What Can Laura Do For You When Listing Your Home: Laura is one of LESS than 2% of the Pinehurst-Southern Pines Area Real Estate Brokers who has Spent the Marketing Dollars Needed to Place YOUR HOME Up Front and Center on The #1 Real Estate Site!! My Marketing Plan is about YOUR Home, NOT My Ego! I feed my Ego separately........ Contact: Laura J. Lycans REALTOR, SFR Broker-Moore County Real Estate Brokers 910-315-6353 llycans@nc.rr.com Laura J. Lycans Earns NAR Short Sales and Foreclosure Certification 
Buyers and Sellers Benefit from REALTOR® Expertise in Distressed Sales Aberdeen, NC 4/19/10 – Laura J. Lycans with Moore County Real Estate Brokers has earned the nationally recognized Short Sales and Foreclosure Resource certification. The National Association of REALTORS® offers the SFR certification to REALTORS® who want to help both buyers and sellers navigate these complicated transactions, as demand for professional expertise with distressed sales grows. According to a recent NAR survey, nearly one-third of all existing homes sold recently were either short sales or foreclosures. For many real estate professionals, short sales and foreclosures are the new “traditional” transaction. REALTORS® who have earned the SFR certification know how to help sellers maneuver the complexities of short sales as well as help buyers pursue short sale and foreclosure opportunities. “As leading advocates for homeownership, REALTORS® believe that any family that loses its home to foreclosure is one family too many, but unfortunately, there are situations in which people just cannot afford to keep their homes, and a foreclosure or a short sale results,” said 2009 NAR President Charles McMillan, a broker with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Dallas-Fort Worth. “Foreclosures and short sales can offer opportunities for home buyers and benefit the larger community, as well, but it’s extremely important to have the help of a real estate professional like a REALTOR® who has earned the SFR certification for these kinds of purchases.” The certification program includes training on how to qualify sellers for short sales, negotiate with lenders, protect buyers, and limit risk, and provides resources to help REALTORS® stay current on national and state-specific information as the market for these distressed properties evolves. To earn the SFR certification, REALTORSÒ are required to take one core course and three Webinars. For more information about the SFR certification, visit www.REALTORSFR.org or call 1-877-510-7855. Moore County Real Estate Broker’s Laura J. Lycans FEATURES HOMES SEEN ABOVE ALL OTHERS ON #1 REAL ESTATE SITE, REALTOR.COM®, IN THE PINEHURST-SOUTHERN PINES AREA Southern Pines 4/29/09 – Laura J. Lycans of Moore County Real Estate Brokers features homes seen above all others in the area of Pinehurst-Southern Pines on the internet’s #1 real estate site,REALTOR.com®. Laura J. Lycans offers the REALTOR.com® Featured Homes™ Marketing SystemSM, for Her clients, so that when potential home buyers search for homes in Whispering Pines, Southern Pines or Pinehurst, they will see Laura’s clients’ properties prominently displayed first with color photographs. This high value, premium placement provides more exposure, which in turn creates increased demand and help sell homes for more. In making the investment in the Featured Homes™ Marketing SystemSM, Laura J. Lycans stated, “I want to ensure that both the properties I market enjoy optimum shelf positioning online. What makes me different from other agents is how I help differentiate my properties from the other homes they compete against. My Featured Homes™ property appears first not only on REALTOR.com®, but also MSN.” Featured Homes™ is just one of the many ways Laura J. Lycans is leveraging recent trends of home buyer online behavior to Her clients benefit. Home sellers interested in finding out how to feature their home on REALTOR.com ® and MSN should contact Laura J. Lycans at 910-315-6353 or email llycans@nc.rr.com |