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Homeownership Stronger in Higher Priced States

"The HomeGain 2012 National Home Ownership Satisfaction survey shows in spite of declines in the values of homes nationwide, satisfaction among homeowners remains high at 72 percent, with nearly 3 of 4 home owners satisfied with home ownership." said Louis Cammarosano, General Manager of HomeGain. "Of the 28 percent of surveyed homeowners who indicated they were unsatisfied, 63 percent cited price depreciation as the primary reason," said Louis Cammarosano, General Manager of HomeGain.

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Stern Advice: Financial Predictions for 2012

Linda Stern uses HomeGain's Q4 2011 Home Values Survey results to help predict the state of the housing market in 2012.

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Three Quarters of Owners Continue to Overvalue

The growing sentiment among home owners is that their homes are worth more than their agent's recommended listing price. Meanwhile, home values continue to fall.

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My home is worth more than that!"

Despite falling home values, home sellers continue to believe their home is worth more than the market indicates. Home buyers believe homes are still overpriced.

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Getting Your House Sold in 2011

Louis Cammarosano says by putting your house on the market in early January, you might be able to catch some of those early birds who start browsing in the winter so that they can find a new home before school starts in the fall.

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100 Best Money Moves You Can Make

Create a website for your house. Louis Cammarosano, General Manager of HomeGain advises: "Put the URL out front so that passersby can look it up instantly on their smartphones; Post it on FaceBook too."

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Zillow, Trulia and More: Sizing Up Housing Sites

"It's almost like alchemy, trying to get there," says Louis Cammarosano, the general manager of HomeGain.com, of finding the formula that predicts property values accurately. "There are too many things you just can't know and the only way to know them is talk to a real estate agent."

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Ten Ways To Get More Money From Your Home

Louis Cammarosano, general manager of HomeGain, a real estate marketing company in Emeryville, Calif., stresses the importance of subtle yet crucial marketing tactics such as staging, or dressing up your home. "It's the same thing when you go for a job interview," he says. "You're looking at a person--how they dress, how they speak. You're not looking at their credentials initially."

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Can You Get Out of a Home Purchase Contract?

Louis Cammarosano discusses some contingencies that allow a buyer to get out of a home sale contract: "You can enumerate (in the contract) specific outs as to why you will not go forward with the purchase," Cammarosano says.

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Resolutions for home sellers 2011

Louis Cammarosano notes that "You might even consider interviewing a few real-estate agents to get more than one take on how the home should be priced." The longer something sits on the market, the more price reductions you might have to make and the more potential buyers will assume that there's something wrong with the home. So more often than not, it's best not to try testing the waters with a higher price".

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The disconnect between buyers, sellers

Louis Cammarosano discusses the disconnect between buyers and sellers according to the results of the HomeGain quarterly home prices survey.

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Sellers need to get realistic about what their homes are worth

Louis Cammarosano notes that the HomeGain quarterly survey is telling homeowners that "their homes are worth considerably less" than they think.

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How to get more money from your home

Louis Cammarosano discusses HomeGain's 2010 Home Sale Maximizer Guide, which identifies key repairs to increase your home's selling price.

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Want to sell your home fast? Put it on stage.

"You have to get your home ready for sale when you're in a buyer's market," says Louis Cammarosano. "And if the house looks better, it will sell faster."

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Seller's remorse? How to back out of a home sale contract

Louis Cammarosano notes that sellers can't get out of signed contracts easily: "The buyer might bring a lawsuit for specific performance, in which a court would order the seller to complete the sale. The buyer can say, 'All the conditions are met. I have the check here. I have the financing. I'm going to give you this check, and you are going to hand over title to the house."

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If it was up to local Realtors, Obama would lose in a landslide

"It's the lack of any meaningful recovery in the housing market, in spite of expensive Obama signature programs," that has disillusioned so many Realtors, notes Louis Cammarosano, a HomeGain spokesman. "Generally, it's the realization that hope and change don't pay the bills."

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