Music Man: One Agent’s Journey From American Idol to Coldwell Banker With a stint as a fourth-place finalist on American Idol, three albums and an international tour under his belt, Jason Castro decided to settle into real estate. That doesn’t mean music is out of his life forever. “I still perform at least once a […]
Agent Sends Children of Buyers and Sellers to School for a Year Julia B. Fee Sotheby’s International Realty agent Jessica Chan sponsors the annual tuition for the Chinese School of Southern Westchester (CSSW). A first-generation Chinese American, Jessica Chan of Scarsdale, N.Y., was looking for a way to give back to the community. She didn’t […]
Gen Z’s First Home Purchase: Where to Buy and How Much to Save As the discussion over housing affordability has heated up, realtor.com calculates how much an 18-year-old today needs to save to purchase a home, while LendingTree compared metro areas to determine which cities offer most amenable conditions for first-time homebuyers. A new analysis […]
Tami Pardee, CEO and founder of Halton Pardee and Partners, talks with REAL Trends editor-in-chief, Tracey Velt about her time in the real estate industry and being named the number four team in transaction volume in the 2017 REAL Trends The Thousand.
International Team Wins Zillow’s $1 Million Prize for Improving Zestimates The winning trio, from the U.S., Canada and Morocco, teamed up in the final round of the contest. After nearly two years of competition among more than 3,800 teams from 91 countries, Zillow awarded the $1 million Zillow Prize in the contest to improve the […]
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Georgia Properties Unveils Initiative To Increase Agent Productivity Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Georgia Properties announced their VISION 2020 initiative at a company-wide kickoff event with over 1,200 attendees. Keynote messages were delivered by Chris Stuart, president CEO of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices and Dan Forsman, president & CEO of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Georgia Properties. Dan […]
Average U.S. Home Seller Profits Reached 12-Year High of $61,000 in 2018 Median Home Sale Prices Hit an All-Time High at $248,000 in 2018; Homeowners Staying Put Longer as Average Homeownership Tenure Rises to New High. ATTOM Data Solutions, curator of the nation’s premier property database, released its Year-End 2018 U.S. Home Sales Report, which shows […]
The Housing Affordability Conundrum Local governments are addressing the issue of housing affordability, and in some cases pursuing litigation, while private industry is looking for solutions to ensure workforce availability. Meanwhile, LendingTree offers a glimmer of hope for new homebuyers in 2019. Housing affordability is receiving much attention in recent days, with the news that […]
Overcoming Barriers to Millennial Homeownership There is no disputing that there are barriers to millennial homeownership. A recent study from the Federal Reserve found millennial homeownership for adults ages 24 to 32 fell 9 percent from 2005 to 2014, landing at 36 percent. The homeownership rate for the general population fell 4 percent, for an […]
Tech Roundup for Real Estate Professionals One thing is certain in real estate, companies are always innovating. Here’s a roundup of some new tech developments. NRT Rolls Out Desk in Beta
