The pandemic has seen a shift from living in nursing homes to living with family. Builders are jumping on that trend. More builders are adding floor plans to new homes that provide for multi-generational living arrangements. According to the CEOs of Lennar, Toll Brothers and others, they’ve seen an increase of home buyers looking for […]
Small businesses around the country are getting hammered, and individual owners of rental properties are no exception. What are the larger implications? When the pandemic began and an eviction moratorium was put in place, the cause was admirable. Shutdowns and economic uncertainty required an empathic hand when dealing with unemployed workers who also faced eviction. […]
Remote work, office space, retail—it all impacts the residential real estate industry. The pandemic brought about change at lightning speed. I rounded up just a few of the studies that show some of the more significant changes that will impact real estate: Remote Work. A survey of more than 300 national employers by advisory firm […]
Habitat Improvement and Increasing Wildlife Add Quantifiable Value to Rural Properties Land investors great and small know well the importance of location when choosing a property. What is less well known is the degree to which wildlife can add to the value of a property. Wildlife is so much more than an add-on to land […]
We woke up on January 21 to a different President. And for the LGBTQ community it literally was the dawn of a new era. President Biden wasted no time in making good on his campaign promise to restore rights to the LGBTQ community and make enactment of the Equality Act a top legislative priority. He […]
Resolutions Fail? Try the 6-Step MATRIX for Real Change While many people try to use the beginning of the year as a springboard for change, resolutions often fail when people attempt them without first evaluating their performance from the previous year with questions such as: What went well and how can I optimize it? Where […]
Linda O’Koniewski, CEO of Leading Edge Real Estate in Boston discusses lessons learned rebranding from a franchise to an independent, literally overnight, and her company’s innovative new program for virtual teams and brokers called Leading Edge Affiliate Partner Program, or LEAP. Today’s REAL Trending features an interview with Linda O’Koniewski, CEO of Leading Edge […]
Video is an incredibly powerful medium and its value to the real estate industry is only increasing. By 2022, online videos will make up more than 82% of all consumer internet traffic — 15 times higher than it was in 2017, according to Cisco. That is because video is more engaging, more memorable, drives more […]
The latest in real estate technology news. Asteroom 3D Tour Technology Powers 2020 HomebuyingAsteroom, the first smartphone-based provider of mobile 3-D tours and home imaging for real estate professionals, is ending an impressive yet tumultuous year that saw the imaging startup disrupt the 3D tour space with monumental growth. “At the time of our launch […]
Real estate can be a highly competitive business, and that goes double when inventory is low. So how can a real estate agent expand available offerings to clients? By scouting out unusual homes from unconventional sources. These properties might include: Tiny homes Converted churches, schools etc. Off-grid homes Historic homes Kit homes Container homes Extreme […]
