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This month’s newsletter offers analytical insight into the demographic shifts that are shaping the future of the housing market. Today we are seeing the confluence of a recession driving behavior changes and shifts in the distribution of population. Learn why in this month’s newsletter. Real Estate Matters also offers some timely articles on why now is a good time to buy a home, why real estate professionals are more important than ever, and much more.

Top 5 Members are uniquely qualified to not only help you get educated on these matters, but make them as effortless as possible. Only Top 5 Members can provide you with the kind of exclusive information found here in Real Estate Matters – a monthly look at what’s really happening in the housing market. It’s a privilege to provide you with this important information. Enjoy this monthly e-newsletter, and as always, your feedback is welcomed – call or email any time!

This Month’s Top Story
Demographic Shifts Shaping Future of the Housing Market

RISMEDIA, March 7, 2011—With the great recession driving unemployment, foreclosures and vacancy rates to historic highs, the housing market has certainly been on one wild ride the last few years. Today, we see the confluence of a deep recession driving behavioral change and shifts in the demographic distribution of the population poised to impact the real estate market in unexpected ways.

More Top Stories

Get in while the Getting’s Good – Why Buyers and Sellers Should Take Advantage of Today’s Real Estate Market
RISMEDIA, March 7, 2011—The Case-Shiller Index is one of the country’s most popular ways of measuring the movement of home prices. And in its latest rating, which went out in late December, the verdict was: Prices are down. The Case-Shiller report’s 20-City Composite rating was 0.8% lower than it was one year previously; the first year-on-year decrease since October 2009.

Working with a Real Estate Professional is More Important Than Ever in Today’s Real Estate Market
RISMEDIA, March 7, 2011—In a landmark study examining the home buying and selling preferences of consumers in the Mid-Atlantic region, 95% reported that working with a real estate professional is just as important, if not more important, than it was just a few years ago. The survey results were released in a new research paper entitled Keepin’ it Real, by MRIS, the area’s Multiple Listing Service (MLS) and a leading developer of real estate information technology.

Winter Season Buyers and Sellers Serious about Making a Deal
RISMEDIA, March 7, 2011—(MCT)—Planning a move to Arizona, Martha DeVita originally thought she’d list her Cliffside Park, N.J., home in the spring, when the real estate market traditionally heats up. But faced with this winter’s harsh weather, she put up the “for sale” sign in January. Within a week, she accepted an offer.

Stay Warm from the Ground Up: The Basics of Basement Insulation
RISMEDIA, March 7, 2011—If heat is escaping your home, this is the time of year when you’ll feel it—in most areas of the country anyway—not just physically, but in your wallet. Too many people spend way more than they should on heating a home due to heat escape. Your first instinct, if you’re spinning your wheels trying to heat your home, is that the culprits are things you see every day, from picture windows in the living room to your bathroom skylight.

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