Home Values Fell Again in May Zillow reports a second straight month of declines as well as declining inventory. But rent increases paired with competitive mortgage rates should help the housing market. U.S. home values dropped for the second month in a row, according to the May Zillow® Real Estate Market Report. The typical U.S. […]
How to Answer When Asked “Will You Cut Your Commission?” We all know that commission is negotiable by law and yet I also believe that you have the right to earn what you deserve to earn, to support your family and run your business. And today’s consumers are savvier and more demanding than ever, aren’t […]
Nextdoor Announces New Real Estate Service, Your Home Nextdoor Inc. is rolling out a new service, Your Home, to provide real estate agents with greater visibility among neighbors as they build their local reputation at the neighborhood level. Nextdoor is built on the power of local, and, every day, neighbors are using Nextdoor to find trusted, useful, […]
Senior Housing Wealth Reaches a Record: $7.14 Trillion The National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association is reporting that homeowners 62 and older saw their housing wealth grow by 2.7 percent or $104 billion in the first quarter. That brings this demographic’s housing wealth to a record $7.14 trillion from Q4 2018, the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association reported in its […]
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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 […]
