NerdWallet today released the results of its 2018 Home Buyer Report, which revealed that despite low inventory, rising home prices and higher costs of living, 75 percent of Americans still say buying a home “is a priority,” and 35 percent of Americans plan to purchase a home within the next five years. Out of all […]
Independent regional giant Howard Hanna Real Estate Services is bolstering its presence in the greater Toledo, Ohio, market with the acquisition of the market’s number four player, Welles Bowen Realtors. Welles Bowen, which has served the Northwest Ohio market for over 100 years, brings over 150 agents and 10 offices to Howard Hanna, which already […]
Although technology has made real estate transactions quicker, more seamless and increasingly transparent, it has also made buyers, sellers and real estate professionals vulnerable to cybercriminals looking to cash in. In the past year, $969 million have been stolen from buyers via escrow scams — something cybercrime professionals say will continue to grow in popularity. Last […]
Home prices continued to soar nationwide in November, rising 6.2 percent, a modest uptick from year-over-year 6.1 percent gains tallied a month earlier, according to the latest S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S National Home Price NSA Index released on Tuesday. Fueled in part by historically low inventory, home prices in Seattle, Las Vegas and San Francisco climbed […]
Building product manufacturers displayed some two dozen football fields worth of wares at the International Builders Show earlier this month in Orlando. Here, culled from the thousands of sinks, faucets, cabinets, toilets and numerous other product categories, are a dozen that caught the eye of this reporter. If they catch on with builders, they could […]
Seller leads are the lifeblood of any listing business, and the best way to ensure your success as a listing agent is to find reliable sources of these leads. Although this sounds simple enough, it can be a serious challenge. Even the greenest of agents knows that FSBOs and expired listings are potential sources of […]
Camera first is the marketing mantra for 2018. Tomorrow’s consumer expects you to be the star of your own show, and being the star of your own show isn’t about ego or fame, it’s simply about communicating in the most human way possible — eye-to-eye, screen-to-screen. Creating content that connects requires speaking to the consumer […]
Every year seems to bring the same old advice for real estate agents. Make more phone calls. Network more. Join a Mastermind. Door-knock! Of course, changing up your daily or weekly routine will almost inevitably make a difference in your bottom line. But for those of you (like me) who like a more dramatic change, […]
You don’t have to be a real estate agent very long to realize you’re not the only fish in the pond. In fact, according to the National Association of Realtors, there are an estimated 2 million active real estate licensees. NAR also claims that in 2015, approximately 5,250,000 existing homes were sold. If you do […]
We’ll add more market news briefs throughout the day. Check back to read the latest. Most recent market news Wednesday, January 31 Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey Mortgage applications decreased 2.6 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week […]
Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
29 | 30 | 31 |