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The Pending Home Sales Index inched up 0.4 percent to 107.6 in March from a downwardly revised 107.2 in February. Even with last month’s increase in activity, the index declined year-over-year (3.0 percent) for the third straight month. Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist, says that despite the strong job-creating economy, contract activity is not seeing an… Continue Reading Pending Home Sales Increase 0.4 Percent in March, Inventory Restraints Remain

By Melissa Dittmann Tracey, REALTOR® Magazine From rustic to modern to even the most luxurious interiors, homeowners are sprucing up their spaces with cowhide. Cowhide rugs have seen one of the biggest jumps in Google searches on home design trends over the last decade, according to Digital Third Coast’s latest design trends study, based on… Continue Reading Hot Home Trend: Stylish Cowhide

Erica Christoffer By Erica Christoffer Social media is likely a key part of your marketing and brand strategy. Many real estate professionals make it the crux of their lead generation, which is why social listening is so important. There’s a common misconception that social listening and social monitoring are the same thing, according to NetBase,… Continue Reading Understand the Value of Social Listening

Communication, design, leads, rentals, blockchain, and education. Elevate your communication game by avoiding the words on this list. We could get into this kind of team building and personal development. Finally, the snooze button migrates to more areas of life. Bob Bob/flickr/2010 These prefab designs keep getting cooler. You’d never know you were inside a… Continue Reading What We’re Reading: April 23-27

The following is NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun’s reaction to this morning’s U.S. Commerce Department report on Q1 GDP: “The continuing economic expansion assures further job creations and household formations. However, the latest GDP growth rate (of 2.3%) is short of what is possible. Residential investment spending showed zero growth because single-family and condominium construction have not… Continue Reading Instant Reaction: Q1 GDP

NAR released a summary of existing-home sales data showing that housing market activity this March increased 1.1 percent from last month but fell 1.2 percent from last year. March’s existing home sales reached 5.60 million seasonally adjusted annual rate. The national median existing-home price for all housing types was $250,400 in March, up 5.8 percent… Continue Reading March 2018 Existing-Home Sales

Lee Davenport By Lee Davenport Jen Du Plessis is a top producer and in the 1 percent who have sold their methods to Salesforce. Yes, she’s that good. She has shared the stage with Tony Robbins, Les Brown, and Brian Buffini to name just a few. But don’t be fooled by her celebrity network, Du… Continue Reading 4 Tweaks to Grow Your Business