Please wait as we prepare your PDF file ....

ARCHIVED POSTS

Search Blog

our goal is to help you stay informed by providing timely and interesting articles.

What happened when I Connected: a beautiful meeting of the minds

Jessica Botelho has been an active member of the real estate industry since 2005 and lives in Ontario. Her specialty is leading homebuyers to an informed decision that will determine which house will be a home. Jessica’s hard work and achievements have been recognized by Re/Max International, as a recipient of the 100% Club Award […]

58% of renters believe it’s a good time to buy

Despite low inventory and high home prices, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) Q4 Aspiring Home Buyers Profile says Americans are still holding on to their homeownership goals. According to the study, which is based on Q4’s HOME Survey data, 91 percent of homeowners and 80 percent of non-owners still believe homeownership is part of […]

Real estate hires and promotions: February 2018

Editor’s note: This story will be updated with additional hires.  February 2018 is already witnessing an array of real estate industry hires and promotions. Who’s making moves? Which businesses are bringing in new blood or creating fresh positions? Here’s a rundown of some recent HR news across the board. Former Keller Williams CEO Chris Heller […]

Trulia will show listings’ LGBT housing and employment protections

Trulia already shows homes’ school districts and amenities. Now the real estate search platform is presenting an often more important piece of information alongside that data: legal housing and employment protections for LGBT people. A group of employees at Trulia developed the feature at an internal hackathon. The feature takes data gathered by the nonprofit […]

Deutsche Bank hit with housing discrimination lawsuit

The National Fair Housing Alliance, a nationwide consortium of nonprofit civil rights organizations, has filed suit against Deutsche Bank and its servicer and property management company, claiming the German banking and financial behemoth routinely neglected upkeep on foreclosed homes in Latino and black communities over nearly a decade. Filed in conjunction with 19 other fair […]

Majority of Americans believe home prices will go up

A majority of Americans believe home prices will go up over the next 12 months, but whether now is a good time to buy or sell is still up for debate, according to a Fannie Mae survey of household decision makers released on Wednesday. Fifty-eight percent of Americans believe home prices nationwide will increase in […]

Denver could be axing ‘slot homes’ as soon as March

If “slot homes” were properties filled with rows of gambling machines, they’d probably be a lot more popular. In reality, these multi-building developments with a unique (some would say ugly) configuration designed to pack more livable units into precious urban space have stirred up quite the controversy in the fast-growing city of Denver. So much […]

Property developer LeFrak backs ‘insurtech’ startup Jetty

Jetty — a startup in the growing ‘insurtech’ space working to upend insurance and security deposits for renters — just got a major vote of confidence in its mission from property developer LeFrak. LeFrak joined Jetty’s August Series A round as a late investor at the end of 2017. The company contributed to the $11.5 million […]

With housing plentiful, NYC landlords are offering more free rent

Average rental prices in Manhattan and Queens fell in January, and prices in Brooklyn rose modestly, as New York City landlords aggressively pushed a record number of concessions like or or two months free rent in the face of a citywide inventory glut, according to a new report. In Manhattan, where average rent for a […]

Is there a housing bubble in San Francisco?

For the past several years, real estate prices in San Francisco have risen dramatically. This was a welcome change amid the national recovery from the housing crisis of 2008 (and its aftereffects), but prices in the city are rising far faster than the national average. Is there a chance that this could represent a localized […]

February 2018
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
 1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728  

  • Polls

    What information you are looking for?

    View Results

    Loading ... Loading ...
  • Last month Results

    How Is My Site?

    • Good (100%, 3 Votes)
    • Excellent (0%, 0 Votes)
    • Bad (0%, 0 Votes)
    • Can Be Improved (0%, 0 Votes)
    • No Comments (0%, 0 Votes)

    Total Voters: 3

    Vote

    Loading ... Loading ...