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In the monthly REALTORS® Confidence Index Survey, the National Association of REALTORS® asks members “How do you rate the past month’s buyer/seller traffic in the neighborhood(s) or area(s) where you make most of your sales?” REALTORS®reported strong home buying demand amid tight supply in February 2017, according to the February 2017 REALTORS® Confidence Index Survey Report,… Continue Reading REALTORS® Reported Strong Homebuying Activity and Low Supply in February 2017

Brandon Doyle By Brandon Doyle Tapping into the investor real estate business is a common goal among agents and brokers. While buying and selling residential property on behalf of individuals and families in search of their next home is typically an agent’s bread-and-butter, working with investor clients can open up a whole new stream of… Continue Reading 4 Methods to Earn & Keep Investor Clients

NAR released a summary of existing-home sales data showing that housing market activity this February is down 3.7 percent from last month but improved 5.4 percent from last year. February’s existing-home sales reached the 5.48 million seasonally adjusted annual rate.  The national median existing-home price for all housing types was $228,400 in February, up 7.7… Continue Reading February 2017 Existing-Home Sales

Seasons, sales, happiness, moguls, intimidation, sales, signing bonus, and scams. Do you recall Spring being warmer than it ever actually is? Us too. What can you learn about sales from a fifteen year old? A lot. Did you celebrate International Day of Happiness? It’s never too late to be happy!  Moyan Brenn/flickr/2014 David Rockefeller passed… Continue Reading What We’re Reading: March 20-24

It’s National Puppy Day, one of the cutest days of the year (I’m looking at you National Kitten Day)! According to the National Association of REALTORS® 2017 report Animal House: Remodeling Impact, homeowners will be one of the largest groups celebrating our best furry friends. A large majority of surveyed animal owners, 83 percent, own… Continue Reading It’s National Puppy Day, and NAR Knows It’s a Dog’s House

Sixteen teams remain as play resumes this week in the men’s and women’s NCAA Basketball Championships. Here’s a sweet assist from the National Association Realtors® on where the number 16 shows up in recent housing survey data: Younger baby boomers (ages 52 to 61) made up 16% of buyers 16% of buyers have two children… Continue Reading NAR Infographic: Housing’s Sweet 16′s

In late January, the new Trump administration froze a number of policy changes made in the waning days of the Obama Presidency. One such change, a 25 basis point increase in the mortgage insurance premium (MIP) charged by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), was previously analyzed by NAR Research. Here we report local impacts of… Continue Reading Broad Impact of the FHA Fee Freeze

Talk to a Realtor® in much of the country right now and they’ll all echo a similar narrative: homes are selling quickly because there are not enough listings on the market. It’s why existing sales stumbled in February and price growth accelerated to its fastest pace in over a year (7.7 percent). Even more staggering, inventory… Continue Reading Existing-Home Sales Hit Rough Patch in February