6. Case Shiller “These four months of improvement are the first time we have seen broad increases in home prices in 34 months.” - S&P index committee chairman David Blitzer Source: Micro Markets 7/28/09
14. New York Times “If prices come down another 10% but interest rates increase by 1 percentage point, that would mean the same monthly payment today versus waiting.” Source: New York Times 7/27/09
16. Sales vs. Prices “I expect, I hope, we’ll see stabilization. While there are still great concerns, we’re beginning to see the seeds of bottoming, not in prices yet, but in sales.” - Alan Greenspanat the NAR Midyear Conference Sales Prices
17. HomeGain 3rd Quarter Realtor Survey In the next six months, do you think the values of homes in your market will: Sources: Homegain 8/2009
18. Supply & Demand “One of the most vital fundamentals (in housing), the ratio between supply and demand, is still out of whack.” - Newsweek Sources: Newsweek 8/31/2009
27. suffering The High End is also… “Jumbo prime foreclosure rates up 580 percent since January 2008.” - Lender Processing Services July Mortgage Monitor Report
31. Mortgage Bankers Association “The housing market may not stabilize until the first quarter of 2011, the Mortgage Bankers Association said today, upon release of its National Delinquency Survey.” 2010 2009 2011 Source: Housing Wire 5/28/09
32. “With any luck, three years should be long enough for the U.S. economy to recover and for the nation's housing inventory to shrink to more normal levels.” Source: Business Week 6/09
34. Short Sales jumped 208 percent during the first quarter of this year compared with the same period in 2008. 2008 2010 Source: Office of Thrift Supervision and the Office of the Comptroller 6/09
36. ‘Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.’ -Winston Churchill
37. The two most important rules: You didn’t hear what I just said. Listen for what the person is saying, not for what they just said.
38. The chicken was ready to eat. The sheriff caught the man with the gun. She tickled the baby with the stuffed animal. Mary put the candy in her mouth on the table. Let’s test the rules
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41. Did you hear the whole sentence? He didn’t want to take the apartment because of the bugs… The lawyer took the big case… He was afraid of Ali’s punch… he didn’t want the police listening to his conversations. he knew it could hold all his papers. he thought it might be spiked with alcohol.
42. ‘One of the hardest things to do in life is to listen without intent to reply.’ - Author Unknown
43. 7.Watch your own emotions. 8. Be very slow to disagree, criticize or argue. 9. Ask lots of questions. 10 Steps to better listening
44. Quiz Think of a number from 1 to 10 Multiply that number by 9 If the number is a 2-digit number, add the digits together Now subtract 5 Determine which letter in the alphabet corresponds to the number you ended up with (example: 1=a, 2=b, 3=c, etc.) Think of a country that starts with that letter Remember the last letter of the name of that country Think of the name of an animal that starts with that letter Remember the last letter in the name of that animal Think of the name of a fruit that starts with that letter
46. 7.Watch your own emotions. 8. Be very slow to disagree, criticize or argue. 9. Ask lots of questions. 10. Stop talking!!! 10 Steps to better listening
47. Levels of listening Most Listening to feel what is being said Feelings Listening to analyze and evaluate content Thoughts and beliefs Listening to retain content Energy Listening to understand content Facts Hearing Least