By Bill Wendel

Have you seen the MSN Money headline asking, “Should I try Home Stalking?” For years, Real Estate Cafe has been encouraging clients to try Proactive House Hunting, annoying some at our persistence. So, we never imagined that Zillow would include proactive approaches on their list of “4 Real Estate Trends for Summer 2013,” but are dumbfounded anyone would call it “home stalking.”

When we presented Proactive House Hunting as an option to clients in February, we repeatedly heard, “Let’s see what happens with...

By Bill Wendel

Today, a Boston.com blog reader complained, “More and more, I feel like the majority of topics in this blog are designed to scare homebuyers, and especially discourgage first-timers.” Our response? What’s scarier: (1) to remain silent regarding the games real estate agents play — like Pocket Listings, today’s topic, or (2) to build awareness of all of the potential risks of buying in this “totally artificial housing market?”

Here’s the latest shocker:  According industry press today, rising mortgage...

By Bill Wendel

Six weeks of stock market gains wiped out in two days? What does that do to your home buying decision-making process? Will that sell-off end the “year of the over-ask offer” in the housing market, or send more paperwealth into the tangible assets, like luxury homes and condos?

My guess is that this blog post could represent the turning point, how about you?

This Cambridge Home Received an Over-Ask Offer for the Ages
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