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Outstanding first mortgage balances nearing recession-era levels

Outstanding first mortgage balances reached $8.8 trillion in February as debt barreled ever closer to an all-time high of $9 trillion tallied in 2008, in the midst of the housing crisis. Source: click here

For Miss Texas, a 23-year-old Re/Max agent, the sky’s the limit

For the ambitious Generation Z, no dream is out of reach. That’s certainly the case for 23-year-old Logan Lester, a real estate agent who launched her career straight out of college and, while already holding the title of Miss Texas, is currently juggling preparations for the big Miss USA pageant in May. Source: click here

3 marketing mavericks who are killin’ it in real estate

If you take 100 real estate agents and look at their marketing plans, 99 seem to be cut from the same cloth. It’s that unique one who stands out from the rest. I took a look around the country, and these three agents caught my eye with their out-of-the-box marketing ideas. Source: click here

March jobs report falls short after a stellar February

After a strong February, this month’s U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics employment situation report fell a bit short– an unwelcome piece of news for the housing industry, which was hoping last month’s construction jobs boom would be the key to solving the inventory shortage. The report shows that total non-farm payroll employment rose by 103,000 […]

What’s the true cost of maintaining a home every year?

Did you know that homeowners will spend between 1 percent and 2 percent of their home’s value on upgrades and upkeep annually? This percentage is in addition to their mortgage payments and typical monthly expenses.  Source: click here

Embodying Parker Principle 4: Enforcing ethical standards to increase professionalism

I went for a walk in the desert and found some perspective. No, there was no peyote involved. Still, it was a pretty awesome trip. What was the Inman Disconnect experience like? Well, here is my take as a humble real estate agent among a grouping of industry CEOs, executives, broker/owners and innovators. Source: click here

4 things you should never say when prospecting FSBOs

Earning the business of a FSBO seller is about knowing the right and wrong things to say. Here are four ways you can flip your script, earn the trust of your FSBO prospects and grow your business. Source: click here

DOJ and FTC to hold real estate competition workshop June 5 in D.C.

It’s official: The Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission will hold a joint workshop on real estate competition on June 5 in Washington, D.C., the FTC announced Thursday. Source: click here

MLS Grid launches first in Chicago, with plans to expand across the U.S.

MLS Grid, a company formed by several multiple listings services (MLSs) that aims to help brokers and brokerages by unifying and further standardizing property information that brokers get from the MLSs, has launched its shared data platform in the Chicagoland area to start. Source: click here

Fastest-growing markets in the U.S. are in the South and West

When it comes to booming population growth, the South and West are winning the race, according to the latest government data. Source: click here

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