New LendingTree Study Ranks the States With the Highest and Lowest Average Down Payment Down payment percentages for conventional 30-year, fixed-rate mortgages. The average down payment on a U.S. home fell in the third quarter, though down payments as a percentage of purchase price remained about the same. Online lender LendingTree released its quarterly report […]
Thomas Kolding, 15, ran away from New Jersey home Oct. 30 A former REAL Trends executive, Nicolai Kolding, announced on social media that his missing son, Thomas Kolding, 15, was found in Philadelphia. Nicolai Kolding, of Mountain Lakes, N.J., served as a senior vice president at REAL Trends from 2009-2012. More recently, Kolding served as […]
How To Maintain The Willpower To Achieve Your Goals Success takes a lot of hard work, and if you want to achieve your goals, you must work hard. But no one pushes themselves that hard or perspires that much without strong motivation and willpower. Some people, lose motivation over time and want to learn how to […]
New team members Trish Glodava and Toni Lapp bring experience to the brokerage consulting and content teams at REAL Trends.
Recovery from the Housing Bust Can Vary Greatly Within Markets Whether a homeowner has regained the value lost during the housing bust is largely driven by how many nearby homes went through foreclosure. In most large markets, areas with the fewest foreclosures during the housing bust have recovered significantly more than areas with the most […]
It’s a Time of Change in the Real Estate Industry With mergers and acquisitions being announced seemingly every week, companies are getting very focused on their value proposition and what they provide. Many real estate technology companies begin by solving the problems of individual agents, who are on the frontlines of real estate. It’s also […]
Tom Ferry, real estate coaching extraordinaire and CEO of Tom Ferry International joins us to talk about the trends (and the challenges to these trends) he sees in the industry with a specific focus on teams and agents. Tom shares what broker owners can do to lead their teams to success and how to […]
In a world where more people are questioning the value of a physical office when mobile computing and networks allow practically everything to be done outside the office, the traditional real estate “office” is evolving into a very different animal. Through this evolution, brokers are questioning the value of the borderless office and its impact […]
Equity Rich U.S. Properties Increase to New High of 14.5 Million In Q3 2018 Equity Rich Properties Represent 25.7 Percent of U.S. Properties; Share of Seriously Underwater Properties Drops to 8.8 Percent; Report Includes Home Equity Breakdown by Zip Code ATTOM Data Solutions, curator of the nation’s premier property database, released its Q3 2018 U.S. […]
Switch Ventures Led the Round with Participation from Stanford Associated Accelerator StartX Luxury Presence has announced a $2.13 million seed round of funding. Luxury Presence, a technology company providing real estate marketing and website design services to the world’s leading agents and brokers, today announced a $2.13 million seed round of funding led by Switch Ventures with investments […]
