What Real Estate Agents Can Learn From Designers When Staging a Home Homebuying season is here, which means homeowners are busy getting their houses ready for the market. Many will look to their real estate agent for recommendations and perhaps even a design intervention. In a recent poll from the National Association of Realtors, 28 percent […]
Average Wage-Earners Can’t Afford Median-Priced Homes In Majority of U.S. Markets Home prices are less affordable than the historic average in 49 percent of local markets; 65 percent of markets less affordable than a year ago. Median home prices in the first quarter of 2019 were not affordable for average wage earners in 335 of […]
Zillow Now Has More Than 100 Canadian Listing Partners Zillow® has shared that more than 100 brokerages and franchisors have signed agreements to display listings on Zillow.com and Zillow’s mobile app. Brokerages that have recently signed on include Royal Le Page Urban, Royal Le Page Innovate, MaxWell Realty and Plintz Real Estate.
ERA Real Estate Announces 2019 Award Winners ERA Real Estate, a leading global real estate franchisor, last week recognized a number of outstanding brokerages and agents for their tremendous performance and demonstrations of brand leadership at the 2019 FUEL ERA® global conference, held March 19-22 in Las Vegas.
Three Housing Reports Present a Mixed Bag: Fewer Bidding Wars, More Inventory Both reports show conditions are more favorable to buyers. Realestate.com issued a report specifying that condition are particularly good for first-time buyers seeking starter homes. While Seattle-based Redfin issued a recent report noting that bidding wars are on the decline, Pittsburgh-based West Penn Multi-List […]
Thursday Is the Best Day to List a Home Redfin study found homes listed on Thursday sell for $3,015 more than those listed on Monday and go under contract in 5 fewer days than those listed on Sunday, on average. Homes listed on Thursday tend to sell for more money and in less time than […]
Fear of Housing Discrimination Prevents LGBT Homeownership National Association of Gay & Lesbian Real Estate Professionals finds fear of discrimination impacts LGBT community in several ways; meanwhile, its study shows LGBT real estate pros outperform the average. LGBT homeownership rates are 16 percent below the national average, according to a report from the National Association […]
Builders: February Housing Starts Down After Single-Family Surge in January Total housing starts fell 8.7 percent in February to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.16 million units from an upwardly revised reading in January, according to a report from the U.S. Housing and Urban Development and Commerce Department.
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