Merger of Coldwell Banker Brokerages Forms One of Nation’s Largest Franchises Coldwell Banker Paradise joins Schmidt Family of Companies. Vero Beach, Fla.-based Coldwell Banker Paradise announced that it has merged with the Schmidt Family of Companies to create one of the world’s largest independently-owned Coldwell Banker franchises and one of the nation’s largest real estate firms […]
Realty Goes ‘Over the Edge’ to Raise Money for Brain Cancer Research For the third year in a row, the Pacific Sotheby’s International Realty Team of “Edgers” rappelled down one of the tallest buildings in San Diego to support funding to find a cure for brain cancer. As the largest team participating in 2018 Over […]
The Changing Demographics of First-time Homebuyers Single women are one of the fastest-growing demographics in the housing market, according to realtor.com research. The future of real estate will be significantly influenced by women, millennials and Hispanics, according to realtor.com®‘s analysis of first names on 2018 home sales deeds.
Holly Pasut, author of “A Strange Path to Freedom”, talks with REAL Trends editor-in-chief, Tracey Velt about her time as a North Carolina real estate agent and her lessons learned from her time spent in prison for mortgage fraud.
Realogy Appoints Equifax CTO Bryson Koehler to Board of Directors Bryson Koehler
Renting More Affordable Than Buying in Majority of U.S. Housing Markets Home prices outpacing wages in 80 percent of the U.S. housing markets, according to new report. Property database curator ATTOM Data Solutions released its 2019 Rental Affordability Report, which shows that renting a three-bedroom property is more affordable than buying a median-priced home in 442 […]
Tom Ferry International Offers The HUB to ALL Real Estate Professionals Real estate’s top-ranked coach makes technology system available for all agents and boasts a revolutionary feature — the first and only 24/7 video role play service in real estate. Tom Ferry International announces that it is making its all-in-one technology suite for real estate […]
Stocks Or Real Estate? Gen X’ers and older Millennials (35- to 44-year-olds) were hit hardest by the housing bust just as they reached prime first-time home-buying age. Less than half of homebuyers and sellers between the ages of 35 and 44 believe that real estate is a better long-term investment than the stock market, according […]
Each $1,000 Increase in Home Price Pushes 127,560 Buyers Out of Range According to a recent study by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), a $1,000 increase in the cost of a median-priced newly-built home pushes 127,560 prospective buyers out of the market. In other words, based on their incomes, these households would be […]
Delinquency Rates in October Dropped to the Lowest Level in 18 Years CoreLogic Loan Performance Insights find U.S. serious delinquency rate was the lowest since November 2006. CoreLogic®, a leading global property information, analytics and data-enabled solutions provider, released its monthly Loan Performance Insights Report. The report shows that, nationally, 4.1 percent of mortgages were in […]
