by Susanne Dwyer | Jan 21, 2012 | Marketing, News |
Freddie Mac (OTC: FMCC) recently released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®), showing average mortgage rates changing little amid mixed economic data. Regardless, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage edged down slightly to 3.88 percent to a...
by Susanne Dwyer | Jan 19, 2012 | Best Practices, Coaching, Marketing |
When I coach real estate agents, I often hear the misconception that they need to be hard on themselves in order to succeed. When I ask about the origin of this belief, I often receive stories of being conditioned by well-meaning teachers and parents in a controlling...
by Susanne Dwyer | Jan 19, 2012 | For Your Clients, Marketing, News |
Don’t blame the real estate appraiser if it turns out that house you’re trying to sell or buy isn’t worth what you thought it was. That was the message delivered recently by the Appraisal Institute, one of the nation’s largest professional associations of real estate...
by Susanne Dwyer | Jan 19, 2012 | Marketing, News |
Mortgage applications increased 23.1 percent from one week earlier (last week’s results included an adjustment for New Years Day), according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending January 13, 2012....
by Susanne Dwyer | Jan 18, 2012 | For Your Clients, Marketing, News |
“Cautiously optimistic” might be the best description of the feelings of members of Midwest Real Estate Data’s Board of Managers for the upcoming year in real estate. Most think we may have “hit bottom” in the difficult last few years and...
by Susanne Dwyer | Jan 18, 2012 | For Your Clients, Marketing, News |
According to the monthly RE/MAX housing report, December home sales did not follow the seasonal trend but rose an unexpected 5.7 percent from sales in November. Sales were also up 1.1 percent from December 2010, the 6th consecutive month to show a year-over-year sales...