We’ll add more market news briefs throughout the day. Check back to read the latest. Most recent market news: Wednesday, April 5 Attom Data Solutions: 2016 property tax analysis States with the highest effective property tax rates were New Jersey (2.31 percent), Illinois (2.13 percent); Texas (2.06 percent); New Hampshire (2.03 percent); and Vermont (2.02 […]
I have been a residential real estate broker for more than 30 years for LA’s Westside and the Beverly Hills area. When a home belongs to my clients’ elderly parent — the one that mom or dad can no longer live in or care for — I sometimes inadvertently find myself playing the role of […]
First-time homebuyers can be challenging clients, as they’ve perhaps been engrossed in “DIY” TV shows or are otherwise under the impression that a rehab project is the way to go for their first home. I once had a nice young couple who was purchasing their first home. They weren’t married yet, and the young gentleman […]
A decade ago, selling a house came with a special set of challenges. The inventory of homes on the market kept growing and prices went down.We were in a strong buyer’s market and had to think of creative ways to get home hunters to even look at our listings.Prior to that — and before the housing […]
Reposted with permission — show notes and credits available here. If you’re going to sell your home, at least put some pants on. That’s what today’s guest, Jay Thompson, wanted to say to a pair of homesellers. Listen as Thompson talks about the time he rolled into a showing only to find both owners at […]
I recently was in a two-day Counsel of Residential Specialist (CRS) seminar, taught by Gee Dunsten of Maryland, which Amherst Madison Legacy had brought to Boise, Idaho, for our agents as well as the Realtor community at large. The subject of the material was homesellers and how we can provide more value to them in […]
Gary Gold’s listing and selling of the Playboy Mansion came about as the result of helping three different people for no instant gratification. You never know what connection, conversation or gesture could lead to the phone call of your dreams. Real estate’s ups and downs can give even the best agents whiplash — on any […]
A CEO announcement or two here, a dip in transaction volume there — bits of news dropped like dots on a map. Connected, they form a bigger picture: 10 executive-level shifts in nine months, and the makings of a seemingly aggressive regrouping strategy.That’s the current situation at Realogy, one of the biggest power-players in the real […]
Real estate agents who use Riley, a concierge service that sends text messages on behalf of agents, sometimes wake up to a treat that’s better than breakfast in bed: buttered-up leads.The “text center” has grown by leaps and bounds in the last year, and now the company has clinched $3.1 million in funding, fresh off its graduation from the […]
For most professionals, a sizeable chunk of the day is spent hurriedly opening, reading and replying to emails, sometimes without giving much thought to the validity and safety of those messages. The National Association of Realtors (NAR) is seeking to change that with its latest warning about a possible phishing scam targeting NAR members. The email, […]
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