by Susanne Dwyer | Jul 24, 2017 | Buying/Selling, House Canary, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Trending |
Existing-homes sales backtracked in June, posting higher than one year prior but lower than in May, the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) reports. Existing-home sales totaled 5.52 million, a 1.8 percent decrease from May but a 0.7 percent increase from one year...
by Susanne Dwyer | Jul 23, 2017 | Buying/Selling, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Trending |
The national median home value has careened to over $200,000 for the first time, with a 7.4 percent annual gain rocketing it to a new high of $200,400, according to the Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI) in the June Zillow® Real Estate Market Reports. Values in 10 of the...
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 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 19, 2017 | Buying/Selling, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Trending |
Homeowners have made inroads in building equity back up since the crash, with mortgages more evenly leveraged as values recover. One group, however, is struggling more than others to claw its way back. Gen X homeowners—those aged 35 to 50—wound up seeing the worst...
by Susanne Dwyer | Jul 18, 2017 | Buying/Selling, House Canary, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Trending |
Foreign home-buying in the U.S. leaped 49 percent to $153 billion in the last year, a record high in the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) Profile of International Activity in U.S. Residential Real Estate, recently released for 2017. The boost came as activity...