To Stand Alone or Not? Real Estate CRM Options Your CRM should be the hub of all things technology in your brokerage. It should be the glue that ties your sales associates to your firm and provides so much value that sales associates aren’t afraid to share their contacts. Most importantly, having a feature-rich CRM […]
Trends Come to Fruition Future trends shared at the Gathering of Eagles over ten years ago are now business as usual. Many years ago, we had the pleasure of having Rich Barton, then and now CEO of Zillow, and Channing Dawson, co-founder of HGTV, present to our guests at the Gathering of Eagles. We thought […]
What’s Impacting the Value of Your Firm? Key factors to consider when evaluating the value of your brokerages. REAL Trends performed between 200 and 250 formal valuations in the past year—about equal to the year before that, and 50 percent more than in years before that. While some of these are for the sale or […]
Three Keys to Become More Resilient Research finds that resilient people excel in problem solving, positive communication, emotional intelligence, and emotional regulation. They are also more hopeful and optimistic, and have higher levels of self-esteem. These are all characteristics we associate with successful realtors.
It’s A New CFPB Public statements and actions by Director Kathy Kraninger shed some light on her approach to financial services regulation and enforcement. The Senate confirmed Kathy Kraninger as Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director in December 2018, following a year-long stint by Mick Mulvaney as Acting Director. Given her lack of a financial […]
April Showings Are Sluggish Market Sees Ninth Straight Month of Diminished Year-Over-Year Activity. Key Points: April saw a 6.5 percent year-over-year decrease in showing activity across the U.S. despite a drop in mortgage rates; the West Region, down 11.1 percent, again recorded the largest year-over-year decline of all four regions For the seventh consecutive month, […]
Atlanta’s Path & Post Brokerage Now Offers iBuyer Services “If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em,” might be the philosophy behind a growing number of traditional brokerages now offering iBuyer services. Recently, an independent brokerage, Atlanta-based Path & Post Real Estate, joined the fray. In May, it announced a new division of its firm called Path & […]
Rent Prices Showing Strong Growth Fewer rental listings nationwide are advertising concessions – move-in specials such as rent discounts, gift cards, ride share offers or free streaming services – than one year ago, according to a new HotPads® analysis.
A Double Whammy: Pending Home Sales and Median Home Values Fell in April Someone once wrote “April is the cruelest month,” which could be applied to home sales this year. According to the National Association of Realtors, pending home sales declined in April, a modest change from the growth seen a month before.
iBuyers Are Here But at What Cost? Opinion For an industry that has stayed as traditional as possible in the face of digital disruption, the rapid rise of home-buying companies armed with algorithms to sniff out deals and snap up properties presents a new paradigm for U.S. real estate. Tech companies have entered the game, […]
