CoreLogic Reports August Home Prices Increased by 5.5 Percent Year Over Year Homeowners Expect Sale of Current Home to Fund Downpayment for Next Purchase. Homeowners waiting to sell, hoping to afford larger down payment on next home Nevada and Idaho were the only states to post double-digit annual price growth in August Home prices projected to increase 4.7 […]
A tribute to one of the most important figures of our times
When Paul Carlson, president of Five Star Real Estate in Grand Rapids, Mich., started his search for a platform to run his brokerage, he found he was frustrated very quickly.
Decline in Year-Over-Year Showing Activity Shows Anomalies as Buyer Demand Remains Strong in Most of U.S. Hurricane Florence doesn’t slow activity in the South; rest of country experiences a year-over-year decrease
Coming from a technology background, Warren Dow is now with a brokerage. Find out what he views as the disconnect between brokerage and technology and what you need to know.
Changing demographics and an imbalance in housing stock are two concerns of today’s market You read the headline, “lowest unemployment rate in 50 years achieved in October 2018.” Not since 1969 has the unemployment rate been this low. Real wages and household incomes are growing at the fastest rate since the early 2000s.
Rethink what it means to be competitive by injecting creativity The most successful business people I know focus more on creation than they do competition. In fact, the way to compete is by being the most creative. I often hear “Competition is what made this country great!” I will argue that competition caused someone to be more creative, and it is creativity […]
Acting CFPB Director Mick Mulvaney is reexamining the agency’s enforcement processes and specifically requested public comment on Civil Investigative Demands earlier this year.
There are many accounting and back-office software solutions for real estate brokerages today, and one size does not fit all. Many of REAL Trends’ clients use brokerWOLF, the software developed by Lone Wolf Technologies, and the reviews on its functionality are inconsistent at best.
Tasmania, Australia’s Little Known Island Gem On a recent trip to Australia to research the changes in the property market and trends affecting the residential real estate market, I came across interesting real estate facts about Tasmania. Tasmania is an island state of Australia located 150 miles south of the Australian mainland covering approximately 25,000 […]
