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Win $8,000 from CENTURY 21 in the List Your Home Sweepstakes!

The federal tax credit programs have ended. But you can still win $8,000 in cash from CENTURY 21® Real Estate LLC. Speak with a CENTURY 21 Sweyer & Associates agent to find out how listing your home earns you a chance at winning in our $8,000 List Your Home Sweepstakes. Stop by one of our [...]

13 things you probably didn’t know about Daylight Saving Time

Americans will set their clocks ahead by an hour this weekend, as daylight saving time begins Sunday. “Springing forward” creates another hour of sunlight in the evening. It also has some effects on health and public safety that many people are unaware of. Interesting facts about daylight saving time include: 1. Officially, it’s “daylight saving time,” [...]

Wall Street Journal says that CENTURY 21 ranks FIRST in brand awareness

In November of 2008, The Wall Street Journal conducted its 2009 Residential Real Estate Study. The purpose of the study was to query Wall Street Journal subscribers on their current ownership of primary and secondary real estate, anticipated acquisitions, their involvement in the purchase/sale process, use of REALTORS®/brokers and sources of information used. Additionally, the [...]

House votes to expand homebuyer tax credit

From Yahoo News: WASHINGTON – Buying a home is about to get cheaper for a whole new crop of homebuyers — $6,500 cheaper. First-time homebuyers have been getting tax credits of up to $8,000 since January as part of the economic stimulus package enacted earlier this year. But with the program scheduled to expire at [...]

Strong Gain in Existing Home Sales Maintains Uptrend

For the first time in five years, existing-home sales have increased for four months in a row, according to the National Association of Realtors®. Existing-home sales – including single-family, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops – rose 7.2 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.24 million units in July from a level of 4.89 million [...]