<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079889639118844383</id><updated>2009-03-01T20:10:29.102-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Omaha Real Estate</title><subtitle type='html'>If you are looking for Omaha Property and Omaha Homes For Sale then you are in the right place. Contact The Omaha NE Homes expert &lt;br&gt;Mark Ciochon at 1-800-497-2171</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://housesinomaha.com/blog/atom.xml'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079889639118844383/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://housesinomaha.com/blog/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079889639118844383/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><author><name>Mark Ciochon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14134696325762024118</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>34</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079889639118844383.post-2146648811828616605</id><published>2008-12-19T12:41:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2008-12-19T13:12:54.689-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='luxury homes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Subdivision Links'/><title type='text'>Omaha Luxury Homes | Barrington Park</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.housesinomaha.com/idx/results.php?stp=advanced&amp;amp;idxID=027&amp;amp;pt=sfr&amp;amp;sfrType%5B%5D=Attached&amp;amp;sfrType%5B%5D=Detached&amp;amp;sfrType%5B%5D=Mobile+Home&amp;amp;sfrType%5B%5D=Apartment&amp;amp;showField=cityField&amp;amp;lp=200000&amp;amp;hp=30000000&amp;amp;ba=0&amp;amp;srt=DESC&amp;amp;start=0&amp;amp;per=50&amp;amp;aw_subDivision=barrington+park"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 132px" alt="" src="http://housesinomaha.com/blog/uploaded_images/Barrington-Park-Omaha-Real-Estate-762835.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Here is one of my favorite neighborhoods when showing &lt;a href="http://www.housesinomaha.com/idx/results.php?stp=advanced&amp;amp;idxID=027&amp;amp;pt=sfr&amp;amp;sfrType%5B%5D=Attached&amp;amp;sfrType%5B%5D=Detached&amp;amp;sfrType%5B%5D=Mobile+Home&amp;amp;sfrType%5B%5D=Apartment&amp;amp;showField=cityField&amp;amp;lp=200000&amp;amp;hp=30000000&amp;amp;ba=0&amp;amp;srt=DESC&amp;amp;start=0&amp;amp;per=50&amp;amp;aw_subDivision=barrington+park"&gt;Omaha NE Real Estate. Barrington Park&lt;/a&gt; is located just North of Dodge Street at 156th St. In 2007 there was a tremendous amount of properties sold in the neighborhood. There were 19 homes sold in Barrington Park in 2007 with an average sale price of $606,000 with the high being $999,000 and the low of $445,000.00&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;In 2008 the area slowed with only 7 homes sold with an average sale price of $589,160 with a high of $850,000 to a low of $376,000&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9079889639118844383-2146648811828616605?l=housesinomaha.com%2Fblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079889639118844383/2146648811828616605/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9079889639118844383&amp;postID=2146648811828616605' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079889639118844383/posts/default/2146648811828616605'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079889639118844383/posts/default/2146648811828616605'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://housesinomaha.com/blog/2008/12/omaha-luxury-homes-barrington-park.html' title='Omaha Luxury Homes | Barrington Park'/><author><name>Mark Ciochon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14134696325762024118</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01650589829294364616'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079889639118844383.post-5690661512939676585</id><published>2008-12-19T12:30:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2008-12-19T12:39:11.032-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Omaha Luxury Properties in Beverly Hills Subdivision</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.housesinomaha.com/idx/results.php?stp=advanced&amp;amp;idxID=027&amp;amp;pt=sfr&amp;amp;sfrType%5B%5D=Attached&amp;amp;sfrType%5B%5D=Detached&amp;amp;sfrType%5B%5D=Mobile+Home&amp;amp;sfrType%5B%5D=Apartment&amp;amp;showField=cityField&amp;amp;lp=200000&amp;amp;hp=30000000&amp;amp;ba=0&amp;amp;srt=DESC&amp;amp;start=0&amp;amp;per=50&amp;amp;aw_subDivision=beverly+hills"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="http://housesinomaha.com/blog/uploaded_images/Beverly-Hills-775113.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;As mentioned in my previous email &lt;a href="http://www.housesinomaha.com/blog/2008/12/omaha-property-ainswood-addition.html"&gt;Ainswood Addition&lt;/a&gt; is surrounded by the Beverly Hills Subdivision. Here is a link to all homes for sale in the &lt;a href="http://www.housesinomaha.com/idx/results.php?stp=advanced&amp;amp;idxID=027&amp;amp;pt=sfr&amp;amp;sfrType%5B%5D=Attached&amp;amp;sfrType%5B%5D=Detached&amp;amp;sfrType%5B%5D=Mobile+Home&amp;amp;sfrType%5B%5D=Apartment&amp;amp;showField=cityField&amp;amp;lp=200000&amp;amp;hp=30000000&amp;amp;ba=0&amp;amp;srt=DESC&amp;amp;start=0&amp;amp;per=50&amp;amp;aw_subDivision=beverly+hills"&gt;Omaha Beverly Hills subdivision.&lt;/a&gt; The average home sale in the Beverly Hills subdivision is around 200,000 but if the home has been totally renovated they can sell for the mid 500's. The close proximity to Childrens Hospital and Methodist Hospital is a major draw to the area. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9079889639118844383-5690661512939676585?l=housesinomaha.com%2Fblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079889639118844383/5690661512939676585/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9079889639118844383&amp;postID=5690661512939676585' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079889639118844383/posts/default/5690661512939676585'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079889639118844383/posts/default/5690661512939676585'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://housesinomaha.com/blog/2008/12/omaha-luxury-properties-in-beverly.html' title='Omaha Luxury Properties in Beverly Hills Subdivision'/><author><name>Mark Ciochon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14134696325762024118</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01650589829294364616'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079889639118844383.post-6512779543413441876</id><published>2008-12-19T11:58:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2008-12-19T12:28:33.934-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='luxury homes'/><title type='text'>Omaha Property | Ainswood Addition</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.housesinomaha.com/idx/results.php?stp=advanced&amp;amp;idxID=027&amp;amp;pt=sfr&amp;amp;sfrType%5B%5D=Attached&amp;amp;sfrType%5B%5D=Detached&amp;amp;sfrType%5B%5D=Mobile+Home&amp;amp;sfrType%5B%5D=Apartment&amp;amp;showField=cityField&amp;amp;lp=200000&amp;amp;hp=30000000&amp;amp;ba=0&amp;amp;srt=DESC&amp;amp;start=0&amp;amp;per=50&amp;amp;aw_subDivision=ainswood&amp;amp;cid=2296"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="http://housesinomaha.com/blog/uploaded_images/Ainswood-Addition-Home-For-Sale-797998.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;In an earlier post I mentioned I would highlight neighborhoods with &lt;a href="http://www.housesinomaha.com/blog/2008/12/omaha-ne-homes-for-sale.html"&gt;Luxury Omaha Homes &lt;/a&gt;One of the first areas to mention is the Ainswood Addition located in the District 66 school district well known as the Westside area. This is just a small pocket of homes surrounded by the Beverly Hills subdivision. Located at &lt;a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=82nd+and+harney+omaha+ne&amp;amp;rls=com.microsoft:*:IE-SearchBox&amp;amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;sourceid=ie7&amp;amp;rlz=1I7WZPA&amp;amp;um=1&amp;amp;sa=X&amp;amp;oi=geocode_result&amp;amp;resnum=1&amp;amp;ct=title"&gt;82nd and Harney &lt;/a&gt;within walking distance to &lt;a href="http://www.bestcare.org/"&gt;Nebraska Methodist Hospital&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.chsomaha.org/"&gt;Childrens Hospital&lt;/a&gt;. Here is a photo of one of the homes currently listed in this neighborhood.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9079889639118844383-6512779543413441876?l=housesinomaha.com%2Fblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079889639118844383/6512779543413441876/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9079889639118844383&amp;postID=6512779543413441876' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079889639118844383/posts/default/6512779543413441876'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079889639118844383/posts/default/6512779543413441876'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://housesinomaha.com/blog/2008/12/omaha-property-ainswood-addition.html' title='Omaha Property | Ainswood Addition'/><author><name>Mark Ciochon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14134696325762024118</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01650589829294364616'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079889639118844383.post-2327493828257194054</id><published>2008-12-18T17:06:00.004-06:00</published><updated>2008-12-19T10:52:55.749-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='buyers'/><title type='text'>Heres how to get updates about all Omaha Homes for sale</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: black 1px solid; MARGIN: 3px; BORDER-LEFT: black 1px solid; WIDTH: 134px; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid; HEIGHT: 104px" height="150" alt="Omaha Property" src="http://www.omahanehomesforsale.com/m/blogs/mark-ciochon/16303%20Polk%20St.jpg" width="200" /&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: black 1px solid; MARGIN: 3px; BORDER-LEFT: black 1px solid; WIDTH: 128px; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid; HEIGHT: 103px" height="150" alt="Omaha Ne Homes For Sale" src="http://www.omahanehomesforsale.com/m/blogs/mark-ciochon/14905%20Olive%20002.jpg" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: black 1px solid; MARGIN: 3px; BORDER-LEFT: black 1px solid; WIDTH: 136px; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid; HEIGHT: 108px" height="150" alt="Omaha Homes For Sale" src="http://www.omahanehomesforsale.com/m/blogs/mark-ciochon/OABRMLS20809963.jpg" width="200" /&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: black 1px solid; MARGIN: 3px; BORDER-LEFT: black 1px solid; WIDTH: 127px; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid; HEIGHT: 110px" height="150" alt="Crescent Iowa Homes For Sale" src="http://www.omahanehomesforsale.com/m/blogs/mark-ciochon/100_0632.JPG" width="200" /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here's how to get updates about Omaha homes...&lt;br /&gt;If you're going to buy a home in Omaha or the surrounding area in the next 6-12 months (or sooner), a free subscription to our Market Watch program will be VERY helpful to you.&lt;br /&gt;It works like this...&lt;br /&gt;Our computers make a list of all the homes that are currently on the market (includingsome available only to real estate agents), and then we post them on a secret, "MEMBERS ONLY" website that so far only about 100 people know about.&lt;br /&gt;We update the site daily with brand new properties and send a note by emailonce they're updated.&lt;br /&gt;How cool is that?&lt;br /&gt;On the secret "members" site, there's maps, detailed guides, brochures, pictures of Omaha, growth patterns, school information and lots more.&lt;br /&gt;Get started today:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.omahahomehunter.com/marketwatch.php"&gt;http://www.omahahomehunter.com/marketwatch.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You won't ever have to wonder where a property is, or what price it's selling for. You'll have all the same information that real estate agents have.&lt;br /&gt;Imagine all the time it will save... and how much more fun your search will be!&lt;br /&gt;A free subscription to Omaha Market Watch gives you all the information without any hassle -- often before the homes are ever advertised in the newspaper or homes magazines, or even on public sites like Realtor.com To request Market Watch now, just visit this link&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.omahahomehunter.com/marketwatch.php"&gt;Omaha Market Watch Newsletter&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;... you can also call us at 402-596-1234 and share a bit about your plans.&lt;br /&gt;Mark CiochonCBSHOME Real Estate13110 West Dodge Road Omaha NE 68154&lt;br /&gt;P.S. If you're one of the first 25 subscribers, we'll also send you our famous "Guide to Omaha House Prices" with over 100 types of homes, neighborhoodsand prices, plus town information and a local phone directory.&lt;br /&gt;For all Omaha NE homes for sale please visit &lt;a href="http://www.housesinomaha.com/"&gt;http://www.housesinomaha.com/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9079889639118844383-2327493828257194054?l=housesinomaha.com%2Fblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079889639118844383/2327493828257194054/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9079889639118844383&amp;postID=2327493828257194054' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079889639118844383/posts/default/2327493828257194054'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079889639118844383/posts/default/2327493828257194054'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://housesinomaha.com/blog/2008/12/heres-how-to-get-updates-about-all.html' title='Heres how to get updates about all Omaha Homes for sale'/><author><name>Mark Ciochon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14134696325762024118</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01650589829294364616'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079889639118844383.post-5207237494563138400</id><published>2008-12-11T15:33:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T15:48:57.859-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Omaha Homes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Omaha Property'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Interest Rates'/><title type='text'>Homes Omaha</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.housesinomaha.com/"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://housesinomaha.com/blog/uploaded_images/Omaha-Property-782086.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Looking for a &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.housesinomaha.com/"&gt;home in Omaha&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;? I thought I would just take a moment to let you know that a client of mine locked in her &lt;a href="http://mmwportal.com/mark_ciochon/homeloan.php?r=000&amp;amp;i="&gt;Omaha Home loan rate at 5.25%&lt;/a&gt; for an FHA loan today. I was also quoted a conventional rate as low as 4.875%. These are 30 year fixed rate loans with reputable local banks.&lt;br /&gt;Here is an example of savings&lt;br /&gt;100k loan at 6.5% 30 year fixed is 632.07 100k loan at 5.25% 30 year fixed is 552.07 That computes to a 13% lower payment.&lt;br /&gt;for simple math principle and interest, take the loan amount that you are thinking of borrowing and times that amount by 5.36 for a 5% loan 5.52 for 5.25% loan&lt;br /&gt;6.32 for 6.5% loan&lt;br /&gt;for every 100,000 borrowed between 6.5% and 5.25% you will save $28,800.00 in interest alone over the life of the mortgage. What could you use with an extra 28,000?&lt;br /&gt;200,000.00 mortgage at 5.25% the principle and interest is 1104.41 add say 5,000.00 for taxe s annually and 1,000.00 for insurance and your payment would be $1,604.41 per month...Not bad especially with house prices somewhere around 85 t0 90% of what the highs were. I am showing a house tonight that is $5,000.00 less than they paid for it new in 1995. Another home sold from my office 7,000.00 less than they paid for it in 2000 of course not all homes are going that cheap but if you are flexible with condition/location there are really good buys.. Everything is on sale so to speak...&lt;br /&gt;I know Yahoo we may have discussed in the past you might not be ready yet but if you or someone you know is ready to take a look let me know. I have time available this weekend but I am booked tonight and most of Friday..&lt;br /&gt;Thanks again, Mark Ciochon 1-800-497-2171&lt;a href="http://www.housesinomaha.com/"&gt;http://www.housesinomaha.com/&lt;/a&gt; CBSHOME Real Estate13110 West Dodge RoadOmaha, NE 68154United States&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9079889639118844383-5207237494563138400?l=housesinomaha.com%2Fblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079889639118844383/5207237494563138400/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9079889639118844383&amp;postID=5207237494563138400' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079889639118844383/posts/default/5207237494563138400'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079889639118844383/posts/default/5207237494563138400'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://housesinomaha.com/blog/2008/12/homes-omaha.html' title='Homes Omaha'/><author><name>Mark Ciochon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14134696325762024118</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01650589829294364616'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079889639118844383.post-1669765460518922150</id><published>2008-12-07T11:41:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2008-12-07T12:04:20.579-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='luxury homes'/><title type='text'>Omaha NE Homes For Sale</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.housesinomaha.com/idx/results.php?stp=address&amp;amp;pt=sfr&amp;amp;address=4602+s+222&amp;amp;start=0&amp;amp;per=50"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://housesinomaha.com/blog/uploaded_images/Omaha-NE-Homes-For-Sale-Luxury-Homes-712916.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Spotlight on &lt;a href="http://www.housesinomaha.com/idx/results.php?stp=basic&amp;amp;pt=sfr&amp;amp;showField=cityField&amp;amp;lp=700000&amp;amp;hp=10000000&amp;amp;ba=0&amp;amp;srt=DESC&amp;amp;start=0&amp;amp;per=50"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Omaha NE Homes For Sale&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; over 700k. In the following weeks I will share information about neighborhoods that have luxury homes over 700k. The following Omaha NE Homes For Sale and there subdivisions are listed below.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Ainswood Add.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Barrington Park&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Bay Wood&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Bennington Lake&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Cedar Side&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Charleston Woods  &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Cheyenne Country Estates&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Cottonwood Creek&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Deer Creek&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Elk Ranch Estates&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Fairacres&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Five Fountains&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Gardiner Acres&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Garvinhurst&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Ginger Woods&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Hamptons&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Hidden Hills&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Indian Creek Estates&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Lands&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Legacy&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Legacy Villas&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;LINDEN&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Linden Estates&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Linden Estates II&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;MARTINS ACRES&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Northwoods Estates&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Pacific Ridge&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Provence Estates&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Regency&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Silverleaf&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Silverleaf&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Silverleaf Estates&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Skyline Ranches&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The Hamptons&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The Plantation&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The Reserve&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The Ridges&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Walnut Creek Estates&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;West Shores&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Westchester Add&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Western Hills&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;WestShores&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9079889639118844383-1669765460518922150?l=housesinomaha.com%2Fblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079889639118844383/1669765460518922150/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9079889639118844383&amp;postID=1669765460518922150' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079889639118844383/posts/default/1669765460518922150'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079889639118844383/posts/default/1669765460518922150'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://housesinomaha.com/blog/2008/12/omaha-ne-homes-for-sale.html' title='Omaha NE Homes For Sale'/><author><name>Mark Ciochon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14134696325762024118</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01650589829294364616'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079889639118844383.post-496967329306140787</id><published>2008-12-07T11:28:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2008-12-07T11:40:48.139-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Swimming Pool'/><title type='text'>| Homes For Sale Omaha NE | Pools</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.housesinomaha.com/idx/photoGallery.php?idxID=027&amp;amp;listingID=20810740"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 155px;" src="http://housesinomaha.com/blog/uploaded_images/Infinity-Pool-Omaha-NE-Homes-For-Sale-760059.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you are looking for &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Homes for sale in Omaha NE&lt;/span&gt; with swimming pools we have them! Although as I am writing this I know folks are not usually looking for &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Omaha Homes for sale&lt;/span&gt; with pools in December, but what a great time to get a discount on a home that has one. If you are looking for &lt;a href="http://www.housesinomaha.com/idx/results.php?stp=advanced&amp;amp;idxID=027&amp;amp;pt=sfr&amp;amp;sfrType%5B%5D=Attached&amp;amp;sfrType%5B%5D=Detached&amp;amp;sfrType%5B%5D=Mobile+Home&amp;amp;sfrType%5B%5D=Apartment&amp;amp;showField=cityField&amp;amp;lp=100000&amp;amp;hp=30000000&amp;amp;ba=0&amp;amp;srt=DESC&amp;amp;start=0&amp;amp;per=50&amp;amp;aw_exteriorFeatures%5B%5D=Pool+Above+Ground&amp;amp;aw_exteriorFeatures%5B%5D=Pool+Inground"&gt;homes for sale in Omaha with a pool&lt;/a&gt; check out the link and give me a call to take a look.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9079889639118844383-496967329306140787?l=housesinomaha.com%2Fblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079889639118844383/496967329306140787/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9079889639118844383&amp;postID=496967329306140787' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079889639118844383/posts/default/496967329306140787'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079889639118844383/posts/default/496967329306140787'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://housesinomaha.com/blog/2008/12/homes-for-sale-omaha-ne-pools.html' title='| Homes For Sale Omaha NE | Pools'/><author><name>Mark Ciochon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14134696325762024118</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01650589829294364616'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079889639118844383.post-6591409883257715572</id><published>2008-12-07T11:05:00.005-06:00</published><updated>2008-12-07T11:18:53.941-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Subdivision Links'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deer Creek'/><title type='text'>houses Omaha in Deer Creek</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://housesinomaha.com/blog/uploaded_images/Deer-Creek-Omaha-Ne-759467.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://housesinomaha.com/blog/uploaded_images/Deer-Creek-Omaha-Ne-759464.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are the current listings of houses in Omaha in Deer Creek and Deer Creek Highlands in Omaha NE. In &lt;a href="http://www.housesinomaha.com/idx/results.php?stp=advanced&amp;amp;idxID=027&amp;amp;pt=sfr&amp;amp;sfrType%5b%5d=Attached&amp;amp;sfrType%5b%5d=Detached&amp;amp;sfrType%5b%5d=Mobile+Home&amp;amp;sfrType%5b%5d=Apartment&amp;amp;showField=cityField&amp;amp;lp=200000&amp;amp;hp=3000000&amp;amp;ba=0&amp;amp;srt=DESC&amp;amp;start=0&amp;amp;per=50&amp;amp;aw_subDivision%5b%5d=Deer+Creek"&gt;Deer Creek&lt;/a&gt; there are 26 homes for sale ranging from $985,000 down to $210,000.00 for detached Villas. In &lt;a href="http://www.housesinomaha.com/idx/results.php?stp=advanced&amp;amp;idxID=027&amp;amp;pt=sfr&amp;amp;sfrType%5B%5D=Attached&amp;amp;sfrType%5B%5D=Detached&amp;amp;sfrType%5B%5D=Mobile+Home&amp;amp;sfrType%5B%5D=Apartment&amp;amp;showField=cityField&amp;amp;lp=200000&amp;amp;hp=3000000&amp;amp;ba=0&amp;amp;srt=DESC&amp;amp;start=0&amp;amp;per=50&amp;amp;aw_subDivision%5B%5D=Deer+Creek+Highlands&amp;amp;aw_subDivision%5B%5D=Deer+Creek+Rep+3"&gt;Deer Creek Highlands and Deer Creek 3&lt;sup&gt;rd&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/a&gt; platting there are 4 homes for sale including a new Villa by Apollo homes. Great selection of Deer Creek Golf Course homes to choose from. Give me a call if you would like to see any of these Omaha homes  today at 1-800-497-2171 Thanks again. Mark Ciochon View all homes on line at www.housesinomaha.com  &lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9079889639118844383-6591409883257715572?l=housesinomaha.com%2Fblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079889639118844383/6591409883257715572/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9079889639118844383&amp;postID=6591409883257715572' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079889639118844383/posts/default/6591409883257715572'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079889639118844383/posts/default/6591409883257715572'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://housesinomaha.com/blog/2008/12/houses-omaha-in-deer-creek.html' title='houses Omaha in Deer Creek'/><author><name>Mark Ciochon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14134696325762024118</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01650589829294364616'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079889639118844383.post-7049844663231801428</id><published>2008-11-24T16:56:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2008-11-24T17:02:01.232-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deer Creek'/><title type='text'>Deer Creek-Omaha Real Estate</title><content type='html'>Looking for great Omaha Property on the golf course? Look no further! Two great homes located on the Arnold Palmer signature golf course located in North West Omaha.&lt;br /&gt;If you are looking for a great home follow the link here. &lt;a href="http://www.housesinomaha.com/Articles/Buyers/Featured-Listings.html"&gt;Omaha Real Estate&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9079889639118844383-7049844663231801428?l=housesinomaha.com%2Fblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079889639118844383/7049844663231801428/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9079889639118844383&amp;postID=7049844663231801428' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079889639118844383/posts/default/7049844663231801428'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079889639118844383/posts/default/7049844663231801428'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://housesinomaha.com/blog/2008/11/deer-creek-omaha-real-estate.html' title='Deer Creek-Omaha Real Estate'/><author><name>Mark Ciochon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14134696325762024118</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01650589829294364616'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079889639118844383.post-3541352833695529802</id><published>2008-10-20T21:13:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-20T21:35:46.323-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Sign Up For My Newsletter</title><content type='html'>&lt;form id="GRSubscribeForm" action="http://www.getresponse.com/cgi-bin/add.cgi" method="post" charset="UTF-8"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;fieldset style="WIDTH: 200px; 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 &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'&gt;FHA is increasing their minimum down payment/investment into the transaction from 3% to 3.5% so if you &lt;i&gt;plan on purchasing FHA, &lt;/i&gt;NOW is the time to buy.&amp;nbsp; This change is effective January 1st&amp;nbsp; and with&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; FHA NIFA rates at&amp;nbsp; 5.84%&amp;nbsp; 0+0&amp;nbsp; it can't get much better than that.&amp;nbsp; The upfront MIP is also increasing to 1.75% effective October 1st.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Lots to take in so if you have any questions always feel free to call.&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9079889639118844383-5066813559014254101?l=housesinomaha.com%2Fblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079889639118844383/5066813559014254101/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9079889639118844383&amp;postID=5066813559014254101' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079889639118844383/posts/default/5066813559014254101'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079889639118844383/posts/default/5066813559014254101'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://housesinomaha.com/blog/2008/09/fha-changes-for-buying-your-omaha-real.html' title='FHA changes for buying your Omaha Real Estate'/><author><name>Mark Ciochon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14134696325762024118</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01650589829294364616'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079889639118844383.post-3209086236480070607</id><published>2008-09-16T10:04:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-06T22:05:30.747-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Interest rates for Omaha Property</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="Section1"&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:10;"  &gt;Rates dropped again   - 30 year is running right at 5.625% to 5.875% depending on the loan amount and 15 year is 5.25% to 5.375%.  Of course we don't know what rates are going to do in the weeks ahead but we can start the process - we don't know when rates are at their lowest until we have "missed the boat" and they start going up. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9079889639118844383-3209086236480070607?l=housesinomaha.com%2Fblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079889639118844383/3209086236480070607/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9079889639118844383&amp;postID=3209086236480070607' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079889639118844383/posts/default/3209086236480070607'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079889639118844383/posts/default/3209086236480070607'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://housesinomaha.com/blog/2008/09/interest-rates-for-omaha-property.html' title='Interest rates for Omaha Property'/><author><name>Mark Ciochon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14134696325762024118</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01650589829294364616'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079889639118844383.post-7967093780753021093</id><published>2008-09-11T14:26:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-09-11T14:26:48.278-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Omaha Property-NIFA rate update</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=Section1&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D'&gt;For those of you who are first time homebuyers, I thought I would update you on the interest rates. This information was passed on to me from Diana Foral with First National Bank of Omaha. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D'&gt;FHA and VA NIFA rates dropped to&amp;nbsp; 5.84% and the NIFA FHA and VA HBA (homebuyers assistance program) dropped&amp;nbsp; to 6.48%&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 1 + 3/4%.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D'&gt;The 5.84% program is a much better deal if there is &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D'&gt;Any way&amp;nbsp; that you can come up with the down payment.&amp;nbsp; Loans against a 401K and gifts of money from family members are all acceptable.&amp;nbsp; Also I was told if you have a banking relationship with First National Bank they might receive a discount off closing costs. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D'&gt;If you are interested in buying Omaha Real Estate or a home in the surrounding areas, please contact me direct at 1-800-497-2171 or visit my website at &lt;a href="http://www.housesinomaha.com"&gt;www.housesinomaha.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9079889639118844383-7967093780753021093?l=housesinomaha.com%2Fblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079889639118844383/7967093780753021093/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9079889639118844383&amp;postID=7967093780753021093' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079889639118844383/posts/default/7967093780753021093'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079889639118844383/posts/default/7967093780753021093'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://housesinomaha.com/blog/2008/09/omaha-property-nifa-rate-update.html' title='Omaha Property-NIFA rate update'/><author><name>Mark Ciochon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14134696325762024118</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01650589829294364616'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079889639118844383.post-8156692142083083022</id><published>2008-09-05T17:43:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2008-09-05T18:00:46.464-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Omaha Property</title><content type='html'>&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana, Sans Serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000080;"&gt;Who makes the difference between  &lt;u&gt;Listing&lt;/u&gt; Omaha property&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000080;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana, Sans Serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;and&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;SELLING&lt;/u&gt; Omaha property&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;b&gt;?&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:16pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:20pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana, Sans Serif;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mark Ciochon&lt;/em&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana, Sans Serif;font-size:100%;"&gt;When the time is right for you to  move, you don't want to merely offer your &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Omaha&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt; property for sale, &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;you want &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;to  actually sell it&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana, Sans Serif;font-size:100%;"&gt;Since so many &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Omaha&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt; properties are expiring  off the market unsold, you may have already experienced what happens when you  choose a Realtor who lacks the commitment, the expertise and the marketing  know-how to get the job done. It isn't fun. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana, Sans Serif;font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mark has the commitment, the  expertise, the experience in selling &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Omaha property&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;, and the marketing system to  sell your house quickly, and for top dollar.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana, Sans Serif;font-size:100%;"&gt;As you read this page, you'll see why  Mark is confident &lt;b&gt;he can sell your &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Omaha Real Estate&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;/b&gt; - and why he can make this  promise: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a title="" href="http://markciochon.point2agent.com/59_Day_Sale/page_1830363.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana, Sans Serif;font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:16pt;color:blue;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana, Sans Serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.housesinomaha.com/"&gt;I will sell your Omaha Real Estate within 90  days, &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.housesinomaha.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal;  TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: nonecolor:windowtext;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:16pt;color:blue;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana, Sans Serif;color:#0000ff;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.housesinomaha.com/"&gt;or I'll make your payment.  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana, Sans Serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana, Sans Serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;________________________________________________________________________&lt;/b&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana, Sans Serif;font-size:100%;"&gt;Hi, I'm Mark Ciochon, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana, Sans Serif;font-size:100%;"&gt;…and I'd like to help you get moving  toward life's next great adventure - by providing a buyer for your Omaha real estate.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana, Sans Serif;font-size:100%;"&gt;You may have listed it before, and  been sorely disappointed with the service and the results. I'd like to see to it  that you never feel that way again. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana, Sans Serif;font-size:100%;"&gt;In fact, I'd like to become your  "Realtor for Life," by giving you &lt;b&gt;service far beyond your expectations&lt;/b&gt;.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana, Sans Serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;Here are just a few of the  tools I'll use:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana, Sans Serif;font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000080;"&gt;· &lt;b&gt;Market  knowledge&lt;/b&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; I stay on top of everything going on in the Omaha Real  Estate market, so the Market Analysis I prepare for you is based on the most  recent &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Omaha&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt; property sales, and based on homes which most closely match your home for sale.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana, Sans Serif;font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000080;"&gt;· &lt;b&gt;Area  knowledge&lt;/b&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; I've lived in Omaha for 40 years and can answer your  buyer's questions about everything from taxes, to zoning, to shopping, to  medical care, to schools, to recreation, and much more. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana, Sans Serif;font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000080;"&gt;·  &lt;b&gt;Experience:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; I have been successfully matching &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Omaha&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt; home sellers with  buyers since 1998. I'll match the right buyer to YOUR home. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana, Sans Serif;font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000080;"&gt;· &lt;b&gt;A powerful  track record:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; I close an &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Omaha&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt; property about every 9 days. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana, Sans Serif;font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000080;"&gt;· &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000080;"&gt;A Commitment to Communication:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/b&gt;I keep my cell phone  handy, and on those rare occasions when I'm not available, I return phone calls  and e-mails in a timely manner. That means you're never left feeling frustrated  or ignored - and your potential buyers are always contacted quickly. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana, Sans Serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000080;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;In&lt;/b&gt;  &lt;b&gt;addition, I'll give you feedback after every showing&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/span&gt;.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana, Sans Serif;font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000080;"&gt;· &lt;b&gt;An  Assistant:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; I have full time office staff that keep busy processing  paperwork, creating flyers, and freeing up my time for &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000080;"&gt;SELLING &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;your &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Omaha&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt; Real Estate. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana, Sans Serif;font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000080;"&gt;· &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000080;"&gt;A Marketing System:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/b&gt;I have an &lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://housesinomaha.com/articles/sellers/mark-ciochon-s-proven-real-estate-marketing-plan.html"&gt;extensive marketing  system&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt; designed to &lt;b&gt;sell your &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Omaha&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt; home in the least  possible time for the best possible price&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana, Sans Serif;font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000080;"&gt;· &lt;b&gt;Buyers  Waiting:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; At any given time, I have about 2,200 buyers who are waiting  for the perfect &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Omaha&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt; property to be listed for sale. When I list  your home, they'll be notified immediately. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana, Sans Serif;font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000080;"&gt;· &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000080;"&gt;Negotiation Skills:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/b&gt;While some Realtors allow you to be  intimidated, or "bulldozed over" by the other side, I have the market knowledge  and insight into human behavior that gives you the edge in negotiations.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana, Sans Serif;font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000080;"&gt;· &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000080;"&gt;Designations:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/b&gt;GRI, ABR, and CRS designations mean that  I have taken the time to gain EXTRA education and knowledge. &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000080;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Only 3% of all &lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;U.S.&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt; Realtors have all of these  designations&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;Why did I bother? So I could do a better job  for YOU. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana, Sans Serif;font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000080;"&gt;· &lt;b&gt;A Written  Satisfaction Guarantee:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; If you are unhappy with my service at any  time prior to the acceptance of an offer to purchase, you may cancel your  listing with no cost or obligation. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana, Sans Serif;"&gt; &lt;b&gt;I keep my  listing clients by serving them well, not by legal obligation.  &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana, Sans Serif;font-size:100%;"&gt;· &lt;b&gt;A Written Selling Guarantee: If  I cannot sell your &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Omaha&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt; home within 90 days of listing, I will  make your house payment. &lt;/b&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://housesinomaha.com/articles/sellers/mark-s-90-day-guarantee.html"&gt;details…&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana, Sans Serif;font-size:100%;"&gt;As you see, I've removed all the risk  from listing your &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Omaha&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt; home for sale with me. I can only do this  because I know the market well, and I market my listings aggressively. While  some Realtors will simply hang a sign and enter the minimum of information in  MLS, in hopes that some other Realtor will sell your home - I'll get busy  working to find the buyer. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana, Sans Serif;font-size:100%;"&gt;Please look over my &lt;u&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://housesinomaha.com/articles/sellers/mark-ciochon-s-proven-real-estate-marketing-plan.html"&gt;marketing plan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; and  compare it to the work done by your previous Realtor. I think you'll find a big  difference. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana, Sans Serif;font-size:100%;"&gt;You'll also find a big difference in  communications. Many of my listing clients have told me that the only time they  heard from their previous Realtor was when it was time to renew the listing.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana, Sans Serif;font-size:100%;"&gt;When you list with me you'll get  regular updates, including feedback from showings. If buyers or other agents  voice concerns, I'll bring them to you so we can address them together.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana, Sans Serif;font-size:100%;"&gt;If you're ready to offer your  &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Omaha&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt; home for  sale, or if you're in the thinking stages and just want to ask some questions,  call me at &lt;b&gt;402-596-1234 or &lt;/b&gt;e-mail me today. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana, Sans Serif;font-size:100%;"&gt;I'll be glad to talk with you on the  phone, or sit down in person. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana, Sans Serif;font-size:100%;"&gt;I look forward to helping you,  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-family:'Bradley Hand ITC';font-size:18pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:MS Serif, Serif;"&gt;Mark Ciochon&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Comic Sans MS';"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana, Sans Serif;font-size:100%;"&gt;Mark Ciochon, Realtor &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana, Sans Serif;font-size:100%;"&gt;ABR, GRI, CRS &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana, Sans Serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;402-596-1234&lt;/b&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a class="" title="" href="mailto:mark@housesinomaha.com" target=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana, Sans Serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;color:#0000ff;"&gt;mark@housesinomaha.com&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9079889639118844383-8156692142083083022?l=housesinomaha.com%2Fblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='enclosure' type='' href='http://www.housesinomaha.com' length='0'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079889639118844383/8156692142083083022/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9079889639118844383&amp;postID=8156692142083083022' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079889639118844383/posts/default/8156692142083083022'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079889639118844383/posts/default/8156692142083083022'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://housesinomaha.com/blog/2008/09/who-makes-difference-between-listing.html' title='Omaha Property'/><author><name>Mark Ciochon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14134696325762024118</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01650589829294364616'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079889639118844383.post-8056486023774085791</id><published>2008-09-04T10:08:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-09-04T10:08:36.408-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Omaha Real Estate - Homes sales fall sharply</title><content type='html'>Home sales fall sharply in Omaha&lt;br&gt;By Christine Laue&lt;br&gt;Published: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 4:49 AM CDT&lt;br&gt;Midlands News Service&lt;p&gt;OMAHA - Home sales in the Omaha metropolitan area dropped 34 percent in July&lt;br&gt;compared with the same month last year, continuing a trend of sluggish sales&lt;br&gt;this year and suggesting the housing market hasn&amp;#39;t bottomed out yet.&lt;p&gt;Spokesmen for the city&amp;#39;s largest real estate companies said overall sales&lt;br&gt;this year are down 15 to 20 percent compared with 2007.&lt;p&gt;Nationally, sales of existing homes rose 3.1 percent in July, mostly because&lt;br&gt;of sales of deeply discounted properties in parts of the country hit hardest&lt;br&gt;by the housing bust.&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;I would not have guessed the market would be off this much this year,&amp;quot; said&lt;br&gt;Vince Leisey, president of Prudential Ambassador Real Estate. &amp;quot;I thought the&lt;br&gt;market would be tough, but I didn&amp;#39;t think we&amp;#39;d be off 20 percent. . . . I&lt;br&gt;don&amp;#39;t know if we&amp;#39;ve bottomed out or not, but I think we&amp;#39;re awfully close.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;Leisey said the subprime mortgage crisis has created a domino effect:&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;Lenders tightened their standards, eliminating many buyers.&lt;p&gt;Owners in some areas saw the market value of their homes fall.&lt;p&gt;Owners unable to sell their homes, or unwilling to sell at the lower market&lt;br&gt;price, could not buy new houses.&lt;p&gt;In addition, Leisey and others said, low consumer confidence in general kept&lt;br&gt;many potential buyers on the sidelines.&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;It&amp;#39;s going to be a long haul to get out of this, but it didn&amp;#39;t happen&lt;br&gt;overnight,&amp;quot; Leisey said.&lt;p&gt;Gregg Mitchell, president of Mitchell &amp;amp; Associates Inc., an Omaha real&lt;br&gt;estate appraiser and consultant, said in his monthly report on the west&lt;br&gt;Omaha market that high gas prices this spring and summer slowed sales of&lt;br&gt;homes costing $400,000 or less.&lt;p&gt;But gas prices have declined a bit and August looks better, his report said.&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Every Realtor I&amp;#39;ve talked to in the last three weeks is busy showing&lt;br&gt;houses,&amp;quot; Mitchell said. &amp;quot;It tends to be a pretty good predictor of what&lt;br&gt;we&amp;#39;ll see in contracts down the road.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;April, May and June typically are peak months for sales activity, he said.&lt;p&gt;But sales in each of those months declined this year when compared with the&lt;br&gt;same months in 2007 and 2006.&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;The real estate market in Omaha, Nebraska, today is slower than it was in&lt;br&gt;&amp;#39;07,&amp;quot; said Larry Melichar, president of CBSHome Real Estate. &amp;quot;But remember&lt;br&gt;this - most of &amp;#39;07 was a very good market.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;Omaha experienced strong home sales from 2002 to 2006. For most of 2007,&lt;br&gt;while much of the country struggled, sales were even with or slightly better&lt;br&gt;than 2006.&lt;p&gt;But 2007 ended on a sour note. Home sales in Omaha fell nearly 10 percent in&lt;br&gt;the fourth quarter, compared with the same period in 2006.&lt;p&gt;And that downward trend has continued.&lt;p&gt;Home sales in the first quarter this year were 24 percent lower than in the&lt;br&gt;first quarter of 2007, according to numbers from the Greater Omaha Chamber&lt;br&gt;of Commerce.&lt;p&gt;Van Deeb, owner of Deeb Realty, characterized the market as &amp;quot;good&amp;quot; but&lt;br&gt;acknowledged that sales for the entire market are down.&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;I think we&amp;#39;re on our way back up,&amp;quot; Deeb said, &amp;quot;but we&amp;#39;re not on our way&lt;br&gt;with a sharp incline.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;Real estate experts have said that reducing inventory is key to stabilizing&lt;br&gt;the market, and while the number of homes for sale in July compared with&lt;br&gt;July 2007 was nearly flat, the number of new homes decreased.&lt;p&gt;The number of homes on the market in July of both 2008 and 2007 hovered&lt;br&gt;around 6,300, according to the Multiple Listing Service.&lt;p&gt;But the portion of that inventory that is new construction has decreased,&lt;br&gt;said Robert Wiebusch, operations director of NP Dodge Real Estate.&lt;p&gt;There were 1,446 new homes on the market in July 2007, compared with 1,188&lt;br&gt;in July 2008, he said. That&amp;#39;s an 18 percent drop.&lt;p&gt;Meanwhile, building permit numbers - an indicator of future supply -&lt;br&gt;decreased 24 percent, from 356 in June 2007 to 270 in June 2008, according&lt;br&gt;to a Greater Omaha Indicators report.&lt;p&gt;Since the beginning of 2008, however, the number of building permits for&lt;br&gt;single-family residences has steadily increased. Scott Strain, senior&lt;br&gt;director of research at the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce, sees this as&lt;br&gt;a positive sign.&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;What I can tell you is that it&amp;#39;s a little more optimistic outlook,&amp;quot; he&lt;br&gt;said.&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;I always look at it as the builders know their market, and they&amp;#39;re seeing&lt;br&gt;something in the marketplace that they want to act on,&amp;quot; Strain said.&lt;p&gt;This report includes material from the Associated Press.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9079889639118844383-8056486023774085791?l=housesinomaha.com%2Fblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079889639118844383/8056486023774085791/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9079889639118844383&amp;postID=8056486023774085791' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079889639118844383/posts/default/8056486023774085791'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079889639118844383/posts/default/8056486023774085791'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://housesinomaha.com/blog/2008/09/omaha-real-estate-homes-sales-fall.html' title='Omaha Real Estate - Homes sales fall sharply'/><author><name>Mark Ciochon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14134696325762024118</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01650589829294364616'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079889639118844383.post-7868509276241959868</id><published>2008-08-27T11:26:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-08-27T11:26:57.878-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Vintage Oaks Two Story_Omaha Real Estate_189,000 WOW What a price!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=Section1&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'&gt;   &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[if gte vml 1]&gt;&lt;v:shapetype     id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t"     path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f"&gt;    &lt;v:stroke joinstyle="miter" /&gt;    &lt;v:formulas&gt;     &lt;v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0" /&gt;     &lt;v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0" /&gt;     &lt;v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1" /&gt;     &lt;v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2" /&gt;     &lt;v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth" /&gt;     &lt;v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight" /&gt;     &lt;v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1" /&gt;     &lt;v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2" /&gt;     &lt;v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth" /&gt;     &lt;v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0" /&gt;     &lt;v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight" /&gt;     &lt;v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0" /&gt;    &lt;/v:formulas&gt;    &lt;v:path o:extrusionok="f" gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect" /&gt;    &lt;o:lock v:ext="edit" aspectratio="t" /&gt;   &lt;/v:shapetype&gt;&lt;v:shape id="_x0000_s1026" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='position:absolute;    margin-left:0;margin-top:0;width:51pt;height:37.5pt;z-index:251658240;    mso-wrap-distance-left:0;mso-wrap-distance-top:0;mso-wrap-distance-right:0;    mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0;mso-position-horizontal:left;    mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical-relative:line'     o:allowoverlap="f"&gt;    &lt;v:imagedata src="http://housesinomaha.com/components/com_ezrealty/ezrealty/th/1f067f1ad040f1e4002d9049c8d15e4c.JPG" /&gt;    &lt;w:wrap type="square"/&gt;   &lt;/v:shape&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;![if !vml]&gt;&lt;img width=68 height=50   src="http://housesinomaha.com/components/com_ezrealty/ezrealty/th/1f067f1ad040f1e4002d9049c8d15e4c.JPG"   align=left v:shapes="_x0000_s1026"&gt;&lt;![endif]&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'&gt;Two   story home in Vintage Oaks with woodfloors and a fireplace to entertain all   of your guest. Kitchen has granite countertops an eat in Kitchen or move your   guest to the formal dining room. This home has plenty to offer with over 2400   finished square ...&amp;quot;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/table&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;a href="http://housesinomaha.com/index.php?option=com_ezrealty&amp;amp;Itemid=235&amp;amp;task=detail&amp;amp;id=13"&gt;View article...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9079889639118844383-7868509276241959868?l=housesinomaha.com%2Fblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079889639118844383/7868509276241959868/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9079889639118844383&amp;postID=7868509276241959868' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079889639118844383/posts/default/7868509276241959868'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079889639118844383/posts/default/7868509276241959868'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://housesinomaha.com/blog/2008/08/vintage-oaks-two-storyomaha-real.html' title='Vintage Oaks Two Story_Omaha Real Estate_189,000 WOW What a price!'/><author><name>Mark Ciochon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14134696325762024118</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01650589829294364616'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079889639118844383.post-3577081000489860916</id><published>2008-08-26T10:12:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-08-26T10:23:36.833-05:00</updated><title type='text'>What determines Interest Rates When Buying Omaha Real Estate</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;What Determines Interest Rates ?&lt;br /&gt;This article was written by Perry Dawes of First Mortgage Corp. A local &lt;a href="http://www.firstmortgageco.com/perrydawes/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Omaha Real Estate&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; loan officer. If you are in need of a home loan, I would highly recommend you calling Perry..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Interest rates are determined by different investors (we have 9 different ones) that at least once per day "update" their pricing on loans to us based on the rate of return they need to get in relationship to the current market price of government securities...i.e. t-bills, bonds, etc......NOT STOCKS!! The main determining factors that dictate a particular interest rate for a specific borrower, are all based on "credit worthiness" (or risk). Therefore, the most&lt;br /&gt;obvious of these factors are as follows:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Credit Score of borrower(s)............the higher the credit score, the lower&lt;br /&gt;interest rate that can be obtained&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. Loan-to-value.................What percentage of the value of the property is&lt;br /&gt;the loan?......(example...80% LTV means the borrower&lt;br /&gt;is doing a down payment of 20%.........etc) The higher the&lt;br /&gt;LTV, the higher the interest rate, as there is more risk with&lt;br /&gt;a smaller downpayment. The exception to this is when a&lt;br /&gt;borrower pays “mortgage insurance” (PMI), it reduces the&lt;br /&gt;risk to an investor, so the rates are often lower when PMI&lt;br /&gt;is involved in the loan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. Length of Time to "lock" the rate..............How long a time period is there between&lt;br /&gt;the date you "lock" the rate (which guarantees a particular&lt;br /&gt;rate for a specific number of days) and the expiration date&lt;br /&gt;of the lock.....(15, 30, 45, 60 days etc.) The longer the time&lt;br /&gt;the rate is guaranteed, the higher the risk to the investor,&lt;br /&gt;thus....shorter time = lower rates.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. Length of Loan Amortization......The length of time to pay off the loan....(15, 20, 25, 30&lt;br /&gt;years, etc.)......The shorter the repayment period, the lower&lt;br /&gt;the interest rate.......(example....if a 30 yr. Conventional loan&lt;br /&gt;rate is 6.75%, then the 15 year loan would be approx. 6.375%...&lt;br /&gt;usually approx. .375% to .50% difference in RATE...not just price)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5. Additional fees (points, etc.)......Sometimes borrowers pay additional origination fees&lt;br /&gt;and / or discount points to"buydown" the interest rate. These fees are paid at closing...usually as a % of the loan amount. The rates I always quote to my customers are WITHOUT any additional fees....i.e. 0% Origination Fee + 0% Discount Points ("par"). If a particular interest rate desired by the borrower is not available at "par", they may choose to “buy-down” the rate by paying additional fees.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6. Loan Amount………Investors who purchase the loans originated by mortgage bankers,&lt;br /&gt;banks, credit unions, etc. make a portion of their profit based on a small percentage of the total loan amount. Therefore, with a higher loan amount, the investor may have a few more dollars to work with, but still needs to make a profit to stay in business. So, a&lt;br /&gt;higher loan amount can sometimes produce a slightly lower interest&lt;br /&gt;rate for a borrower.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7. Type of Loan………The type of loan will also help determine the interest rate available&lt;br /&gt;for a borrower. For example, an FHA or VA loan usually has lower rates than a conventional loan, and rates for a loan such as a NIFA, (a “bond” loan) is set by the organization responsible for that program. Another factor is whether the loan is a fixed-rate or an&lt;br /&gt;adjustable-rate program. A fixed-rate loan will usually have slightly&lt;br /&gt;higher interest rates than an adjustable-rate loan.&lt;br /&gt;There are sometimes other factors that can influence the interest rate that is available to a borrower, but the ones mentioned above are the ones that usually determine the rate of&lt;br /&gt;interest for the borrower.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is an example of “extending the lock when buying your &lt;a href="http://www.housesinomaha.com/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Omaha Real Estate&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;” and how that affects rates (using a 710 credit score)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;FHA 97% LTV (Loan of $200,000) (These are the rates for this loan if I "locked" today)&lt;br /&gt;60 Day Lock.......... Rate = 6.50%......... Fees = NONE&lt;br /&gt;45 Day Lock.......... Rate = 6.375%...... Fees = .75%&lt;br /&gt;30 Day Lock.......... Rate = 6.375%...... Fees = .625%&lt;br /&gt;15 Day Lock......... Rate = 6.375%....... Fees = .50%&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Conventional 95% LTV (Loan of $200,000)&lt;br /&gt;60 Day Lock.......... Rate = 7.0%......... Fees = NONE&lt;br /&gt;45 Day Lock.......... Rate = 6.875%....... Fees = NONE&lt;br /&gt;30 Day Lock......... Rate = 6.75%....... Fees = .50%&lt;br /&gt;15 Day Lock......... Rate = 6.75%...... Fees = .375%&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is an example of “buying down” the current “par” rate (using a 710 credit score)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;FHA 97% LTV (Loan of $200,000) (using a 30 day lock period)&lt;br /&gt;Par Rate………….. 6.5% Fees = NONE&lt;br /&gt;Desired Rate…….. 6.375% Fees = .625%&lt;br /&gt;Desired Rate…….. 6.25% Fees = .875%&lt;br /&gt;Desired Rate…….. 6.125% Fees = 1.25%&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Conventional 95% LTV (Loan of $200,000) (using a 30 day lock period)&lt;br /&gt;Par Rate………….. 6.875% Fees = NONE&lt;br /&gt;Desired Rate…….. 6.75% Fees = .50%&lt;br /&gt;Desired Rate…….. 6.625% Fees = .75%&lt;br /&gt;Desired Rate…….. 6.50% Fees = 1.125%&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also, for the last 8-10 months, interest rates for FHA loans have been between .250%&lt;br /&gt;and .325% LOWER than conventional loans of similar LTV (95% - 97%)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hope this helps you understand how complex the rate pricing is, and when comparing different mortgage companies, make sure you are comparing “apples to apples”, i.e. whether there are any additional fees required for a particular interest rate. (buying down the rate, etc.). Always obtain a Good Faith Estimate that shows all the costs associated with a particular loan and interest rate. I also understand that different mortgage companies have different rates, but most of them are always very close to the others in pricing, as many of the same investors buy loans from each organization. Whenever I hear that someone is getting quoted an interest rate substantially below the market conditions, I always tell them to make sure of what the "closing costs" are.....any additional fees, etc.???..........because usually that is where the difference lies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Perry Dawes Mortgage Consultant First Mortgage Co. 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   &lt;w:wrap type="square"/&gt;   &lt;/v:shape&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;![if !vml]&gt;&lt;img width=68 height=50   src="http://housesinomaha.com/components/com_ezrealty/ezrealty/th/d4dd37cdb0c20a15ace8c6155beaf7c0.jpg"   align=left v:shapes="_x0000_s1026"&gt;&lt;![endif]&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'&gt;All   The Comforts Of Today With The Charm Of Yesterday! ...&amp;quot;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/table&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;a href="http://housesinomaha.com/index.php?option=com_ezrealty&amp;amp;Itemid=235&amp;amp;task=detail&amp;amp;id=5"&gt;View article...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9079889639118844383-4532951915164038747?l=housesinomaha.com%2Fblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079889639118844383/4532951915164038747/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9079889639118844383&amp;postID=4532951915164038747' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079889639118844383/posts/default/4532951915164038747'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079889639118844383/posts/default/4532951915164038747'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://housesinomaha.com/blog/2008/08/fw-charming-traditional-home-in-omaha.html' title='Charming Traditional Home in Omaha With Third Floor Finished Dormer'/><author><name>Mark Ciochon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14134696325762024118</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01650589829294364616'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079889639118844383.post-8377538183422097101</id><published>2008-08-18T11:32:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-08-18T11:32:31.411-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Rate Update</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=Section1&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;Omaha Real Estate update.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'&gt;Slight change in NIFA rates last week.&amp;nbsp; VA and FHA are now at 6.34% 0+0 and VA and FHA HBA are 6.98% with 1 + 3/4%.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Conventional loans 6.74% 0+0 and HBA 7.38%&amp;nbsp; 1+3/4%.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'&gt;Other rates have remained about the same with VA and FHA right at 6.375% to 6.5%&amp;nbsp; and conventional loans 6.5% to 6.625%&amp;nbsp; for 30 year fixed rates.&amp;nbsp; For those of you who might be interested in an Adjustable rate we have some awesome programs - even 100% financing.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'&gt;Remember it is not like the &amp;quot;old&amp;quot; days - we now have to be concerned about credit scores,&amp;nbsp; loan-to-values,&amp;nbsp; lock periods before final pricing.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;Mark Ciochon&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;Personal Lifetime Real Estate Consultant&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;Cell: 402-596-1234 Fax: 1-877-569-6130 &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.housesinomaha.com/"&gt;http://www.housesinomaha.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9079889639118844383-8377538183422097101?l=housesinomaha.com%2Fblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079889639118844383/8377538183422097101/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9079889639118844383&amp;postID=8377538183422097101' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079889639118844383/posts/default/8377538183422097101'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079889639118844383/posts/default/8377538183422097101'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://housesinomaha.com/blog/2008/08/rate-update.html' title='Rate Update'/><author><name>Mark Ciochon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14134696325762024118</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01650589829294364616'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079889639118844383.post-3654286452768465712</id><published>2008-07-30T12:38:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-07-30T12:38:21.608-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Changes in finance ahead</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=Section1&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;There is new legislation being signed by President Bush today that will change some of the options that home buyers with low down payments will be able to use when buying Omaha Real Estate in the future. Here is a link to find out more information when buying your next home. &amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://getdownpayment.com/updates/legislativeinfo.asp"&gt;http://getdownpayment.com/updates/legislativeinfo.asp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;Thank you,&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;Mark Ciochon&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;Personal Lifetime Real Estate Consultant&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;Cell: 402-596-1234 Fax: 1-877-569-6130 &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.housesinomaha.com/"&gt;http://www.housesinomaha.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&amp;amp;rls=com.microsoft:*:IE-SearchBox&amp;amp;q=13340+california+st,+omaha+ne&amp;amp;um=1&amp;amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;sa=X&amp;amp;oi=geocode_result&amp;amp;resnum=1&amp;amp;ct=title"&gt;Office Location&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9079889639118844383-3654286452768465712?l=housesinomaha.com%2Fblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079889639118844383/3654286452768465712/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9079889639118844383&amp;postID=3654286452768465712' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079889639118844383/posts/default/3654286452768465712'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079889639118844383/posts/default/3654286452768465712'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://housesinomaha.com/blog/2008/07/changes-in-finance-ahead.html' title='Changes in finance ahead'/><author><name>Mark Ciochon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14134696325762024118</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01650589829294364616'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079889639118844383.post-1854646729432924853</id><published>2008-07-08T20:45:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2008-07-08T21:15:37.441-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='home inspections'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='omaha real estate'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='buyers'/><title type='text'>Home Inspections</title><content type='html'>Evening friends. I thought it would be worth talking about home inspections and the selection process. It has been my experience that a home inspector with an ASHI certification is the best way to go when getting your &lt;a href="http://www.housesinomaha.com"&gt;Omaha Real Estate&lt;/a&gt; inspected. In order to get an ASHI certification you must have 250 fee paid home inspections completed in accordance to the American Society of Home Inspection standards of practice. I had a client just this week who did their home work and found their own home inspector who had some letters behind the name to show he passed some classes on home inspections but when the home inspection was done we were not provided a written report of the findings, no pictures and other than being a nice guy I am not sure the inspector really had any credentials to speak of. Luckily the home was in good shape and was really an easy inspection. The client was happy, but with out a written report, photos etc. if there are any issues with the home in the future there will be no reference to fall back on to see if this issue was present at the time of purchase or if the issues arose after purchase.  In closing, ask your inspector how many homes have he or she inspected in the past year, how long have they been doing fee inspections, who did they work under to get their certifications and ask what kind of report will they be providing including photos of attic etc. Also, see if they provide any type of warranty or at a minimum a limited Service One Warranty or equal. &lt;a href="http://www.homeinspector.org/chapters/search.aspx?chapterId=59"&gt;Here is the link to the local Omaha chapter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9079889639118844383-1854646729432924853?l=housesinomaha.com%2Fblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079889639118844383/1854646729432924853/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9079889639118844383&amp;postID=1854646729432924853' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079889639118844383/posts/default/1854646729432924853'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079889639118844383/posts/default/1854646729432924853'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://housesinomaha.com/blog/2008/07/home-inspections.html' title='Home Inspections'/><author><name>Mark Ciochon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14134696325762024118</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01650589829294364616'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079889639118844383.post-4501378845205169256</id><published>2008-06-10T08:37:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-06-10T08:43:54.860-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Marketing Your Home'/><title type='text'>Another Reason To Sell With Mark Ciochon</title><content type='html'>Its no secret selling your Omaha Real Estate is increasingly difficult in this buyers market. I have implemented another competitive edge to help you sell your Omaha Home. Please watch the following Video..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="349" width="425"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Isk2_xtyTd4&amp;amp;border=1&amp;amp;color1=0x2b405b&amp;amp;color2=0x6b8ab6&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Isk2_xtyTd4&amp;border=1&amp;color1=0x2b405b&amp;color2=0x6b8ab6&amp;hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="349"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is just another Tech tool that I will use to market your Omaha Home. Please give me a call or text message at 402-578-1910 to get started right away. Selling Omaha Real Estate for over 10 years and over 450 homes Sold! List with Mark...Mark it SOLD!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9079889639118844383-4501378845205169256?l=housesinomaha.com%2Fblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079889639118844383/4501378845205169256/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9079889639118844383&amp;postID=4501378845205169256' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079889639118844383/posts/default/4501378845205169256'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079889639118844383/posts/default/4501378845205169256'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://housesinomaha.com/blog/2008/06/another-reason-to-sell-with-mark.html' title='Another Reason To Sell With Mark Ciochon'/><author><name>Mark Ciochon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14134696325762024118</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01650589829294364616'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry></feed>