by Susanne Dwyer | Aug 10, 2011 | For Your Clients, Marketing, News |
RISMEDIA, August 11, 2011—Lost in the recent slew of negative homeownership announcements was a piece of good news for real estate professionals and landlords alike. Rental vacancy rates are at their lowest since 2003 and still falling, which will drive up rents even...
by Susanne Dwyer | Aug 10, 2011 | Best Practices, Marketing, News |
RISMEDIA, August 11, 2011—The average rate for a 15-year fixed loan dropped to 3.54 percent last week from 3.66 percent the week before, according to Freddie Mac—the lowest result since 1991. The average rate on the 30-year fixed loan fell to a yearly low of 4.39...
by Susanne Dwyer | Aug 9, 2011 | Best Practices, Coaching, Marketing, News, Technology |
RISMEDIA, August 10, 2011—I had no intention of making my original article, “MLSs Taking Control of your Destiny,” a “series,” but after receiving tremendous feedback on it and hearing all of the discussion around it at a recent conference, I was compelled to dive in...
by Susanne Dwyer | Aug 9, 2011 | For Your Clients, Marketing, News |
RISMEDIA, August 10, 2011—U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury recently released the July edition of the Obama Administration’s Housing Scorecard—a comprehensive report on the nation’s housing market. The...
by Susanne Dwyer | Aug 9, 2011 | For Your Clients, Marketing, News |
RISMEDIA, August 10, 2011—June prices of non-distress sale homes were down only 1.1 percent from June 2010, and improvement over May, when prices were 2.1 percent below the previous year. CoreLogic® Home Price Index also showed its third consecutive...
by Susanne Dwyer | Aug 8, 2011 | For Your Clients, Marketing, News |
RISMEDIA, August 9, 2011—National average home prices in June were still 7.9 percent below a year ago, which was the height of the boomlet spawned by the tax credit. However, prices are still up 4.1 percent over the first quarter. Those are the cautionary findings...