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Have a home you recently staged that you’d like to show off here at Styled Staged & Sold? Submit your staging photos for consideration, along with three to five of your best spruce-up tips. Contact Melissa Dittmann Tracey at mtracey@realtors.org.    Home stager: Cyndi Ryan with Staging Gracefully, Middle River, Md. About the property: A 3-bedroom,… Continue Reading Staged to Sell: View Inside This Rosedale, Md. Home

At the national level, housing affordability is down from last month and down from a year ago. Mortgage rates rose to 4.42 percent this March, up 8.2 percent compared to 4.28 percent a year ago. Housing affordability declined from a year ago in March moving the index down 7.0 percent from 150.4 to 161.7. The… Continue Reading March 2018 Housing Affordability Index

Sunscreen, tech, architecture, meetings, travel, and location. Check your sunscreen ingredients before you go to Hawaii. Amazon and Lennar are pairing up for this smart initiative. Does anyone else type a word out, see the suggested emoji and opt for it instead of the word that took 8 keystrokes? We might be missing the point… Continue Reading What We’re Reading: May 7-11

Ixact Contact is a software company that offers CRM and email marketing products to real estate professionals. It’s hosting a webinar on Tuesday, May 22, at 2 p.m., Eastern time, on using its CRM product to grow your business. Shannon McGee, the company’s sales manager, is the speaker. From Ixact: Wondering exactly how a real… Continue Reading Sponsor Webinar: Growing Your Business With a Real Estate CRM

The start of NAR’s annual REALTORS® Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo in D.C. is less than a week away. More than 9,000 Realtors®  and guests will arrive in Washington, D.C. starting May 14 to hear from industry experts on the most important issues impacting the real estate industry. If you’re a member of the media and interested in registering, check… Continue Reading What to expect at next week’s REALTORS® Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo

In a monthly survey of REALTORS®, the survey asks, “Compared to the original listing price, at how much of a net discount or net premium did the property sell?” According to a survey of REALTORS® who responded to the March 2018 REALTORS® Confidence Index Survey, 37 percent of properties that closed in February 2018 sold… Continue Reading More Properties Were Sold at or Above the List Price in March 2018

When my husband was interviewing for his current job, his future boss warned him that he has this kind of weird question that he asks all applicants: “Do you think you are a good person?” Hearing this story from my husband’s point-of-view, I froze with fear thinking about how I would answer this question. But… Continue Reading Would Mom Be Proud of Your Business?

For new homeowners, the first time the toilet starts leaking can cause them to panic and run to hire the nearest plumber. They may be surprised to find out, however, how easy it is to make some of these minor fixes themselves and that doing so can save them the upwards of $150 per hour… Continue Reading Story Ideas: Don’t Bust Your Budget on Home Repairs

While the Fair Housing Act’s purpose—barring discrimination in the sale, rental, or financing of residential property—may be easy to understand, navigating the many intricacies of the landmark statute can be tricky even for experienced real estate professionals, said experts on the 1968 law who spoke during a recent event in Fairfax, Va. The event served… Continue Reading Two Ways You Can Commit a Fair Housing Violation Without Even Knowing It

In a monthly survey of REALTORS®, respondents are asked “In the neighborhood(s) or area(s) where you make the most sales, what are your expectations for residential property prices over the next year?” Among the respondents, the median expected price change is four percent. The chart below shows median expected price change by state based on… Continue Reading REALTORS® Expect Home Prices to Increase by Four Percent in the Next 12 Months