Showing Traffic Declines for the First Time in 12 Months in the South West Region declines year-over-year for ninth month in a row; Midwest, Northeast also record consecutive-month decreases. Key Points: The South Region recorded a 3.8 percent year-over-year decline in showing activity in October, its first decline in 12 months, while the U.S. declined […]
Changing Views Do you provide enough value to teams and agents? Trends in the movement of top teams and agents between brokerage firms. According to Broker Metrics, as of May 2018, there are about 264,000 Realtors® who change brokerage firms each year. Also, more than four out of five of the top 15,000 agents and […]
Are You Pushing Strings? Are you over-committed to an uncommitted group of sales associates? “Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all.”
CFPB’s New Rulemaking Agenda Identifies Priorities New agenda identifies regulatory matters and insight into the Bureau’s priorities. On Oct. 17, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) released its 2018 Fall Rulemaking Agenda; its second agenda under Acting Director Mick Mulvaney’s leadership. The 2018 Agenda identifies regulatory matters that the CFPB “reasonably anticipates” considering […]
Why is Real Estate So Unique? In this series, Warren Dow compares the tech side of the industry with the brokerage side for some interesting insights.
Part Two: Modern Day Disruptors 1995 to Today In part two of our series on real estate industry disruptors, we discuss the companies who set out to disrupt the industry between 1995 to current times. Every news report you see includes the buzzword disruptors. The truth is that innovators and entrepreneurs have continually disrupted the industry. […]
Advice About Selling Your Firm How to clean up your financials and other data to facilitate a profitable sale. Throughout REAL Trends’ 31 years, we’ve brokered and advised on nearly 800 transactions in the residential real estate industry. We usually represent the sell side of the deal and work with firms that range in size […]
Public Market Valuations Real estate brokerage firms or tech businesses? You may have noticed that, over the last few months’, Wall Street has been punishing real estate¬-related stocks based on the news that housing sales are down year-over-year. As of this writing date, Realogy, RE/MAX, Redfin and Zillow are all well off their peak stock […]
September Home Prices Increased by 5.6 Percent Year Over Year Home prices expected to increase in near future despite housing slowdown. Younger millennials want to purchase a home, but affordability is a significant obstacle. Nevada and Idaho were the only states to post double-digit annual price growth in September. Home price growth projected to slow […]
Which Cities Are At Risk? San Francisco, LA are at the highest risk of a housing bubble. The price of housing has experienced a boom in many cities in North America and around the world over the last few years. Many of these cities are now experiencing reduced housing demand as potential home buyers struggle […]
