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Mortgage rates rose again this week
Keeping in tune with the last two weeks, mortgage rates have continued their steady climb into the third consecutive week of increases... → Read More
Zillow Takes Us Inside 'Santa's house'
Santa's cozy Arctic chalet is now worth $710,559 -- a 6.5 percent year-over-year increase, according to Zillow. → Read More
Hate the cold, love the heat (or vice versa)? You should live here
Randall Munroe, creator of webcomic website xkcd, came up with a flowchart that reveals what city you should live in based on your temperature preferences. → Read More
Why are existing-home sales underperforming?
Existing-home sales as measured by the National Association of Realtors are underperforming the rate supported by current market conditions. → Read More
Auction launched to benefit Hurricane Harvey victims
Luxury real estate auction house Concierge Auctions has set up a hurricane relief auction to aid those still recovering from the devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey. People are able to place bids now through October 27, and 100 percent of the proceeds will benefit families through Giveback Homes’ hurricane relief efforts. → Read More
This Fire Map Is A Safe Way For NorCal Residents To Check Their Home
Amid the destruction and sorrow caused by the Northern California wildfires, it seems a bit of positive news has surfaced: firefighters have been successful in containing 60 percent of the two largest fires, and weather reports indicate a chance of rain that could help extinguish additional flames. This news may leave residents anxious to return home -- and many have already begun doing so --… → Read More
Redfin Mortgage Expands To Illinois, Eyes Virginia
Redfin announced today that it is now offering loans to homebuyers in Illinois through its lending arm, Redfin Mortgage. The Seattle-based tech-powered brokerage also plans to expand Redfin Mortgage into Virginia later this year, with more markets to come in 2018. → Read More
Sweet tea, anyone? Americans love their front porches
If you’ve noticed an increase in homes with front porches, it’s not just your imagination. According to a data analysis from the National Association of Home Builders, 65 percent of new single-family homes started in 2016 included a front porch. → Read More
Wanderlust Meets Adventure In Sherwin-Williams' Color Of The Year
The paint company's choice isn't a neutral, or the ever-popular periwinkle blue, or one of the trendy shades of grey we've seen all over Pinterest. It is a complex, deep color that offers a sense of the familiar with a hint of the unknown, as Sherwin Williams put it. → Read More
Eye-catching twilight photos without the hassle
VHT Studios, the nation's largest real estate photography studio, has added Virtual Twilight to its suite of virtual staging and editing services. With this debut, agents are able to showcase their listings in the very best light possible -- literally. → Read More
Ditching dorms for homes in big college towns
Among the scads of obstacles stymying homeownership goals, student loan debt remains one of the most prominent, and as the cost of tuition steadily increases, the American dream could drift further from reach not only for millennials but for Generation Z -- the newest, youngest members of the potential renters and homeowners club. Student loan debt can be attributed to more than just courses and… → Read More
Broker sentenced for cocaine charges ‘regrets his past choices’
Frankfort, Kentucky-based real estate agent and broker William Richard “Rick” Pulliam, who pled guilty to a federal drug charge in May, was sentenced to one year and a day on the charge of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute on Thursday, the Lexington Herald Leader reported. The 44-year-old former principal broker for Re/Max Bluegrass Realty in Frankfort had been in the Grayson… → Read More
Bottom of the barrel mortgage rates inch higher this week
After nearly two months of declines, mortgage rates inched higher this week. Freddie Mac's Primary Mortgage Market Survey (PMMS) showed the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate increasing from an average of 3. → Read More
Downtown Los Angeles Plagued By Highest Vacancy Rates In 17 Years
Some luxurious apartment buildings in the part of Los Angeles known to locals as "DTLA" might feel more ghost town than downtown right now. The current vacancy rate in Downtown Los Angeles is 12 percent -- three times higher than the 4 percent recorded for every other area in Los Angeles, and a higher rate than DTLA's seen since 2000. → Read More
A quarter of male Realtors carry a gun
A number of standard job duties in real estate put agents in a vulnerable position -- showing an empty property to new clients, holding an open house and advertising your location on social media can all be risky. → Read More
Agent, you could have done better: My Harvey story
I didn’t sleep a wink on the night of August 26. My racing heart, knotted stomach and restless nerves kept me company as I stared at the weather radar for hours on end; Hurricane Harvey was pummelling my city, and there was nothing anyone could do but wait … and wait … and wait some more. → Read More
NAR Pres-Elect: 'This Ain't Your Daddy's Association Anymore'
“Oh my goodness .. → Read More
How To Choose The Best Technology For Your Real Estate Business
SAN FRANCISCO -- Amid the constant and ever-growing list of responsibilities had by brokers and agents, decision-making is arguably the most complex. With every choice you make -- every dotted line you sign -- you nudge your business closer to (or farther from) success. In today's increasingly digitized society, deciding on the right technology can do wonders to foster growth, increase revenue… → Read More
Growing your business: Going from solo agent to team
SAN FRANCISCO -- Growth. Everyone wants it, but not everyone knows how to achieve it. Luckily for Tuesday's crowd at Agent Connect, Vija Williams, Keir Weimer and Danielle Lazier took the Inman stage to share some valuable insights and answer questions about their journey going from solo agent to team. → Read More
Objection Handler: 'You Can't Do Anything Better Than My Last Agent'
Homeowners with expired listings may bluntly and pointedly say: “I don’t think you can do anything better than my last agent." How can you prove them otherwise? If time were to stop when prospects utter this objection, a fork in the road would emerge with two paths: one that marks the start of your relationship with a client, and another that stops before it begins. → Read More