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According to the National Association of Realtors®, 40 percent of all homes sold in 2016 sold during the summer months. There are many reasons why summer is the perfect time to sell your home – families are anxious to settle into a home before the school year starts and longer days mean showings can go… Continue Reading Tips for Hosting a Summer Open House that Sizzles
NAR released a summary of pending home sales data showing that June’s pending home sales pace is up 1.5 percent from last month and up 0.5 percent from a year ago. Pending sales represent homes that have a signed contract to purchase on them but have yet to close. They tend to lead existing-home sales… Continue Reading June 2017 Pending Home Sales
Field Guides are one-stop resource packages on dozens of subjects of interest to REALTORS®. On each page you’ll find links to articles, books, web sites, statistics, and other material on each subject. The list of the most-used field guides from Information Central for the month of July 2017 was released today: Field Guide to Quick Real… Continue Reading Top Field Guides for July 2017
WASHINGTON (July 31, 2017) — After declining for three straight months, pending home sales reversed course in June as all major regions, except for the Midwest, saw an increase in contract activity, according to the National Association of Realtors®. The Pending Home Sales Index*, www.nar.realtor/topics/pending-home-sales, a forward-looking indicator based on contract signings, climbed 1.5 percent to… Continue Reading Pending Home Sales Recover in June, Grow 1.5 Percent
In the last five years, San Francisco metropolitan area added 345,700 new jobs, but issued permits for only 20,241 single-family units. Meanwhile, home prices increased by 54 percent[1]. During the same period, Houston created 307,500 new jobs and permitted 173,638 new single-family units. Home prices rose 32 percent in Houston metropolitan area. This example reveals… Continue Reading Where Does Job Growth Outpace New Housing Construction?
Homes continued to sell quickly in June, but the lean inventory levels in many markets caused existing-home sales to shift downward. The news was better for pending home sales, as contract activity increased last month for the first time since February. Click on the video above or visit https://www.nar.realtor/videos/housing-minute to watch a 50-second, animated… Continue Reading WATCH: July Housing Minute
As the House and Senate continue their work to reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program, the countdown to the program’s expiration continues as well. On September 30, the Federal Emergency Management Administration loses its authorization to write new flood insurance policies or renew existing policies for its customers. That means homeowners could potentially find their… Continue Reading In Two Months, the National Flood Insurance Program Expires
Anita Clark By Anita Clark Outsourcing in business is one of the most creative means of achieving your aims at a lower expense. In business or in any venture, great outsourcing tips helps in saving money and lessening the frustration of not having the necessary infrastructure to meet your needs. That is certainly true for… Continue Reading 6 Outsourcing Tips For Effective Hiring
By Melissa Dittmann Tracey, REALTOR® Magazine Want to make a bigger statement with a wall? Watercolor wallpaper can add some pizzazz and wispiness to an otherwise blah wall in the home. Pinterest called watercolor wallpaper one of the hottest trends that emerged from its home design survey in the U.K., in which the site analyzed… Continue Reading Watercolors on Walls? You Bet!
This week, NAR hosted the 2017 Sustainability Summit in Washington, D.C. Over the course of two days, Realtors® and industry professionals gathered to discuss emerging trends in energy efficiency and ways sustainability is shaping the market. NAR 2017 President-elect Elizabeth Mendenhall kicked off the summit and spoke about the importance of sustainability in real estate.… Continue Reading Realtors® Gather in Washington to Discuss Sustainability