Latest responses to “The National Association of Realtors' Wacky Predictions” Copyright 2013, MoneyBlueBook.com 462540 2010-09-03T19:06:50-07:00 Leatrice Nichelson Gaming is an imprescindible matter to be discussed and should beobligatory in school, to integrate our kids to the sedentary routine Just joking 462530 2010-06-13T03:51:46-07:00 Chauncey Boeger U.S. pending home sales climbed in April beyond expectations as purchasers signed contracts to gain a government tax credit. The National Association of Realtors' measure for pending sales of used homeswent up by 6.0% to 110.9 in April, the industry group said Wednesday. The gain was the third consecutive one. Economists queried by Dow Jones Newswires had expected pending home sales would climb in April by 5.0%. First-time home-buyers rushed to beat the April 30 deadline for the tax credit. The incentive was an extension of a subsidy originally enacted in February 2009. 462520 2008-09-07T15:39:07-07:00 Dave Meant federalization. 462510 2008-09-07T15:37:58-07:00 Dave Let's see how they spin the Fereralization of Fannie and Freddie. Great post. 462500 2007-10-29T22:08:45-07:00 Mark Schaub The only thing that you can be guaranteed is that Realtors will always be looking at the glass half full. Unfortunately, that glass is always half full of spiked Kool-Aid and they're always thirsty. Realtors *only* get paid when a BUYER purchases a home. If they ever were to actually project that a BUYER may lose money on their investment, the BUYER would only ever be a shopper and never hit the checkout lane. I've written a few entries on this myself on my own blog at blog.gmchardmoney.com, which is located on our Equity Based lending website. Thanks for the great article.