Euro has created an unprecedented investment opportunity; current exchange rates are basically allowing for a 50% discount when acquiring US property.” stated John Giaimo, President SearchHomesOnTVsm.
SearchHomesOnTV.com is offering promotional pricing that includes the broadcasting of a 40 second commercial of a home for two weeks in the US and European markets for $149.00 (this is a limited time offer providing a $250 discount).
For more information visit www.SearchHomesOnTV.com
One of the first homes that I ever listed (about 20 years ago) was in the Burnwood community in Millwoods. It was a cute little home that looked like every other home on that street. There was nothing special about it but my clients kept good very good care of the property and kept it really clean. I listed it late one evening when it was especially dark out.
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While the real estate/mortgage meltdown is concerning, especially to all of us who make our living in this space. The real concern that we have to consider is the out of control spending in Congress. The earmarks and entitlements have blown away any increase in tax receipts from the prosperity of the last several years.
We threw out the last Congress for irresponsible spending and behavior. This Congress has doubled the last Congress’ already despicable deficit.
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Given the American obsession with litigation, it’s somewhat amazing that legal experts could not recall a case of a home buyer who may have overpaid suing a real estate agent before Marty Ummel came along.
Legal and real estate experts say that Ummel and her husband, Vernon Ummel, should have done their homework better before purchasing their four-bedroom home in a luxury development outside of San Diego in 2005 for $1.2 million, a price that the Ummels say was as much as $175,000 more than what similar houses in the development sold for.
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Nineteen metropolitan areas are likely to notice a direct impact from an increase in conforming loan limits included in the proposed economic stimulus plan, according to a Washington-based policy research firm.
Seven of those areas are in California, six are in the greater New York area and two are in Massachusetts, according to Stanford Group Co. Others are in the greater Washington area, Boulder, Colo., the greater Miami area and the Seattle-Tacoma region.
The proposal, discussed by House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-Mass.) this week, permits Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to securitize mortgages up to 125% of the local median home price, according to the research firm. The limit is capped at $729,750.
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Federal mortgage fraud convictions have more than doubled in the past year, and the FBI expects a growth in foreclosure scams as the crisis over substandard, high-interest home loans escalates.
Foreclosure rates for these mortgages, known as subprime loans, are at historic highs, according to surveys by the Mortgage Bankers Association and government records.
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Prudential Real Estate Affiliates, Inc., a Prudential Financial (NYSE:PRU ) company, announced today that it will participate in Yahoo! Real Estate’s new, online property listings program. The agreement will enable Prudential Real Estate’s affiliate companies to market their full catalog of property listings on Yahoo! Real Estate, and to capitalize on leading interactive marketing services.
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GARDNERVILLE, Nev.–(BUSINESS WIRE)—-SearchOnTV, Inc. announces the premier of the first nationally televised “For Sale By Owner” show, “Search Homes On TV” to air each week on satellite and many local cable channels commencing on January 9, 2008. The show will feature homes available for immediate sale as offered by the home owner.
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GARDNERVILLE, Nev.–(BUSINESS WIRE)—-SearchOnTV, Inc. announces the premier of the first nationally televised “For Sale By Owner” show, “Search Homes On TV” to air each week on satellite and many local cable channels commencing on January 9, 2008. The show will feature homes available for immediate sale as offered by the home owner.
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Consumers are increasingly searching for homes online, and if a seller’s listing can’t be found by people searching for homes on the Internet, that means there is a certainty that the searcher will not buy a home from that seller, but from one of the other people on the search results page. To help home sellers get at the top of the first search engine pages, Fizber.com, a new and innovative property listing website, has recently released a new powerful marketing tool which allows home sellers change the title and description shown in the search results for their property listing.
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