‘Seriously Underwater’ U.S. Properties On the Rise ATTOM Data Solutions, property database curator, released its Q1 2019 U.S. Home Equity & Underwater Report, which shows that at the end of the first quarter of 2019, more than 5.2 million U.S. properties were “seriously underwater,” an increase of 17,000 properties from a year ago. ATTOM defines […]
Asian-Americans Forming Influential Homebuying Demographic Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) are the fastest-growing demographic in this country, with numbers exceeding 25 million by some projections. Yet, the group suffers from misrepresentation that leads to missed economic opportunities, according to the Asian Real Estate Association of America (AREAA).
Homesnap Announces 1 Million Milestone Homesnap, a provider of technology solutions to the real estate industry, has announced a milestone: One million agents across the country now have access to its platform, including the mobile productivity app Homesnap Pro. Homesnap partners with over 200 multiple listing services (MLSs) to provide Homesnap Pro as their mobile […]
Tech Roundup: Act Growth Suite Debuts, Tornado Data Now Out, BHHS Partners with Adwerx New Platform from Swiftpage Integrates Real Estate Sales and Marketing Swiftpage, the provider of Act, a leading cloud-enabled CRM and marketing automation platform aimed at helping real estate professionals and businesses grow, has announced the debut of Act Growth Suite, an […]
Facebook Rolls Out Marketing Tools for Small Businesses Coinciding with National Small Business Week, Facebook is announcing tools making it easier for entrepreneurs to manage and promote their businesses across its platforms, such as Automated Ads, appointments and new video editing tools.
National Housing Survey Reveals a Mixed Bag for Real Estate The Fannie Mae Home Purchase Sentiment Index® dipped 1.5 points in April to 88.3, dropping after March’s 5.5-point jump, and down 3.5 points from the same time last year. The number of Americans who say it is a good time to buy a home decreased 8 percentage […]
REAL Trending Episode 46
The Life Of A Lead The best CRM is the one an agent uses. Building on existing relationships will keep your business thriving. Affter a year in real estate operations, I’ve chosen to return to the ranks of real estate software. I hope to put my experience to use helping improve technological efficiencies and engagement […]
2019 Residential Real Estate Market Update Australia And New Zealand What’s happening in these very different real estate markets? With house prices falling significantly in the major cities in Australia, the inevitable question is “will the downturn spread to New Zealand in 2019?” The two real estate markets are different, so we need to examine […]
A Shrinking FHA Footprint In 2019? An update to the TOTAL Mortgage Scorecard may foreshadow additional Federal Housing Administration (FHA) restrictions over the coming years. The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) announced on March 14 that it’s updating its TOTAL Mortgage Scorecard to redefine which loans need to be manually underwritten. While the impact of this […]
