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Daily market update: February 16, 2017

We’ll add more market news briefs throughout the day. Check back to read the latest. Ellie Mae’s Origination Insights Report for January 2017: Closing time for all loans increased slightly in January to 51 days. The average 30-year rate for all loans increased to 4.31 in January, up from 4.05 in December. 69 percent of […]

Will rental homes depress new home sales in 2017?

Over the past three years, new homes have been on fire, increasing every year. Last year they were up 12.2 percent over 2015 and reached the highest annual total since 2006. With every sales increase, new homes are helping to fill the inventory deficits that plague most markets. However, sales could have been even better. […]

HP selects two real estate brands for a national television ad campaign

As part of its “Meet The Intern” campaign, tech company HP filmed a series of commercials showcasing Fox Sports host and Extra co-host Charissa Thomson interning at four companies. Two of them were Giveback Homes and The Boutique Real Estate Group — two hallmark brands within the real estate industry. The campaign ads, which began airing on […]

How can expensive cities provide affordable housing for workers?

As housing prices rise, the heart of the middle class gets squeezed out. In Los Angeles, increases in prices not only provoke workers to leave, but they also make it harder for small businesses to flourish. On February 8, the Southland Regional Association of Realtors (SRAR) hosted the Housing Our Workers forum to discuss how to solve […]

Inman launches Indie Broker Summit for the bold industry mavericks

Are you a new breed of broker owner who gets technology, created a magnetic culture, crafted a memorable brand and integrated social giving into your company’s DNA? When you watch the bloated incumbents in your market, do you know in your gut that you can steal market share? If so, Inman has an exciting new place […]

Brad Inman’s live blog: Keller Williams Family Reunion unfolds

Inman’s publisher blogs live from Keller Williams Family Reunion.(function() { var lb24 = document.createElement(‘script’); lb24.type = ‘text/javascript’; lb24.id = ’24lbScript’; lb24.async = true; lb24.charset=”utf-8″; lb24.src = ‘//v.24liveblog.com/embed/24.js?id=1375058’; (document.getElementsByTagName(‘head’) || document.getElementsByTagName(‘body’)).appendChild(lb24);})(); … Source: click here

Inman Hacker Connect for technophiles heads to the West Coast

Following on the success of Inman’s Hacker Connect New York, a day-long event created by and for the real estate technology community, Hacker Connect will make its West Coast debut in San Francisco on Monday, August 7. This is a must-attend event for anyone involved in real estate technology including: engineers, developers, designers, product managers, […]

The case for killing the term ‘Realtor’

Given all the things in real estate that require deep discussion — conversations that often tax the brain — I found myself pleasantly drawn to a light Facebook post recently about the Realtor moniker.The discussion rallied around its widely spread mispronunciation, which flies in the face of how the N.A.R. (the National Association of Realtors, […]

Five technology tips in five minutes: Steve Pacinelli

“Don’t use technology for technology’s sake” and four more quick — but incredibly useful — tips from BombBomb’s vice president of strategic marketing, Steve Pacinelli…. Source: click here

The best and worst places to be a real estate agent

If you hang your shingle in Honolulu, you are working in the best place in the country — and not just because of the weather.But if you practice your craft in Jackson, Mississippi, you’re in the worst place to list and sell real estate.Which is to say that the time-worn homily “location, location, location” applies […]

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