by Susanne Dwyer | Jul 23, 2017 | Buying/Selling, House Canary, Latest News, News, Trending |
Affording a mortgage payment is possible for many prospective homeowners. Why then, by all accounts, is unaffordability plaguing the market? Researchers at Freddie Mac offered several takes on the answer in its latest Insight, suggesting that homebuyers having a hard...
by Susanne Dwyer | Jul 22, 2017 | House Canary, Latest News, Lead Story, News, Spotlights |
Most of us wake up every morning knowing what we need to do and how we’re going to get it done. But do we ever think about why we do what we do? Well, at HomeSmart International, they think about it every day. In fact, “the why” is what drives the...
by Susanne Dwyer | Jul 22, 2017 | Buying/Selling, House Canary, Latest News, National, News, Trending |
Affordability is at the forefront of the minds of first-time homebuyers, who are contending with climbing prices and fierce competition. There are other considerations, however, that are important for first-time buyers, as well: cost of living, property crime rate,...
by Susanne Dwyer | Jul 22, 2017 | Buying/Selling, Consumer, House Canary, Latest News, News |
Real estate is the long-term investment of choice for Americans, who in a recent survey by Bankrate.com placed it ahead of bonds, cash, gold and stocks as the best method of building wealth over time. Real estate is now the chosen vehicle for the third consecutive...
by Susanne Dwyer | Jul 20, 2017 | Agent, Agent, Agent, Apps/Gadgets, Best Practices, Best Practices, Best Practices, Branding, Business Insights, House Canary, Latest News, Lead Gen, Lead Story, Marketing, Marketing, Social Media, Teams, Technology, Trending, Trends |
Social platforms are always battling it out to determine who will be today’s top contender. This seems to be the “Story” between two social platforms that share similar features: Snapchat and Instagram. As a real estate agent utilizing social media...
by Susanne Dwyer | Jul 20, 2017 | Best Practices, Best Practices, Broker, Broker, House Canary, Latest News, Technology, Trending |
In today’s litigious society, brokerages need to be using an online transaction management system for regulatory review and risk reduction. Whether your brokerage uses a proprietary system or pays to use one like SkySlope, you should be using a system that can...