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On Tuesday May 14th, Research Economist Gay Cororaton gave a commercial real estate update to the Commercial Real Estate Advisory Board. She spoke about the findings of the 2019 Q1 Commercial Real Estate Market Survey and gave insights on trends in the commercial market. Along with an economic update, Gay discussed the findings of several… Continue Reading Research Behind the Scenes at the 2019 REALTORS® Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo: Commercial Real Estate Advisory Board

By Jef Conn We all want to make more money, to be the best agent or broker, to sell the most houses or commercial properties. Regardless of how much time you’ve spent in your real estate career, the following five tips will help you make more money this year and every year after. But first,… Continue Reading Do These 5 Things To Make More Money This Year (And Every Year After)

On Tuesday May 14th, the Research team spoke about some of the possibilities of predictive analytics to the Data Strategies Committee.  Aleksander Velkoski, Director of Data Science, and Karen Belita, Data Scientist, presented descriptive and predictive examples of analytics at work in member retention and communication outreach to the committee.   The purpose of the… Continue Reading Research Behind the Scenes at the 2019 REALTORS® Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo: Data Strategies Committee

On Tuesday May 14th, Brandi Snowden, Director, Member and Consumer Survey Research, presented survey findings on Association benefits and services to the Leading Edge Advisory Board committee meeting. The Leading Edge Advisory Board’s goal is to provide feedback to the Strategic Thinking Advisory Committee in identifying, analyzing and providing input on emerging issues and the… Continue Reading Research Behind the Scenes at the 2019 REALTORS® Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo: Leading Edge Advisory Board

On Tuesday May 14th, NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun was interviewed in the NAR staff office at the Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo by the Real Estate Today radio show while being filmed for a video on the quarterly metro median price release, all at the same time. Powered by WPeMatico

On Tuesday May 14th, Amanda Riggs, Research Survey Analyst, presented the results of the 2019 REALTORS® and Sustainability Report to the Sustainability Advisory Group at the 2019 REALTORS® Legislative Meetings and Expo.   The report was started in 2017, and the goal was to survey NAR members on their knowledge and interaction with sustainability practices… Continue Reading Research Behind the Scenes at the 2019 REALTORS® Legislative Meetings and Expo: Sustainability Advisory Group

With economic conditions working in favor of homebuyers, REALTORS® reported an uptick in homebuying traffic in March 2019 compared to one year ago, according to NAR’s March  2019 REALTORS® Confidence Index Survey.[1] Low mortgage rate, a record low unemployment rate since 1953,  sustained job creation of more than 2 million per year since 2012, and… Continue Reading Homebuying Continues to Pick Up in March 2019 Amid Favorable Economic Conditions

By Melissa Dittmann Tracey In a throwback to the 1980s, neon colors are popping up in more home decor. The flashiness of neon colors is a sure-fire way to brighten up your home’s interior, and the way fluorescents are being worked into a room isn’t as nauseating as you might at first imagine. Adding in neon-green… Continue Reading Neon Colors in Staging?! You’ll Be Surprised How Much You Like It

At the national level, housing affordability is down from last month but up from a year ago. Mortgage rates were down from last month at 4.51 percent this March, and down 2.6 percent compared to 4.63 percent a year ago. Housing affordability inclined from a year ago in March moving the index up modestly 0.1… Continue Reading March 2019 Housing Affordability Index

Starbucks in an unexpected location, scam phone calls, the new Royal baby, and much more, compiled by Anne-Marie Siudzinski, Senior Library Information Specialist. Scam warning: ignore that one-ring phone call. Ooops! Here is what HBO has to say about this gaffe. Guarding your digital privacy. Who is your favorite minor Star Wars character?  We can’t… Continue Reading What We’re Reading: May 6-May 10