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Now you can have the entire MLS at your fingertips, on your mobile phone. Realtors and homebuyers, now you can pull up information about any home on the market instantly. Browse photos and get all property details right on your mobile phone. No sign ups, just pure real estate search at your fingertips for on-the-go real estate.

Just visit: mobile.pmz.com in your mobile phone’s web browser. Bookmark it for later use and start searching immediately.

If you have a need for a small table, but need it to expand to accommodate more people for party’s or what-not, check this one out. I never thought I would say it about a table, but this one is amazing!

Does anyone know where you could buy something like this?
Update: Interested in one? Go here… DB Fletcher Design (about $50,000)

RISMedia Ranks Top 700 Brokers in 20^th Annual Power Broker Report & Survey

PMZ Real Estate is proud to announce that it has been named to RISMedia’s 20^th Annual Power Broker Report & Survey. PMZ Real Estate ranked in the top 200 real estate brokerages nationwide in closed transaction sides in the Power Broker Report, which identifies and ranks America’s largest residential real estate brokerage companies by transaction sides and sales volume.

The results of this year’s Power Broker Survey reflect the market downturn felt from coast to coast. Longer listing times, more cautious buyers and the mortgage meltdown resulted in fewer total transactions—2,322,210 in 2007 compared to 2,754,618 in 2006. Meanwhile, price appreciation continued its decline, resulting in lower total sales volume—$749,201,552,294 in 2007 compared to $855,755,959,352 in 2006.

Recent information from the Survey of Consumer Finances by the US Federal Reserve indicates that most of all the wealth in America is concentrated among homeowners.

The average homeowners net worth is $171,700 and the average renters net worth is a measly $4,800.

If you’re a renter, now might be the time to sit down and take a good look at your finances. Get in touch with a Realtor who can help you get prequalified for a home mortgage. Housing prices are quite attractive right now and you can find a great deal on Real Estate.

Stop paying your landlords mortgage and start investing in yourself, and your future.

On March 8th, PMZ’s Oakdale Residential Division participated in the 3rd annual Oakdale Home and Garden Show as the sole company representing the Real Estate industry. They met with over 4,000 Oakdale citizens to answer questions regarding buying and selling homes, market conditions and they even made some new friends along the way. Great job agents!

PMZ now dominates the Oakdale Real Estate market in closed sales as they continue to expand to meet their customer’s demand for excellent, personal, and effective service.

Stop by our PMZ Oakdale office to discuss any questions you have regarding buying and selling property and information on how you can get a great deal on a bank owned property.

The wildly popular, infinitely useful, online classified ads website, Craigslist, was found not guilty of charges from Chicago based Civil Rights attorney group that claimed Craigslist violated federal housing laws and was responsible for posting ads that excluded potential buyers or tenants on the basis of race, gender or religion.

Since Craigslist allows it’s users to post unedited classified ads, it is protected under the Communications Decency Act. The Electronic Frontier Foundation said this ruling means that, “the soapbox is not liable for what the speaker said.” Keeping Craigslist and sites like it, free from liability when it comes to it’s users’ posted content.

The appeals court didn’t rule out investigating individuals who post discriminatory ads onto Craigslist, which some argue, is a more appropriate approach to dealing with the matter.

I ask myself everyday, “How can I build a more financially stable future for myself?” I’m sure it’s a question on many young people’s minds and something everyone is concerned with.

James Surowiecki, a respected journalist for The New Yorker, editorialized that as many as 15 million homeowners now owe more on their mortgages than their homes are worth and that homeownership is not building wealth for these people.

The fact is, buying a home is one of the single most important investments an American consumer can make. Here’s why:

• Interest rates on home equity lines of credit are far below the rates of most credit cards, so homeowners who are able to tap into those lines for emergencies accumulate LESS DEBT than renters forced to charge expenses at higher rates.
• Overall, the median net worth of a lower-income homeowner is more than 13 times that of a renter with a comparable income, according to Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies.
• Ownership is forced saving. Typically, payments in the first few years of a mortgage are applied to interest. As time passes, however, more and more of each payment is applied to the outstanding loan amount, accumulating equity that can be recaptured, if needed, through an equity line of credit or when the house sells.

As you can see, while the popular media touts how awful an investment in a home might be, it is still the best investment consumers can make.

With interest rates as low as they are now, and home prices softening, the housing market hasn’t seen a better selection of homes in quite a while. Right now is a great time to talk to a Realtor® and find financing for your investment.