NAR released a summary of existing-home sales data showing that housing market activity this December fell 3.6 percent from last month but modestly rose 1.1 percent from last year. December’s existing home sales reached 5.5 million seasonally adjusted annual rate. This would be the highest annual rate in the last 11 years. The national median… Continue Reading December 2017 Existing-Home Sales
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Sharon Delia (803) 772-5206 REALTORS® hit record-high closed sales in 2017 COLUMBIA, S.C. (January 29, 2018) -- South Carolina REALTORS® (SCR) today released its 2017 annual market report. The reports show 2017 as a record-setting year for closed sales by Realtors®. At 83,570, this is the highest number of closed sales… Continue Reading REALTORS(R) hit record-high closed sales in 2017
When I’m working on stories for REALTOR® Magazine, it’s not uncommon for my interview subjects to offer supplemental reading that might help round out my reporting. But rarely am I told that a book could change my thinking entirely on a given subject. So when the Incremental Development Alliances’ John Anderson (whom I interviewed in… Continue Reading Wake Up Call for the Development Industry
By Audra Slinkey, Home Staging Resource A lot of people don’t realize just how much home stagers do for their clients. Certified professional home stagers are true artists and will go to great lengths to get that “right look,” as well as help seller’s maximize the return impact on the sale of their home. Here are… Continue Reading Stagers Who Stand Ready to Transform Properties
A company called Zenplace in San Francisco is using robots to help its agents conduct showings. When people arrive at the unit, they’re greeted by what amounts to an iPad on a mobile stand that leads them around, but it’s personalized; it’s the agent’s image and voice that people see and hear. Other companies are coming… Continue Reading Robots are Starting to Do Showings
Micro-Progress, shopping, design, niches, Tide Pods, materials, food, and networking. 1. Find article to share. 2. Copy link. 3. Write line about article. 4. Create hyperlink. 5. Progress achieved! Brick and mortar with a twist from the company that moved so much shopping online. Speaking of twists, these buildings and bridges wind and wander. There’s… Continue Reading What We’re Reading: January 22-26
The following is NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun’s reaction to this morning’s U.S. Commerce Department release on Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the fourth quarter: “The economy expanded at a respectable rate of 2.3% in 2017. That’s a good comeback considering a very weak start of only 1.2% growth in the first quarter. The housing market… Continue Reading Instant Reaction: 2017 Q4 GDP
Matt Clements By Matt Clements I love January. It’s the time when everything seems possible and the new year opens up new opportunity. I’m especially excited because my baby boy turned 1-year-old this week! He’s the light of anyone’s day, and the poop diapers mean nothing when I see that wonderful smile. Truly, I “replaced… Continue Reading Tackling Big Issues in the New Year
If you’ve tried to explain net neutrality rules to someone and wound up being a little too abstract, here’s how to explain it with hamburgers. Budweiser has switched all of its U.S.-based brewing to 100% renewable energy. Is this equivalent to taking 10,000 cars off the road? 20,000? 30,000? Find out just how many. Apple’s… Continue Reading Net Neutrality Explained With Burgers; Clean Energy Through Beer; More in Five for Wednesday
The REALTORS® Confidence Index (RCI) survey gathers monthly information from REALTORS® about local real estate market conditions, characteristics of buyers and sellers, and issues affecting homeownership and real estate transactions.[1] This report presents key results about market transactions from December 2017. View and download the full report here. [2] Market Conditions and Expectations The REALTORS®… Continue Reading REALTORS® Confidence Index Survey: December 2017 Highlights