The viewpoint of an AARE Auctioneer

I am a full time real estate auctioneer and one of less than 350 people in the USA who is certified as an Accredited Auctioneer of Real Estate by the National Auctioneers Association and would like to comment on the foreclosure crisis. 5,300 American families are losing their home to foreclosure ...

"From 2005 through 2007 alone - that is, at the peak of the housing bubble - more than 22 million Americans bought either new or existing houses. Now that the bubble has burst, many of those homebuyers have lost heavily on their investment. At this point there are probably around 10 million house...

 President Tommy Williams Announces Hiring of NAA CEOHannes Combest, CAE  Overland Park, Kan. May 1, 2008 - NAA President Tommy Williams, CAI, announced before the staff of the National Auctioneers Association today the hiring of Hannes Combest, CAE.  Mrs. Combest will take over the roles and res...

I did not produce this but thought it was really neat.Any comments?

"I feel very robbed. These are the same houses I paid $620,000 for, and now they could be selling for $300,000 to $400,000!"- California Bubble Home BuyerS. California Foreclosures Increase 18 Percent in March 2008This Weeks Biggest Loser: Riverside, California!Median home asking price drops $30,...

Front page headline of the British publication, The Independent projects a bleak future for the United States. Published April 1, one quickly realizes while reading this article this is no April Fools Day joke. A very well written and engaging article, that has drawn a lot of heat from US agencie...

Easter is always the 1st Sunday after the 1st full moon after the Spring Equinox (which is March 20). This dating of Easter is based on the lunar calendar that Hebrews used to identify passover, which is why it moves around on our Roman based calendar.This year is the earliest Easter any of us wi...

Letter to an auctioneer who asked, how far are you willing to travel to do an auction:When you saw me driving through Wisconsin last August it is really a testimony to the power of networking through a combination of NAA programs including these forums.We were driving from our small town on the E...

This is a spoof on the housing bubble from Morbo!

In the fourth quarter of 2007, Prince George’s County reported 2,732 foreclosures, the highest in Maryland. However, during the 4th quarter in Prince George’s County only 1279 sold according to the MRIS. Basically, the number of foreclosures was double the number of houses that sold. You don't he...