by Susanne Dwyer | Mar 15, 2012 | For Your Clients, Marketing, News |
A simple measure of tightness in a market for owner-occupied housing is the homeowner vacancy rate (number of homes for sale divided by the number either for sale or owner-occupied). Builders are often interested in markets that are tight by this measure, because it...
by Susanne Dwyer | Mar 14, 2012 | Consumer, For Your Clients, Marketing, News |
Americans’ concerns about key economic and housing issues are beginning to subside, according to results from Fannie Mae’s February 2012 National Housing Survey. Consumers’ attitudes have stabilized across most indicators—including personal finances,...
by Susanne Dwyer | Mar 14, 2012 | For Your Clients, Marketing, News |
For the first time in six years, sellers’ asking prices tracked by the Department of Numbers Website have gone positive on a year-to-year basis, another sign that the housing economy is slowly healing itself. Sellers’ asking prices nationally first showed a positive...
by Susanne Dwyer | Mar 12, 2012 | Best Practices, Marketing, News |
Baby boomers are becoming seniors at a rate of 10,000 per day, 4 million per year. By 2020, 80 million people in the U.S. will be 65 or older. Many will uproot to flee ice storms and frost heaves, move closer to kids and grandkids, or seek gated retirement communities...
by Susanne Dwyer | Mar 12, 2012 | For Your Clients, Marketing, News |
The era of the Hispanic homebuyer is upon us, according to the 2011 State of Hispanic Homeownership Report released this week by the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP). The 36-page document offers an analysis of data on the Hispanic...
by Susanne Dwyer | Mar 11, 2012 | Best Practices, Coaching, Marketing, News |
With annual sales of more than $82 billion, international buyers who are interested in purchasing properties in the U.S. provide a tremendous opportunity for brokers and agents looking to expand their business this year. And with the recent addition of more than 1...