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Past REALTOR OF THE YEAR Weichert Realtors President's and Ambassador's Clubs Weichert Realtors Million Dollar Sales & Marketed Clubs Past President Suburban Multiple Listing Service 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 Milford Square, Bucks County, PA  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 Home-sale contracts rise in March April 27, Philadelphia Inquirer - "Buyers seem more confident than they have been in recent years," said Diane Williams, a Weichert Realtors agent in Blue Bell; "There is pent-up demand, there have been competitive offers, and sellers are tired of waiting and are being realistic about pricing." COMPLETE STORY 3 housing trends emerging this spring April 27, Daily Real Estate News - What can home buyers expect to face this selling season? An improving housing market has made it a different picture in many areas compared to recent years, housing experts say. A recent article at Bankrate.com notes some of the following trends taking shape in the housing market: COMPLETE STORY Yale's Shiller: U.S. housing may not rebound 'in our lifetimes' April 24, moneynews - The U.S. housing market is likely to remain weak and may take a generation or more to rebound, Yale economics professor Robert Shiller told Reuters Insider on Tuesday. Shiller, the co-creator of the Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller home price index, said a weak labor market, high gas prices and a general sense of unease among consumers was outweighing low mortgage rates and would likely keep a lid on prices for the foreseeable future. COMPLETE STORY A smaller house will make a big difference MONEY Magazine - Last year the economic forecasting firm Fiserv predicted that home values would sink around 5% in 2011, and that prices in three-quarters of the nation's major metro areas would fall. The bad news is, the firm wasn't that far off the mark. The good news: In the coming year, Fiserv thinks 95% of the 384 metro areas it tracks will see prices rise. 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.