by Susanne Dwyer | Aug 7, 2016 | Latest News, Lead Story, News, Spotlights |
Editor’s Note: The following is the cover story from the August issue of RISMedia’s Real Estate magazine. From the widespread ripple effect of the Brexit vote to the staggering investment made by Chinese homebuyers in the U.S., there’s no denying residential real...
by Susanne Dwyer | Aug 6, 2016 | Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Trending |
Homes in zip codes with at least one good elementary school have higher values and stronger home price appreciation over the long term than homes in zip codes without any good elementary schools—where homes lost more value during the housing downturn but have seen...
by Susanne Dwyer | Aug 4, 2016 | Agent, Best Practices, Latest News, Lead Story |
Sixty percent of real estate agents get out of the business only two to three years after getting into it. In the most recent Secrets of Top Selling Agents webinar, speaker and nationally certified real estate business coach, Brad Korn, says most agents can avoid...
by Susanne Dwyer | Aug 3, 2016 | Latest News, Lead Story, National, News |
Realtor.com® recently announced the launch of Yelp local amenity information and realtor.com® neighborhood trend data to help buyers get to know the community surrounding a potential new home. Users can now view grocery stores, coffee shops, restaurants, drug stores,...
by Susanne Dwyer | Aug 2, 2016 | Latest News, Lead Story, National, News |
A new study reveals that real estate leaders are nearly unanimous in support of Upstream, a new real estate brokerage-driven effort to streamline listing and sales data and its online delivery. The vast majority of real estate leaders – 84 percent – say they are...
by Susanne Dwyer | Aug 1, 2016 | Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Trending |
Since the October 2015 implementation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s ‘Know Before You Owe’ mortgage initiative, REALTORS® have raised red flags over challenges in gaining access to what’s known as the mortgage “closing...