Nearly 60 percent of all spring home shoppers are considering a home that needs renovating, as rising home prices and limited entry-level inventory continue to be a hurdle, according to realtor.com®’s spring home buyer survey . Just over half of home buyers considering a home that needs some TLC are willing to spend more than $20,000 […]
Rethinking the Comparative Market Analysis The CMA is more than a means to determine a home’s value, it is key to building a business based on referrals. Many real estate professionals fail to understand how important the Comparative Market Analysis (CMA) is for their business. A well-researched, well-rehearsed and well-presented CMA is the most important […]
The Real Estate Standards Organization (RESO) announced the appointment of Sam DeBord as chief executive officer, effective immediately. DeBord brings 20 years of expertise in real estate brokerage, mortgage lending, and technology consulting to the 850-member organization.
Pro Teck Valuation Services’ monthly Home Value Forecast uses a number of leading real estate market-based indicators to report on activity in the single-family home markets in the U.S., and concludes the market is slowing down. Pro Teck Valuation Services’ monthly report of housing inventory is showing an increasing number of markets that have a […]
The largest RE/MAX franchise in the country will become the first brokerage to bring real-time buyer demand insights to Minnesota and Western Wisconsin. Minnesota-based RE/MAX Results has announced a company-wide launch of Buyside, a groundbreaking new platform providing its sales professionals and their customers unprecedented insight into the buyer demand in their marketplace. The platform […]
A transaction coordinator role handles tasks such as opening escrow and scheduling inspections and appraisals so that the real estate professional they serve can focus on lead generation.
iBuyer will make referrals when a customer’s home is ‘outside of its buying criteria.’ Agents pay referral fee only if the customer closes on a transaction Opendoor has announced a new initiative, the Opendoor Agent Partner Program, which pairs buyers and sellers with highly-rated real estate agents when it is the customer’s best option. As a […]
Home Inspection Pioneer Marks 40th Year April is National Home Inspection Month HouseMaster, a pioneer in the home inspection industry, is celebrating its 40th anniversary by taking a retrospective look at the industry. The company had its beginnings in the early 1970s, when founder Ken Austin met a builder who was trying to get the concept of […]
Hidden Costs of Selling a Home Come Under Scrutiny More than half of sellers with homes currently on the market are selling for the first time, and the costs associated with the process may come as an unwelcome surprise. Zillow and Thumbtack identified several common – but often overlooked – expenses to inform sellers as […]
Woof! Pet Friendly Cities Worth Speaking About (And Home Amenities Too) Just in time for National Hug Your Dog Day, tech-powered brokerage Redfin has joined forces with Rover, a networking platform to pet sitters, to rank the top cities for dog lovers. Seattle, Chicago and Denver top the list, compiled from over 14,000 cities across the country using Rover’s […]
