By Jef Conn Early last year, I got home from a long, trying day in the real estate trenches: showing properties, prospecting, having a couple deals fall out of contract. You know, the normal days we have that HGTV doesn’t show its viewers. I spent the entire day, no, that entire week, trying to please… Continue Reading Be a Little Selfish—This is Your Business, After All
REALTORS® Confidence Index: December 2019 Highlights Eighty-four percent of respondents reported that home prices remained constant or rose in December 2019 compared to a year ago.January 27, 2020By: Brandon Hardin Powered by WPeMatico
December 2019 Existing-Home Sales Housing market activity in December 2019 increased 3.6%, a 5.54 million seasonally adjusted annual rate.January 24, 2020By: Michael Hyman Powered by WPeMatico
Most of the Newsday fair housing issues focused on steering buyers to neighborhoods. Do you have some ideas on a form that perhaps the forms committee could draft in the near future to create a fair housing friendly form for buyers to complete upon signing a buyer agency/rep agreement whereby the buyer "steers" the buyer… Continue Reading Requesting Input on Fair Housing buyer induction form…
Real estate brokers are subject to a web of federal, state and local fair housing laws that are intended to eradicate discriminatory conduct in the sale or rental of dwellings and promote residential integration. The methods of enforcing these laws are varied and the penalties that can be exacted for a violation are severe. For… Continue Reading Fair Housing – NAR Provides Free Download
Housing Affordability Modestly up in November 2019 At the national level, housing affordability conditions improved in November 2019 compared to last a year ago and modestly rose compared to October.January 22, 2020By: Michael Hyman Powered by WPeMatico
10 Trending Design Fads for 2020 Dining rooms with personality? Tiled bathtub aprons? Houzz offers its picks for the hottest trends to watch throughout the year. January 16, 2020By: Melissa Dittmann TraceyPowered by WPeMatico
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2020 70% of all REALTORS® volunteer in their community, and the typical REALTOR® who volunteers is 53 years old.January 17, 2020Community Outreach Powered by WPeMatico
Upfront Cost of Buying a Home When buying a home, most buyers focus on the down payment costs, but budgeting also needs to be done for closing costs.January 16, 2020By: Michael HymanClosing Powered by WPeMatico
2020 SCR Professional Standards Committee Chair Lisa Alexanderand 2019 SCR Professional Standards Committee Chair John Smith Watch this video where these REALTOR® leaders discuss Article 16 that prohibits interfering in agency relationships/agreements aka "poaching" other REALTORS®'s clients. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6Bq0ljGGIs Posted by: Byron King on 1/15/20 (This information is only accurate as of 1/15/20. You must contact… Continue Reading PROFESSIONALISM PROFESSIONALISM PROFESSIONALISM