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2013 Five Star Professional Real Estate Agent Past REALTOR OF THE YEAR Weichert Realtors President's and Ambassador's Clubs Weichert Realtors Million Dollar Sales & Marketed Clubs State PAR Excellence Club, Gold Lifetime Member      SERVICE AREAS Montgomery County North Penn Area (includes Lansdale) Souderton Area (includes Harleysville) Lower Gwynedd Area (includes Blue Bell) Bucks County Doylestown (includes Chalfont)          This Month's Feature Property Lower Gwynedd, PA  Description  Video Tour Diane Williams honored MONTGOMERY COUNTY, PA - Diane Williams, a sales associate in the Blue Bell office of Weichert, Realtors, was recently named part of Weichert's Top 300 in Associate Earnings, placing her in the top 10 in the region and 194 company-wide out of nearly 18,000 associates. COMPLETE STORY From Gloom to Bloom March 2013 U.S. Economic and Housing Market Outlook March 20, Marketwire - Freddie Mac released today its U.S. Economic and Housing Market Outlook for March showing that as we head into the spring homebuying season, continued low mortgage rates, increasing house prices, and gradually improving consumer confidence will help support increased home sales. COMPLETE STORY Survey shows most desired home features March 18, INMAN NEWS - Of all the compromises homebuyers are willing to make when it comes to features, the two features they seem either least willing to give up or most able to find are central air conditioning and cable-, satellite TV-, or Internet readiness, according to report from the National Association of Realtors. COMPLETE STORY Why higher mortgage rates will help the housing market March 18, CNNMoney - Mortgage interest rates have been rising on signs that the U.S. economy is improving. Last week, the 30-year fixed rate reached the highest level in more than six months, climbing to an average of 3.63%, compared with 3.52% the previous week and 3.92% a year earlier. The current rate is the highest it's been since the week of Aug. 23 when the 30-year fixed rate averaged 3.63%, according to Freddie Mac. COMPLETE STORY Home prices finally returning to normal March 5, CNNMoney - The latest forecast from Fiserv (FISV) Case-Shiller predicts home prices will increase by an average of 3.3% annually over the five years ending September, 2017. "2012 was the first year since 1997 that the housing market has resembled something [close to] normal," said David Stiff, Fiserv's chief economist. "For the past 15 years, home price changes and sales volumes have either been boosted by a bubble mentality or crushed by crash psychology." COMPLETE STORY Strategies for the Spring Housing Scrum Feb 28, Bloomberg - It all seems so quaint now: the casual walk-throughs, the drives to check out the neighborhood, the luxury of sleeping on the largest financial decision you'll likely ever make. Trying to buy a home now feels more like being thrust into the trading pit at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange -- the frenzied bidding, the need for lightning-fast decisions, the packs of sharp-elbowed competitors. COMPLETE STORY    "Succeeding by Design" seminar panel Jim Weichert presenting Diane with the Regional Award at the Kimmel Center for top sales. Left to Right: Fred Sherman, Alan Greenspan, Diane Williams, Anthony Santomero Diane (fourth from the right) at The Closing Bell of the New York Stock Exchange.