Week in Review: Things We Liked from the Week That Was
We had a mixed bag of news this week. Do you want the good news or bad news first? A storm cloud hung over the
We had a mixed bag of news this week. Do you want the good news or bad news first? A storm cloud hung over the
Whether you’re running a multi-office brokerage, or you’re running your own niche role, one thing is for certain: in the Real Estate business you will
Although President Obama said in his State of the Union Address that the worst is over, we know—at least for the housing market—that we still
What’s on the radio when you’re driving around a client? This was a trick question for the people we interviewed. Most felt that this was
From years of observation, it is clear that phases in the real estate market can be tracked by changes in inventory levels, home prices and
Taking your eyes off the market (trends, drivers, needs) is a great way for a company to lose a position of leadership, alienate customers and
Augmented Reality is a type of virtual reality that aims to duplicate the world’s environment within a computer by combining real scenes viewed by the
Through all of the turbulence of the past three years, it is interesting to look back on it all and ask, why is change so difficult for most of us to negotiate? More changes are likely to occur as we move toward the real estate industry of the future, so it would be helpful to deal with the concept of change-resistance and to better understand the reasons behind our change-averse culture.
As I sat on the main stage Friday at REtechSouth in Atlanta, one of the shows organizers, Brad Nix, asked me what I thought about some of the statistics in NAR’s 2008 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers Survey. What he was referring to specifically was the fact that 85% of the consumers surveyed said they would definitely or probably use the same real estate agent they transacted with again. On the surface one might think that is a good number, but when you pair it with the fact that only 26% of sellers and only 18% of buyers actually do, it is frightening. Could there be a bigger disconnect? And why?
Time will tell if the newly passed economic stimulus package and the components related to the real estate industry will have a positive impact on
“I want to know you’re successful and that you work with lots of buyers and sellers, and I want to be treated like I’m your
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