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Melissa, marketing analyst - who has written 19 posts on Trulia Blog - Real Estate Blog.
Top 10 Hottest Foreclosure Markets
Foreclosure news is everywhere. Every day you read about the hardest hit markets, the highest number of new filings and where they’re stalling the recovery of the local markets. And everyone has the same question: “Where will recovery happen first?” I wonder if it’s anything like the interest in individual stocks in the stock market…Sure, [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Top 10 Hottest Foreclosure Markets", url: "http://www.truliablog.com/2008/10/13/top-10-hottest-foreclosure-markets/" });
Continue reading...Palin vs. Biden - Part One: Education
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
As Sarah Palin, the Republican vice-presidential candidate, prepares to speak tonight at the RNC, we thought we’d take a peek at the school systems in the cities where the VP candidates currently reside. Education will be a widely discussed topic during the next two months, so we decided to look at the public schools in both [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Palin vs. Biden - Part One: Education", url: "http://www.truliablog.com/2008/09/03/palin-vs-biden-part-one-education/" });
Continue reading...July Foreclosures
Monday, August 18, 2008
The number of bank-owned homes hit the three-quarter million mark in July, according to the latest report by RealtyTrac. It is estimated that bank-owned homes currently account for 15 to 20 percent of all resale inventory on the market, meaning cities that are swimming in foreclosure inventory could have a long road of recovery [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "July Foreclosures", url: "http://www.truliablog.com/2008/08/18/july-foreclosures/" });
Continue reading...Donald Trump to the rescue!
Friday, August 15, 2008
Remember back in June when it was reported that Ed McMahon was facing foreclosure on his Beverly Hills home? Well, The Donald is stepping in to help by purchasing the home and leasing it back to him. Right on, Mr. Trump! Say, if you’re interested in extending a hand to anymore Beverly Hills millionaires [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Donald Trump to the rescue!", url: "http://www.truliablog.com/2008/08/15/donald-trump-to-the-rescue/" });
Continue reading...More proof that all real estate is local
Friday, July 25, 2008
No matter where you look, you’re bound to find a doom-and-gloom story about the housing market - foreclosures at record highs, prices at record lows, but if you want to know the real story, look deeper at a neighborhood level to get a true feel for what’s happening. We took a look at three [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "More proof that all real estate is local", url: "http://www.truliablog.com/2008/07/25/more-proof-that-all-real-estate-is-local/" });
Continue reading...Trulia Joins the Hitwise Top 10 List for Real Estate
Monday, June 9, 2008
We’re thrilled to learn that Trulia has broken into the Hitwise Top 10 list for Real Estate for the month of May. It seems like just yesterday when we landed a spot as one of the top 20 most visited U.S. real estate websites in September, according to Hitwise. Then, we were stoked [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Trulia Joins the Hitwise Top 10 List for Real Estate", url: "http://www.truliablog.com/2008/06/09/trulia-joins-the-hitwise-top-10-list-for-real-estate/" });
Continue reading...Trulia commisions Harris to gauge consumer sentiment about purchasing a foreclosure
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Harris Interactive ® recently conducted a comprehensive survey on our behalf showing that while more than half of all U.S. adults would consider purchasing a foreclosed home, over two-thirds also feel that there are several negative aspects of such purchases. The survey was conducted over a three-day period in late April, found that, while 69 [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Trulia commisions Harris to gauge consumer sentiment about purchasing a foreclosure", url: "http://www.truliablog.com/2008/05/07/trulia-commisions-harris-to-gauge-consumer-sentiment-about-purchasing-a-foreclosure/" });
Continue reading...CNN’s “100 Best Places” featuring Trulia
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Weakening economy got you down? Does the slowing job market have you rethinking your career path? This morning CNN Money launched a cool gallery via Fortune Small Business called, “100 Best Places to Live and Launch”, a list of the 100 best cities, including Bellevue, Washington, Georgetown, Texas, Buford, Georgia, Marina del Rey, [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "CNN’s “100 Best Places” featuring Trulia", url: "http://www.truliablog.com/2008/03/27/cnns-100-best-places-featuring-trulia/" });
Continue reading...Foreclosures & recovery in this month’s Trulia Trends report
Friday, February 22, 2008
Just like celebrities in rehab and the latest saga of the Spears family, it is nearly impossible to escape the media’s seemingly unending coverage of foreclosures and the volatility in the housing market. This month’s Trulia Trends Report (PDF) puts foreclosure* data into perspective for the current market, and highlights five markets that may have [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Foreclosures & recovery in this month’s Trulia Trends report", url: "http://www.truliablog.com/2008/02/22/foreclosures-recovery-in-this-months-trulia-trends-report/" });
Continue reading...Trulia Trends: January
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
From the 65-million-dollar limestone-clad neoclassical villa in San Francisco, to the two-story, six-bedroom, five-bathroom fixer-upper in Detroit priced at $199,000, our list of top 10 “most viewed homes” in the latest Trulia Trends report proved that consumers of all budget sizes were house hunting in December. The most expensive home to make our list was a [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Trulia Trends: January", url: "http://www.truliablog.com/2008/02/05/trulia-trends-january/" });
Continue reading...Santa facing foreclosure? Trulia to the rescue!
Friday, December 21, 2007
The final edition of the Trulia Trends Report for 2007 is hot off the presses. In the full report (PDF), we cover the latest market trends in price and popularity, and spotlight some great houses in the North Pole.* Here are some highlights: After an eight-month reign as “Most Popular City,” the windy city of Chicago was [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Santa facing foreclosure? Trulia to the rescue!", url: "http://www.truliablog.com/2007/12/21/santa-faces-foreclosure-trulia-to-the-rescue/" });
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