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Home prices began double-dipping months ago, but now that S&P/Case Shiller has chimed in, it really must be so.     This report is the most widely-followed home price index, equally quoted in bank boardrooms, Treasury Department back rooms, and Congressional Committees.   The report finds home prices in Q1 of this year are now 2.9 percent below the previous quarterly bottom in Q1 of 2009, effectively giving up all the gains of the past few years, which were of course fueled by the home buyer tax credit .   "Just about everybody agrees we're going to miss the seasonally strong period in 2011, which we should be at the very beginning of right now with May, but nobody thinks that will make any difference," says S&P's David Blitzer. "Everybody's now keeping their fingers crossed for 2012 and wondering whether people just don't want to own homes anymore."   Keeping your fingers crossed for the housing market is just...

  According to a post early this morning on the Wall Street Journal’s influential AllThingsD blog , flash couponing/daily deals behemoth Groupo n is in talks with location-based services (LBS) innovator Foursquare , in which nearby coupons would be integrated with everyone’s new favorite pastime of checking in. In an article I wrote f or CMO.com late last year , LBS and flash couponing were two of the trends I advised marketers to watch out for in 2011.  A tie-up between the two biggest names in the business would only provide value for marketers (‘one-stop shopping’) and can drive innovation in the industry. But the value would be for marketers of small- to medium-sized businesses – which need all the help they can get.  National retail, service, and hospitality chains have largely shunned Groupon (or perhaps, it’s the other way around), but perhaps this new alliance may change the game a bit. Both companie...

Top 10 real estate websites in April AOL Real Estate continued its steady upward climb during April in rankings of the Internet's most popular real estate websites compiled by Web metrics firms Experian Hitwise. After rising from 16th to eighth position to break into the Hitwise top 10 in March, AOL Real Estate continued to boost its audience in April, rising to fifth place with a 2.91 percent market share in the real estate category, Hitwise said. The rankings of the top four real estate sites were unchanged from March. The latest numbers from Hitwise show Realtor.com was the most popular real estate site on the Internet in April, with a 6.5 percent market share, followed by Yahoo Real Estate (6.1 percent), Zillow (5.52 percent), and Trulia.com (4.75 percent). Realtor.com operator Move Inc. announced an agreement with AOL Real Estate in January, in which Move is powering the site's homes-for-sale search and coordinating ad sales to real estate agents, brokers and ...

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What makes real estate 'prime'? Mood of the Market I'm fascinated by the concept of "prime real estate." In fact, I apply it in all areas of life -- some of which would cause quizzical looks in a crowd of real estate professionals. When dealing with difficult people and relationships, I've been known to evict them from my prime mental real estate. What my mother might call tailgating, I call the highest and best use of prime, rush-hour, freeway real estate. I've taught my son that the whole foods I want him to eat -- mostly produce and proteins -- occupy the prime real estate in the grocery store. (In turn, he has informed me that the processed foods he wants to eat -- mostly hot Cheetos and Mountain Dew -- are just a few aisles in.) The subject of prime real estate jolted into mind for me, recently, after someone invaded my freeway real estate, rear-ending me in a (blessedly) minor fender bender. Bizarrely enough, I was rear-ended, also at very low sp...

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A door is not responsible if it swings and hits you in the nose. Neither is the hand of the guy who punched you. Philosphers and lawyers talk about agency. Responsibility comes with the capacity to act in the world. If you can decide, if you can act, you have agency. Life without agency would be a nightmare. Trapped in a box, unable to do anything by choice, nothing but a puppet... Why then, do organizations and individuals struggle so intently to avoid the responsibility that comes with agency? "It's not my job, my boss won't let me, there's a federal regulation, we're prohibited, it's our supplier, that's our policy..." It's not something you can turn on or off. Either you have the capacity to act in the world. Or you don't. via sethgodin.typepad.com

Last week, I had the opportunity and privilege to present a Facebook Analytics session to a standing-room-only crowd at Blogworld NYC. For those that asked, here are the slides from that presentation. It will be (re)made into a webinar in the days and weeks to come for those who could not attend. Christopher S. Penn Vice President, Strategy and Innovation Email inboxes are getting more and more crowded. How do you ensure that your emails get noticed? How to you make sure that they stand apart from the rest? If you want your emails to get opened and clicked on , we have just the eBook for you. In the 17 Ways To Make Your Email Stand Out eBook, we review strategy and tactics, creative and design, as well as unique campaigns. There's a bit of something for everyone. What are you waiting for? Download the eBook now This entry was posted on Monday, May 30th, 2011 at 8:05 am and is filed under Conferen...

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Why Link Bait is Not a 4-Letter Word Ok, clearly for those who can count, link bait is actually 2, 4-letter words. But for some people out in web-land it’s become a dirty, almost derivative, term. I’m pretty sure though, that’s mostly because the word is so abused. Link bait isn’t everything we publish; link bait is a specific kind of content that is meant to draw a lot of attention to a site when it’s released. Link bait can be a beautiful thing when it’s done right. But other times it can make you want a shower. Some people will just stoop to any depth to get links. They will create controversy, or expose others weaknesses in the hopes of benefitting from it. And they do. And everyone else sneers and calls their efforts mere “link bait”. Content that panders to negative emotions, makes inflammatory statements and goes only for shock value is, unfortunately, a class of link bait. But it’s an ugly one and it’s only part of the entire picture. Like a secret in a game of telephone...

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Blocking Web Pages Web content or website access has always been restricted in most environments, be it at home or the workplace. At times it is necessary for people to block certain web pages, especially in cases where employees in offices are not meant to browse irrelevant websites either from productivity perspective or for security reasons. Such situations leave the organization with no choice other than to block these sites for increase in productivity and for ensuring minimal security threats. In home environments as well, parents, at time, do not want their children to visit websites that are not advisable or appropriate for them. Another reason for blocking a website for personal usage is that some websites trigger spam attack to steal user’s data or to harm user’s computer. Therefore, blocking a certain website can help prevent viruses from attacking your computer. There are various softwares available in the market that provide us with numerous options to block a certain se...

Luxury homes have been spending about 16 percent less time on market since early March even though inventories have been rising, which is normal during the Spring buying season, according to the latest weekly report from the Institute for Luxury Home Marketing. Days on market for all homes priced over $1 million has fallen to an average of 118 days, according to the latest weekly ILHM report, which is prepared by Altos Research.  The spring time decline reflects a national trend in days on market measured by Altos, one of the few research firms that reports the number of days properties are listed on a multiple listing service. Declining days on market coupled with rising inventories suggests that demand is getting stronger for upper tier properties, many of whom have undergone more than one price reduction.  By contrast, when properties languish on market longer, pressure grows for price cuts.  The ILHM reported 36 percent of properties have experienced a price ...

This guest post is by Ali Luke of Aliventures . Your blog isn’t growing as fast as you’d hoped. You’re working hard—and trying to follow all the advice which you’ve read online—but you’re not seeing the traffic or subscriber levels that you’d like, and you’re not making quit-your-day-job levels of money. Actually, you’re not making much money at all. Professional blogging isn’t a get-rich-quick scheme—and I’m sure you’ve discovered that for yourself. But although building a successful, income-producing blog might take a bit longer than you wanted, it’s far from impossible. In fact, it’s just a case of slowly but surely improving your game. These are seven habits which top bloggers share. Are you missing any of them? 1. Learning Being willing to learn, consistently, is crucial to success in today’s fast-moving world—but that’s especially true in blogging, where technological changes mean that last year’s top sites are this year’s has-beens. As I’ve met more and more...

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South Salem NY homes for sale   RobReportBlog    May 2011   99 homes for sale $729,000   median price $7,850,000   high price $275,000   low price 3098   average size $299   average price per foot 135   average dom     Find a South Salem NY Home

Katonah NY Homes for sale   RobReportBlog    May 2011     118   homes on the market $874,450   median price $22,000,000  high price $339,000   low price 3499   average size $325   average price per foot 158  average dom     Find a Katonah NY Home for sale

  Bedford Corners Weekly Real Estate Report   RobReportBlog    May 2011     128  homes for sale $899,000    median price $30,000,000    high price $345,000   low price 3302   average size $326   average price per foot 103  average dom     Find a Bedford Corners Home for sale

05/29/2011 Chappaqua NY Real Estate Weekly Report | Chappaqua NY Homes for sale   Chappaqua NY Weekend Real Estate Report    RobReportBlog   May 2011   137  homes available $1,124,950    median price $27,000,000   high price $474,222   low price 3578    average sixe $354   average price per foot 92  average dom     Find a Chappaqua NY Home May 29, 2011 12:13:10 PM | Weblogs Comment 0 Reblog It 0 Verify your Comment Previewing your Comment Posted by:  |  This is only a preview. Your comment has not yet been posted. Your comment could not be posted. Error type: Your comment has be...

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05/12/2011 17 Bretton Ridge, Bedford Corners NY   Bedford Corners Homes May 12, 2011 11:02:48 AM | Weblogs Comment 0 Reblog It 0 Verify your Comment Previewing your Comment Posted by:  |  This is only a preview. Your comment has not yet been posted. Your comment could not be posted. Error type: Your comment has been posted. Post another comment The letters and numbers you entered did not match the image. Please try again. As a final step before posting your comment, enter the letters and numbers you see in the image below. This prevents automated programs from posting comments. Having trouble reading this image? View an alternate. This weblog only allow...

9 Subject Lines to Celebrate Memorial Day There are lots of different ways to celebrate the holidays, and as a marketer one of my favorite ways is to check out the emails and subject lines in my inbox. Memorial Day is coming up in the U.S. on May 30th, and I'm seeing lots of fun emails light up my inbox. A few really sparked my attention, so I wanted to share them with you as inspiration for your business. Check 'em out! Email Exclusive: Memorial Weekend Sale Gigantic Memorial Day Sale! + In-Store Only Clearance Deals! Memorial Day Sale! Up to 75% off select items (Amazon.com) Memorial Day Sale Starts Today - Buy 3, Get 3 Free (Bath and Body Works) Memorial Day Sale: Extra 15% off + Free Shipping! (Macy's) Memorial Day Sale! Up to 75% off select items (Pottery Barn Kids) Memorial Day Party Ideas (The Nest Newsletter) Up to 75% off the affordable Memorial Day cookout. (Crate & Barrel) Extra 10% off + Free Shipping: stars, stripes and savings to celebrate (Macy...

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What the Right Bike Can Do for You When it comes to saving money, being healthier and reducing your environmental impact, there’s a lot to be said for pedal power.   If you work close to home, why not join the growing ranks of bike commuters? It’s a green choice that will save you money, too! The bicycle is a simple machine that can help solve some of our planet’s most complicated problems. Traveling by bicycle can boost your health, slash your spending on transportation, and reduce your fossil fuel consumption — so it’s no surprise that bicycling is growing in popularity. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, the number of annual trips made by bike has more than tripled since 1977 and now exceeds 4 billion. Biking to work is becoming more popular, too. Data from the U.S. government’s American Community Survey shows that the number of people who bicycle to work doubled between 2000 and 2009. RELATED CONTENT Gasoline-electric Hybrid Technology Comes to Heavy Tru...

Dominoes lined up for economic shakeup Commentary: Startling data on loan delinquencies, Europe Events European and domestic have conspired to push the Almighty Indicator to its lowest level in six months: the 10-year T-note has broken to 3.05 percent. April data still arriving shows a substantial air pocket, which the usual suspects discount as the temporary effect of gasoline prices and supply-chain disruptions after Japan's March 11 earthquake. There's more to it than that: the Chicago Fed's national index dropped from +0.32 in March to -0.45 in April, and -0.7 would signal new recession. First-quarter gross domestic product was widely expected to be revised up from 1.8 percent but was not, and the consumer spending account was revised down a half-point. Last week's new unemployment claims were supposed to unwind a quirky rise, but popped up to 424,000. The song on the broken record here: housing. April pending home sales tanked 11 percent (versus -1 percent f...

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NAR: April pending home sales 'disappointing' Index shows homes under contract down 26.5% from year ago Flickr image courtesy of Ian Muttoo . Pending home sales fell 11.6 percent from March to April and were down 26.5 percent from a year ago, when homebuyers were rushing to beat the expiration of federal homebuyer tax credits, according to the National Association of Realtors' Pending Home Sales Index. The index, which tracks homes under contract, is a leading indicator, and the latest data suggest home sales will drop off in May and June. NAR chief economist Lawrence Yun said the trend in pending home sales is "disappointing," implying a slower-than-expected market recovery in coming months. Yun said rising oil prices slowed the economy in April -- a view shared by other analysts -- and he also blamed bad weather. via inman.com

Short-sale agents, buyers get short end of stick Letter to the Editor Dear Editor: There's one BIG change that would make the recovery faster, smoother and more vigorous. All short sales should be at preapproved prices. They shouldn't be allowed to go into the multiple listing service until the banks have agreed to the price, terms and conditions -- including and especially how deficiencies and seller contributions will be handled. Why? Because we have too many willing and able buyers who get their hopes up and then are trapped in a short-sale contract, with slim chances of successfully owning the house. Unless the buyer is in contract on multiple houses, they're out of the market waiting for something that probably won't happen. Having multiple contracts hurts the sellers, as these buyers are going to drop out as soon as one of their "deals" comes together. Massive time and energy is being spent by real estate agents, with little chance of s...