The Benefits of Choosing a Career in Real Estate
LOOKING for a new career where you are in control of both your hours and your income? Becoming a real estate agent may be an ideal fit. Most jobs have you reporting to a boss and constrained by a rigid workday or an hourly pay packet which never allows you to jump ahead.
Best Ways to Market Yourself As a REALTOR®
As a realtor, you need to be able to market yourself to potential clients. In a world that has become heavily reliant on technology, it is important to make sure you are using a modern approach to acquiring clients.
Helping Your Clients Narrow Down Search Criteria
BUYING a new home is exciting – but also rather overwhelming.
After all, the buyers have so many choices and options to consider when looking for their next dream home it can become a bit of a needle in a haystack affair.
Realtor.com® Housing Forecast: Sellers to Maintain the Market Advantage
The 2020 housing market was full of surprises. Despite a health pandemic impacting nearly all segments of everyday life, real estate was resilient. Realtor.com® recently released its 2021 housing forecast, predicting that inventory will make a slow and steady comeback, providing buyers with much-needed relief. However, increasing interest rates and prices will continue to pose a challenge on affordability throughout the year.
Why is Continuing Education so Important for REALTORS®?
LEARNING never stops – and neither should it. As the world around us continues to change and evolve, so must we along with it.
Would you be happy seeing a doctor who had not looked at any medical advances in the past 20 years? Would you be satisfied using a lawyer who had not stayed abreast of legal changes in recent decades?
How Secure are the Projections for the Housing Market in 2021?
IS 2021 a good time to move to a new house? What is happening in the property market?
Excellent questions but hard to find solid answers in this unusual time with the pandemic still showing no signs of abating.
Despite Pandemic, Home Prices Rise
The coronavirus global health crisis and the economic havoc it has wreaked were not enough to deter a rise in home prices so far this year. According to the Radian Home Price Index (HPI), home prices across the U.S. rose in the first six months of 2020 at an annualized rate of 6.3 percent.
Market Recovery Survey: Buyers Making Their Way Back
The real estate rebound is coming as buyers continue making their way back onto the market, according to the recently released 2020 Market Recovery Survey from the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR). The survey, which received over 2,000 responses from REALTORS®, shows that market recovery is happening at this very moment. Of those surveyed, 92 percent said their buyers have either already returned to the market or they never left.
3 Inexpensive Upgrades that can Increase the Value of your Home
Most people take great pride in making their home more appealing, and homeowners can spend hundreds or thousands each year on improvements and alterations. One of the main things to consider when choosing an improvement project is how much value it could potentially add to your residence. You also need to think about the overall cost of the project. Here are some inexpensive improvements that can increase the value of your home:
Pantone’s 2020 Color of the Year
The Pantone Color Institute is the business unit within Pantone that highlights the top seasonal design colors, selects the Pantone Color of the Year, forecasts global color trends, and advises companies on color for product and brand visual identity. Through seasonal trend forecasts, color psychology, and color consulting, the Pantone Color Institute partners with global brands to effectively leverage the power, psychology, and emotion of color in their design strategy.
Avoiding Legal Pitfalls When Transferring to a New Broker
Deciding to leave your brokerage and transfer to a new company can be a difficult decision for an agent. Issues surrounding the agent’s active listings as well as pending transactions can pose logistical problems that must be considered to assure that clients continue to receive full representation and that pending contracts are not negatively impacted.