August 2009 Archives

594 new foreclosures were filed in Massachusetts over this past week, ending Friday, August 28, 2009, 19 more new foreclosed properties than last week with 575 new foreclosure filings.

Broken down by county, Barnstable County had 27 foreclosures, Berkshire County had 7 foreclosures, Bristol County had 60 foreclosures, Dukes County had 3 foreclosures, Essex County had 82 foreclosures, Franklin County had 2 foreclosures, Hampden County had 47 foreclosures, Hampshire County had 7 foreclosures, Middlesex County had 95 foreclosures, Nantucket County had 3 foreclosures, Norfolk County had 43 foreclosures, Plymouth County had 53 foreclosures, Suffolk County had 73 foreclosures, and Worcester County had 92 foreclosures.

The biggest movers from last week to this week were Hampshire County (250% increase, 2 -> 7), Nantucket County (50% increase, 2 -> 3), and Hampden County (24% increase, 38 -> 47).

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575 new foreclosures were filed in Massachusetts over this past week, ending Friday, August 21, 2009, 151 more new foreclosed properties than last week with 424 new foreclosure filings.

Broken down by county, Barnstable County had 36 foreclosures, Berkshire County had 8 foreclosures, Bristol County had 50 foreclosures, Dukes County had 3 foreclosures, Essex County had 69 foreclosures, Franklin County had 5 foreclosures, Hampden County had 38 foreclosures, Hampshire County had 2 foreclosures, Middlesex County had 96 foreclosures, Nantucket County had 2 foreclosures, Norfolk County had 51 foreclosures, Plymouth County had 63 foreclosures, Suffolk County had 69 foreclosures, and Worcester County had 83 foreclosures.

The biggest movers from last week to this week were Dukes County (200% increase, 1 -> 3), Barnstable County (112% increase, 17 -> 36), and Nantucket County (100% increase, 1 -> 2).

You can find hundreds of books on the art of real estate negotiation... but, pardon my frankness, many of these books offer stale strategies and tactics that just do not work.

For example, in many books you can find the ABC rule - "always be closing." That is, you want to have a bunch of deals in the works and you want to get to "yes" as quickly as possible in order to close that deal.

However, getting to "yes" ASAP means you leave out a bunch of steps in the middle, such as carefully pre-qualifying your prospects by asking lots of questions. I call this process "Getting to 'no" first" - meaning, you weed out those who aren't serious about a deal.

It's also why I've simplified negotiation down to three cardinal rules: the person who mentions price first loses, get to know your opponent before you begin negotiations, and always get your agreement in writing.

424 new foreclosures were filed in Massachusetts over this past week, ending Friday, August 14, 2009, 334 less new foreclosed properties than last week with 758 new foreclosure filings.

Broken down by county, Barnstable County had 17 foreclosures, Berkshire County had 6 foreclosures, Bristol County had 32 foreclosures, Dukes County had 1 foreclosures, Essex County had 57 foreclosures, Franklin County had 4 foreclosures, Hampden County had 38 foreclosures, Hampshire County had 2 foreclosures, Middlesex County had 66 foreclosures, Nantucket County had 1 foreclosures, Norfolk County had 40 foreclosures, Plymouth County had 54 foreclosures, Suffolk County had 42 foreclosures, and Worcester County had 64 foreclosures.

The biggest movers from last week to this week were Plymouth County (27% decrease, 74 -> 54), Franklin County (33% decrease, 6 -> 4), and Norfolk County (34% decrease, 61 -> 40).

758 new foreclosures were filed in Massachusetts over this past week, ending Friday, August 7, 2009, 216 more new foreclosed properties than last week with 542 new foreclosure filings.

Broken down by county, Barnstable County had 37 foreclosures, Berkshire County had 13 foreclosures, Bristol County had 55 foreclosures, Dukes County had 3 foreclosures, Essex County had 96 foreclosures, Franklin County had 6 foreclosures, Hampden County had 62 foreclosures, Hampshire County had 13 foreclosures, Middlesex County had 134 foreclosures, Nantucket County had 5 foreclosures, Norfolk County had 61 foreclosures, Plymouth County had 74 foreclosures, Suffolk County had 89 foreclosures, and Worcester County had 110 foreclosures.

The biggest movers from last week to this week were Hampshire County (333% increase, 3 -> 13), Nantucket County (150% increase, 2 -> 5), and Berkshire County (117% increase, 6 -> 13).

New real estate focused online tools for twitter, video, real estate tours, voicemail, blogging and more seem to crop every day, and here's the latest batch of cool tools that can help you cut through the clutter.

Not handy with a video camera? Try a killer slideshow instead.

Animoto is a website that lets you upload photos, select music and magically create a great slideshow. They have a niche site just for real estate folks with some impressive shows that you can easily embed in your website.

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