Polley Tweets Aug. 29-Sept. 4, 2009

NEWTOWN SQUARE PA – Many of the entries made daily on Polley Associates’ Twitter account link to stories we think our readers and learners will find valuable. Here is our latest Tweet summary:

Capmark considers selling mortgage servicing biz to Warren Buffet. From GlobeSt.com. http://is.gd/2PX8S
Realtor Urges Expansion of Tax Credit for First-Time Home Buyers. From KYW-AM [...]

Polley Tweets Through Aug. 28, 2009

NEWTOWN SQUARE PA – Many of the entries made daily on Polley Associates’ Twitter account link to stories we think our readers and learners will find valuable. Here is our latest Tweet summary:

Clunker-like, U.S. housing plan saps future demand. From Reuters. http://is.gd/2EoJv
NYC to Track Its Building Inspectors With GPS. From NY Times. http://is.gd/2E9se
US new home [...]

Polley Tweets For June 21-27, 2009

NEWTOWN SQUARE PA – Many of the entries made daily on Polley Associates’ Twitter account link to stories we think our readers and learners will find valuable. Here is this week’s Tweet summary:

Mortgage apps up for first time in a month. reasons: fed tax breaks, falling home prices. From Bloomberg. http://is.gd/1c040
Still a lot of new [...]

Polley Tweets For June 14-20, 2009

NEWTOWN SQUARE PA – Many of the entries made daily on Polley Associates’ Twitter account link to stories we think our readers and learners will find valuable. Here is this week’s Tweet summary:

New appraisal rules complicate home selling. http://is.gd/15rqV
Reuters advises first-time buyers on ways to research the housing market. http://is.gd/15mLD
In Michigan, aggressive commercial real estate [...]

Why Preferred News Sources Matter

NEW YORK – From which media source do most people now prefer to get their news? The Web wins hands down, according to the just-released results of a Zogby Interactive survey taken in the United States.
Web-based sources rank far ahead of television, newspapers and radio as the preferred choice for news, Reuters News Service said [...]

Polley Tweets For June 7-13, 2009

NEWTOWN SQUARE PA – Many of the entries made daily on Polley Associates’ Twitter account link to stories we think our readers and learners will find valuable. Here is this week’s Tweet summary:

Realtor Magazine, BofA will hold June 25 webinar on home loan availabilities, terms. Registration needed. http://is.gd/ZNQe
PA wins 2009 Silver Shovel award from Area [...]

New To Social Media? See This Webinar

As social media applications like Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Ning, Linked-In and others grow and become more prominently used, real estate licensees unfamiliar with those names or how their software works may feel left behind. Don’t. Take comfort in knowing it’s never to late to learn, and with learning usually comes revenue.
To that end, it may [...]

Polley Tweets For May 31-June 6, 2009

NEWTOWN SQUARE PA – Many of the entries made daily on Polley Associates’ Twitter account link to stories we think our readers and learners will find valuable. Here is this week’s Tweet summary:

1-in-4 homes for sale on June 1 underwent at least one price cut since being listed, says Trulia. http://is.gd/PoLr
RT @real_estate_rpt The Associated Press [...]

Selling With Social Networks

Watch a 1m:16s video by an NBC News affiliate in California, hosted at YouTube, on how a San Francisco – Bay Area real estate agent relies on social networking tools.

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Spamming Is No Way To Do Business

NEWTOWN SQUARE PA – The e-mail message that arrived Saturday morning (May 30, 2009) carried a seductive subject line, one sure to impress real estate agents hungry for sales. “The process to growing your business online,” it cooed, “starts with selective e-mail marketing.”
The Taylors SC-based company that sent it followed up in the remainder of [...]