Tips For Investors Buying Property At A Real Estate Auction For investors looking to purchase properties at an affordable price, real estate auctions provide a great opportunity to find a deal. First-time bidders may find the auction process a bit intimidating, but conducting some research ahead of time can provide substantial peace of mind on […]
Beta-testing Underway for AI-powered Digital Virtual Assistant Ylopo, a digital marketing platform for real estate, is beta-testing an AI-powered app–RAIYA, which stands for Real Estate Artificial Intelligence: Your Assistant. More than 300 Ylopo customers are trying RAIYA, a virtual assistant that employs big data to communicate with home shoppers via text and works as an […]
Real Estate Social Network LikeRE Names Chief Sales and Marketing Officer LikeRE.com, a real estate social network, has named Barb Perruccio as chief sales and marketing officer.
Century 21 HomeStar Creates New Role to Support Far-flung Agents Like other traditional brokerages, Century 21 HomeStar in Solon, Ohio, has undergone significant changes brought about by technological innovations. Broker/owner Tony Geraci says that around 2009, during the depths of the housing crisis, he consolidated offices to one location in northeastern Ohio. Because agents were […]
The Corcoran Group CEO Makes ‘Most Powerful Women in New York’ List Pamela Liebman, president and CEO of The Corcoran Group residential real estate brokerage firm, has been named to Crain’s New York Business’s 2019 “50 Most Powerful Women in New York” list. The Corcoran Group is a subsidiary of Realogy Holdings Corp. and part of […]
Housing Authorizations Edge Up, But Still Down from Last Year According to property database BuildFax, May 2019 showed a month-over-month single-family housing authorization increase of 0.46%–but a year-over-year decrease of 3.50%. The trailing three-month outlook (March to May 2019) decreased 4.76% – the sixth consecutive month of declining activity. This is in stark contrast to May 2018, when […]
Mortgage Startup Offers to Finance Buyers’ All-Cash Offers After completing its first round of venture funding, a Colorado-based mortgage company launched this spring with an appeal to homebuyers vying for properties in competitive real estate markets. They offer to buy a house for its customers and then lend them the money to buy it back.
Craig Hartranft’s Tips on Building a High-Performance Team Craig Hartranft, team lead for The Craig Hartranft Team at Berkshire Hathaway Homesale Realty in Lancaster, Pa., shares the keys that landed him on The Thousand. When Craig Hartranft left law enforcement for real estate in 1989, he was doing it all: coordinating appointments, showings and open houses, generating […]
Tips for Navigating the Home Inspection Process An agent’s responsibility toward their client — whether buyer or seller — often includes guiding through the home inspection. This is an extremely important part of the process, especially when a report is issued that recommends repairs. In almost all circumstances, remind your client an inspection is warranted.
Recent Home Price Increases Fuel Sellers’ Optimism Recent consumer findings from a National Association of Realtors®survey reveal that many more Americans believe that now is a good time to sell a home. The second quarter of 2019 saw a jump in optimism in selling, with 46% strongly holding that belief, up from 37% in the […]
