According to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), newly built single family homes sales are up for the third straight month – up 2.1% in May. According to Rick Judson, NAHB chairman, buyers are taking advantage of the still-low interest rates.
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Q: Denise, I want to market to the units in my condo, but there is another agent who lives here who is already marketing here. Should I find another building to market or should I take him down? A: You obviously find drive in being competitive, but there is a thing as a little too […]
Mortgage Applications Drop – but what is the full story? The Wall Street Journal reported that mortgage applications dropped 9% last week, but that doesn’t mean that the housing market is cooling. This drop was fueled by rising interest rates (up to 3.9% this past week – the highest since May of 2012) and a […]
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the Producer Price Indexes (PPI) for April. The index shows that there have been declines overall, but after sharp increases it was nice to see the price of lumber finally coming down. The recovery has not been kind to the price of lumber and this recent decline could […]
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For almost five years agents have found themselves working in markets where sellers’ homes sat on the market for extended periods of time as buyers sat on fences. The market was slow to say the least and the buyers and sellers were slow to make decisions. Fast forward to 2013 and some agents in some […]
Posted in Communication, Client Care, and Follow-up, Lead Generation for Real Estate Agents, Motivation & Planning, Real Estate Industry News, Tools and Systems for Real Estate Agents, Zebra Reports Tags: Branding & Design, business building, client care, fast paced market, Follow-up, market change, marketing strategy, real estate industry, Real Estate Market, zebra report No Comments » Q: I have SO MUCH on my project “to do” list. I feel completely overwhelmed and every time I sit down to work on my list I feel so scattered and unfocused that I don’t even want to start ANYTHING… let alone create a plan for finishing! My current clients take all of my time, […]
My favorite time of the year is here – Open House Season! I love it because agents are charged up. They are polishing their open house tools and putting a shine on everything. Open house season says, “We are open for business!” With the market picking up in many areas, this spring’s open house season […]
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Baby Boomers are individuals born between 1946 and 1964 – and they are a very important part of the new home industry due to their strong buying power. Not only have they worked for many years and have equity in their existing homes, but they also have inherited the largest passing down of wealth from […]
There are only so many hours in a day, days in a week and weeks in a month. Time is the one thing that we can’t buy more of. We are the only ones who are in complete control of our time. It can’t be stored up for a rainy day and you can’t go […]
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