Myths Of Selling
HOUSES are selling faster than hot cakes – so why do we need to bother working hard to sell our home?
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.
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.
Top 3 Improvements to Make your Listings Shine
PREPARING to sell your home and hoping to get the best possible price from your buyers?
Well, a bit of careful thought and preparation of your house can help you achieve that higher asking price without having to spend a lot of money first.
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?
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.
2020 Housing Market: What the Experts Think
By Suzanne De Vita
Balance.
Everyone felt it at the start of the year—conditions leveling, the market yin and yanging. About half of Power Brokers sensed it, too—that the current cycle's ending, and a different dynamic's emerging. Now, with two months left in 2019, the consensus is similar…but certain factors remain unclear.