More than 400 members of the National Association of REALTORS® gathered from across the country for a night of networking and celebration in Boston’s Theater District as part of the 2018 REALTORS® Conference & Expo on Nov. 2, 2018. The highlight of the event at Whiskey Saigon was the announcement of the 2018 YPN Network… Continue Reading YPNers Gather for Networking and Awards in Boston
The workforce is moving to less affordable areas. – In the last 12 months, more than 1.7 million LinkedIn members who lived in the 20 largest metropolitan areas moved from a more affordable place to a less affordable place. – Denver, San Francisco and Seattle were the top destinations for LinkedIn members. Although housing affordability… Continue Reading Workforce Migration and Affordability: A Closer Look
In a monthly survey of REALTORS®, respondents reported that properties were typically on the market for 32 days (34 days on year ago), according to the September 2018 REALTORS® Confidence Index Survey.[1] However, the difference in median days in the current month compared to the same month last year has started to narrow as homebuying… Continue Reading In Which States Did Properties Sell Quickly in September 2018?
By Melissa Dittmann Tracey, REALTOR® Magazine If you thought jeans were just for wearing, you are mistaken. Denim is becoming a hot fabric in home décor. We’re seeing denim sofa coverings, pillows, table runners, ottomans, rugs and bedding. Photo by ナショナルインテリア｜NATIONAL INTERIOR – Search living room design ideas Denim is being lumped into a bigger… Continue Reading Denim Design: The Jean-Look Is Hitting Home Decor
Earlier this year, I wrote about Richard Rothstein’s book The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America. After my review went live, some expressed interest in hearing about the solutions the author proposes in his final chapter. Rothstein offers several suggestions for meaningful change, but also acknowledges how difficult it… Continue Reading A Long Path to Progress
NAR reports a win against patent trolls after a decade of legal fighting. Patent trolls are generally defined as a person/organization that asserts a patent on a common generic procedure or idea then uses threats of patent litigation as leverage to extract monetary settlements from businesses who use the common/generic procedure or idea. Brokerages sometimes… Continue Reading Slaying Patent Trolls
Thanksgiving Pringles, song titles in a listing, light pillars, house renovation with the Brady Bunch and much more compiled by Anne-Marie Siudzinski, Senior Library Information Specialist. Jackie Mitchell struck out both Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in an exhibition game in 1931. Pretty good for a 17 year-old girl ! “A Very Brady Renovation” on… Continue Reading What We’re Reading: November 5-November 9
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Sharon Delia (803) 772-5206 Myrtle Beach Realtor® Drew Streett is 2019 South Carolina REALTORS® President COLUMBIA, S.C. (November 8, 2018) -- Drew Streett, Realtor® at Garden City Realty in Garden City Beach, is South Carolina REALTORS® (SCR) 2019 president. Streett was inaugurated in a ceremony at the association’s Broker Summit at… Continue Reading Myrtle Beach Realtor Drew Streett is SC REALTORS 2019 President
At the national level, housing affordability is up from last month but down from a year ago. Mortgage rates rose to 4.77 percent this September, up 14.9 percent compared to 4.15 percent a year ago. Housing affordability declined from a year ago in September moving the index down 8.4 percent from 160.1 to 146.7. The… Continue Reading September 2018 Housing Affordability Index
The usual hotline answer to listing agents when a deal fails and the parties have not yet signed the SCR518 release: Tell seller, "In my experience as a REALTOR®, once the release is signed then everyone moves forward cleanly without legal entanglements. So self-settlement or mediator assisted self-settlement of the earnest money on the release… Continue Reading Listing Agent Thoughts When Deals Fail