‘Buyers Judge Homes By How Many Days’ on Market, Study Finds Homes get 3.4 times more online views the day they are listed than they do the day the seller drops the price, according to a new report from tech-powered brokerage Redfin. The analysis looked at Redfin.com pageviews for more than 1.2 million listings and found […]
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The Top 6 Leadership Competencies Everyone Should Know To Grow If you turn to most organizations—including your own—you’ll likely be able to list out the “core values” that anyone within the workplace should embody. Look in the break room, on the annual performance appraisal, or maybe on some cool tchotchke given out at an annual […]
Could Brexit’s Effects Impact U.S. Housing Market? With Britain in turmoil, questions abound about the effects of a ‘hard’ Brexit. Realtor.com forecasted the impact on U.S. homebuyers and sellers in 2019. The network forecasts modest inventory increases and softening sales for 2019. Now it’s suggesting those of us stateside might want to brace for the […]
New Trends in the Vacation Rental Industry A generation ago, booking a rental in the vacation rental industry was hard! In the early 1990s, travelers would call a central reservations line or look through classified ads in the newspaper, trying to find that weekend getaway, whether in a Colorado ski town or a Florida beach […]
Brokers: It’s Not All About the Money for Agents or Managers
Going ‘Indie’: How One Brokerage Went Against the Current and Found Success Though there were 120 independent brokerages in the 2019 REAL Trends 500, it seems the buzz is always surrounding the franchise networks.
Dotloop Founding Partners Launch Short-term Vacation Rental Brand D. Alexander , a vertically integrated real estate fund that owns and manages a portfolio of single-family vacation homes, has launched a hospitality brand for short-term vacation rental homes. According to a press release, the outfit will be operated like a boutique hotel to deliver consistent standards, modern […]
What Real Estate Professionals Should Know (and Tell Their Clients) About Homeowners Insurance Many homeowners arbitrarily pick their home insurance policy without knowing exactly what is covered, and by some estimates, 60% of U.S. homes are underinsured today. Making this mistake can be financially devastating when disaster strikes. Real estate professionals can help their clients […]
Houston Ranks Top Destination for Movers Houston holds steady as the No. 1 U.S. Destination City according to the latest U-Haul migration trends report, staking its claim to the top spot for the 10th consecutive year.
