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Why the MLS might be your best defense against Zillow

There are two immense and immediate problems in the real estate industry, and one near-future problem can be solved by the MLS systems acting as the market innovators. But the window of opportunity to execute is nearly closed, and once this opportunity is lost it will never be available again. I inadvertently identified and framed […]

1 in 5 voters say housing policies matter come November

The Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University released its 2016 State of the Nation’s Housing report this week, giving us a snapshot of the housing issues that plague many Americans. Affordable housing, concentrated poverty and the seemingly insurmountable obstacles to homeownership make the top of the list. On the bright side, the JCHS panelists […]

Why ‘Brexit’ happened — and why it’s good news for the economy

Two things above all: Brexit is excellent news for Europe and the world, and the overnight market panic is overdone and not a sign of economic trouble to come. Markets first. How could markets get Brexit so wrong? Just as the ballot tally began last night, the U.S. 10-year T-note rose to 1.75 percent, along […]

Why (not) to worry about ‘Brexit’

We all know now that Brexit is not the name of a new breakfast muffin being served at Starbucks. Yesterday, UK voters voted in support of a referendum to decide whether the United Kingdom should leave or remain in the European Union. The anti-EU supporters won by 52 percent to 48 percent. Almost 72 percent […]

Pricing mistake No. 5: The big price-drop fumble

So let’s say you took an overpriced listing. No shame in that. It happens. The question is – what are you going to do about it now? Here’s what most agents do. They’ll wait a month or two, then call the sellers and tell them it’s time to do a “price improvement” or a “price adjustment.” […]

How to find work-life balance in real estate by choosing the right allies

The day after celebrating her 30th birthday, Keller Williams top seller Rachel Adams was looking through photos and reaching her last straw. She’d already had a big wake-up call a couple of days earlier after a meeting with health and life coach, Nina Rowan Heller, at Keller Williams headquarters in Austin, Texas — which revealed that her life […]

Advice for first-time sellers

In this week’s video, Peter Lorimer of PLG Estates gives advice to first-time sellers — something almost every agent will have to do at some point. Source: click here

How much home the rent buys in the 40 most expensive US cities

Written with the help of Maurice Finley; reposted with permission from Free and Clear. In March, Free and Clear released our first analysis of how much home you could buy based on the median rent in the 20 most expensive U.S. cities. The analysis sparked a lot of interest and touched upon important issues such as sky rocketing rents […]

3 elements your listings can’t survive without

Online property listings are the first step in almost every real estate sale these days, so it is crucial that yours be in great shape. Attracting buyers with listings can be a challenge for many real estate agents, but if you keep these three things in mind, it’s easy to use them effectively. 1. Don’t […]

Brexit: Something is rotten in Denmark

Reposted with permission from Pacific Union. To say that global financial markets were not pricing in Brexit prior to the vote is an understatement. Financial markets have gone haywire overnight, with many recalling the sell-off following the Lehman Brothers collapse in 2008. While volatility will stay with us for some time, the current situation is nothing […]

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