by Susanne Dwyer | Feb 28, 2012 | Best Practices, Coaching, Marketing, News |
COMMENTARY—Domestic American buyers today are too few or can’t afford the current housing market. International buyers often have greater buying power, and their numbers are growing rapidly. These two basic facts are driving a globalization of the real estate business...
by Susanne Dwyer | Feb 27, 2012 | For Your Clients, Marketing, News |
Pending home sales are on an upward trend, which has been uneven but meaningful since reaching a cyclical low last April, and are well above a year ago, according to the National Association of REALTORS®. The Pending Home Sales Index, a forward-looking indicator...
by Susanne Dwyer | Feb 27, 2012 | Marketing, News |
Regional Spotlight—Florida’s housing market reported gains in median sales prices and a reduced inventory of homes for sale in January, according to the latest housing data released by Florida REALTORS®. “We’re seeing positive signs of a...
by Susanne Dwyer | Feb 27, 2012 | Marketing, News |
Regional Spotlight—Not only were central Ohio housing sales up in January, but they showed the highest activity for that month since 2008. The 1,125 sales showed a 6.0 percent increase over January of 2011 according to the Columbus Board of REALTORS®. In addition,...
by Beth McGuire | Feb 26, 2012 | For Your Clients, Marketing, News |
Increasingly more people are looking to renting as an affordable, flexible lifestyle option, causing apartment vacancies to fall to their lowest point in 10 years. Reis reported that the apartment vacancy rate dropped to 5.2 percent in Q4 of 2011, down from their...
by Beth McGuire | Feb 26, 2012 | Best Practices, Coaching, Marketing, News |
As the market continues to show slow but steady signs of stabilization and recovery, discerning brokers are ramping up business development efforts in order to take full advantage of the present and imminent market opportunities. Here, RREIN members Gary Rabon and...