<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"> <channel> <title>Lubbock, TX - Real Estate Blog</title> <link>http://www.coldwellbankerlubbock.com/default.cfm/page/blog/blogid/3c5317a1-0e45-dce7-ce487307fd97b684/categoryname/FSBOs/title/Lubbock, TX - Real Estate Blog.htm</link> <description></description><item> <title>For Sale By Owners Decline</title> <description><span style="font-size: larger; "><span style="font-family: Arial; ">Homes sold without the help of a&nbsp;real estate professional dropped&nbsp;to a record low over the past&nbsp;year. According to the 2010 NAR&nbsp;Profile of Home Buyers and&nbsp;Sellers, unrepresented sellers&nbsp;made up only 11 percent of the&nbsp;market, down from 13 percent in&nbsp;2009.</span></span><div><span style="font-size: larger; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><br type="_moz" /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: larger; "><span style="font-family: Arial; ">Owners who sell their home&nbsp;without the help of an agent&nbsp;usually sell to someone they&nbsp;already know. Factoring out&nbsp;those private sales, the actual&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size: larger; "><span style="font-family: Arial; ">number of homes sold on the&nbsp;open market without professional&nbsp;assistance was a record low 5&nbsp;percent, compared to 10 percent&nbsp;in 2004.</span></span></div></description> <link>http://www.coldwellbankerlubbock.com/default.cfm/page/blog/cat/entrydisplay/entryid/971b3061-a1b8-7cc4-0952f5e1b72ef3d4.htm</link> <pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 04:08:50 -0600</pubDate></item> </channel></rss>

