Real Estate Marketing & Beyond

Real Estate, Residential, US Real Estate

First-Time Buyers Keeping it Small

By Mike Wheatley | January 30, 2012

Featured News, Residential, US Real Estate

Existing Home Sales End Year on a High

By Mike Wheatley | January 21, 2012

Existing home sales pulled off a late surge at the end of last year, growing by 5% in November to leave total home sales up by 1.7% from 2010’s levels, the third consecutive month in which the pace of sales had shown improvement.

Featured News, US Real Estate

NAR Admits Publishing Bad Existing Sales Data

By Mike Wheatley | December 16, 2011

Real estate professionals and economists who paid close attention to the monthly existing-home sales data provided by the National Association of Realtors were given a sharp shock earlier this week. Last Tuesday it was revealed in the Chicago Tribune that the association had been consistently reporting bad figures each and every month since January 2007, […]

Featured News, Real Estate Technology, US Real Estate

Edina Realty Pull Plug on Trulia Listings Amidst War of Words

By Mike Wheatley | November 22, 2011

Edina Realty Home Services, the largest local residential real estate agents in Minnesota, and with offices in both Wisconsin and North Dakota, has announced that it is removing its listings from the popular Trulia.com and Realtor.com websites, in protest at “enhanced fees” that the two sites are asking real estate companies and agents to pay. […]

Mortgage, Real Estate, US Real Estate

Home Appraisals Continue to Derail Housing Markets

By Mike Wheatley | November 8, 2011

Home appraisers are continuing to be an obstacle in the way of sales, with more than a third of real estate professionals blaming them for delaying or canceling proposed contracts in the first six months of this year. This marks a staggering increase of 29% on the number of deals blocked by appraisers in 2010, […]

Real Estate, Residential, US Real Estate

Young Adults are Moving Back Home

By Mike Wheatley | November 7, 2011

What with employments prospects looking ever gloomier for thousands of young adults across the nation, it’s little wonder that more of them are moving back in with mom and dad in an effort to cut housing costs. Recent data from the latest U.S. Census showed that young male adults in particular were finding moving back […]

Industry Technology, Real Estate Marketing, Real Estate Resource, Realtors

Realtors - What Do Your Website Videos Say About You?

By Anita Cooper | September 29, 2011

Individuals looking for a home vary in the tools they use, however the vast majority of them use the internet for their searches. According to the 2010 NAR Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers, the internet accounts for 74% of home searches and real estate agents account for another large share - 69%. Traditional advertising […]

Featured News, Mortgage, Real Estate, Real Estate Investing, Residential, US Real Estate

A Perspective On The U.S. Housing Market, We Need Localized Solutions (Part 1)

By Donna S. Robinson | September 19, 2011

As the U.S. "housing crisis" drags on, it's time to take stock of where we're at and take a closer look at what's really going on out there. There are several points I'd like to make about this market to add some balance to the discussion about what to do and how to "fix" the […]

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