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Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!

         Thanks to all who voted for me in the Quad City Times' Readers' Choice Poll!!!

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Thanks to everyones votes, I did win the contest!  What does this mean?  Well, for one it means that more people voted me the best real estate agent in the Davenport, Iowa and surrounding area than anyone else.  It also means that I have bragging rights for one year.  Most importantly, to me, is that it will be a constant reminder of how hard I must work to continue to earn the respect and business that my clients have and will continue to give me.  I am most grateful for this honor!

Lucky :)

26 comments • Lucky Lang, SRES®, Davenport, Iowa Real Estate • August 29 2007 01:39PM

Iowa Market Report For August!

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Staging Takes Center Stage

  You don't have to be a star to be in Beth Ann Shepherd's show.
      Sheperd is one of those "to the stars" service providers, in this case, setting the stage to position a home for sale or staging. It's a smart marketing move when it's time to move a home in just about any kind of market.
      Staging is to the interior of a home what curb appeal is to the exterior -- nipping and tucking, furnishing and accessorizing, buffing and polishing until the place looks like a model home, without being clinical. But it can also include curb appeal.
      With just the right special effects, the

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effort can transform a home into a house of dreams and help potential buyers visualize potential.
      Done wrong and a home can become more like the set of a horror movie, a real
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Seven Steps To A
Credit Score Makeover

     You can mitigate the effect of tighter mortgage underwriting standards by improving your credit report profile and, as a result, your credit score.
      Just don't expect that your knee-jerk reaction to tighter money will generate overnight success. Chances are, you didn't get all those credit report blemishes during a single credit buying binge. And, if you are like many consumers, you don't even know what you are up against.
      BankRate.com recently found that 32 percent of Americans surveyed never check their credit reports and have no idea what shape it's in. It's time to find out and do something about it.
      Local lenders say the incidence of credit report knowledge is even higher when borrowers sit down to apply for home loans. "Less than 10 percent have seen their report and among those who have, most of the reports are old, many are only from one bureau and so they don't have a complete picture," said Joel Spolin, president of Absolute Mortgage in Palo Alto, CA. CONTINUED >>>




Coping with Higher
Summer Energy Costs

     Air conditioning is costing consumers more this summer.
      The Energy Information Administration, the statistical division of the U.S. Department of Energy, predicts that the price of electricity will climb about 2.6 percent during 2007. Demand for electric power will grow about 1.5 percent during the year, which the EIA says is normal.
      This means that if the typical consumer paid $150 for electricity to run central air conditioning in a 2,000 square-foot house in each of the summer months in 2006, for example, that bill will be $153.90 for June, July and August this year. That might not seem like a lot of money, but multiply that by the increase by the number of households in the United States and that means hundreds of millions of dollars.
      These costs fall on low and moderate income homeowners the most. Diane-Louise Wormley, who oversees a program to improve Philadelphia neighborhoods, said that a key to making homeownership affordable for younger buyers is to make these older houses energy efficient so that "everything won't be going to the gas company."
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Head Count Shows
Shifting Population

     The country's fifth largest city is in the desert, according to the latest Census Bureau estimates. And though it is only half the size of the next largest city, the nation's No. 1 city in terms of population has more than twice as many people as its closet rival.
      Yes, New York reigns supreme as the largest city in the United States, with a population of 8.2 million. The next largest city is Los Angeles, which has just 3.8 million residents.
      Chicago is third with 2.8 million inhabitants and Houston is fourth with 2.1 million.
      Phoenix, the aforementioned desert city, moved into fifth place, according to the latest count, moving ahead of Philadelphia. The head count in Phoenix in 2006 was 1.5 million. In Philadelphia, it was 1.45 million.
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4 comments • Lucky Lang, SRES®, Davenport, Iowa Real Estate • August 23 2007 04:29AM

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The pictures keep rolling in of the horrible tragedy in Minnesota.

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At least five have died with approximately 100 others injured.

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The clean up efforts with cost about $15 million.  The new bridge about $250 million!

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US: Navy, FBI divers join search for bridge collapse victims

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The cost to human life is immeasurable.

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Please continue to pray for the families of the victims and for the strength of all of the workers carrying out their tasks to bring closer to the families in waiting.

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The Mayor of Minneapolis, R.T. Rybak, and the City Council asked residents to observe a moment of silence at 6:05 p.m. Tuesday, which was the time that the Interstate 35W bridge collapsed during rush hour last Wednesday.  See complete story from CNN.com.

To our brothers and sisters in Minnesota:  Our thoughts and prayers go out to you!

Lucky

 

24 comments • Lucky Lang, SRES®, Davenport, Iowa Real Estate • August 07 2007 09:57PM

Here's The Latest Buzz!!!

   A man was driving down the road and ran out of gas. Just at that moment, a bee flew in his window. The bee said, "What seems to be the problem?" "I'm out of gas", the man replied. The bee told the man to wait right there and flew away. Minutes later, the man watched as an entire swarm of bees flew to his car and into his gas tank. After a few minutes, the bees flew out. "Try it now", said one bee. The man turned the ignition key and the car started right up. "Wow!" the man exclaimed, "what did you put in my gas tank?" The bee answered, 

 

 

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Sorry for the groaner.  After a week at the Mississippi Valley Fair in Davenport, Iowa, the insects got the best of me!

 

Lucky :)                

21 comments • Lucky Lang, SRES®, Davenport, Iowa Real Estate • August 06 2007 06:00AM