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In the monthly REALTORS® Confidence Index Survey, the National Association of REALTORS® asks members “In the neighborhood or area where you make most of your sales, what are your expectations for residential property prices over the next year?” Among REALTORS® who responded to the April 2017 survey, the median expected home price change in the… Continue Reading REALTORS®’ in West States Expect Fastest Price Growth in the Next 12 Months

Sensors on Google’s experimental StreetView cars in Oakland are capable of producing street-by-street air-quality data. Apple’s just-announced HomePod looks like it’s positioned to compete with Sonos and other WiFi speaker makers, as well as with every other company (Amazon, Google) that makes a voice-controlled home assistant. How Siri matures is going to be a large… Continue Reading Google Maps Get Local and Dirty; Apple Joins the Home Assistant Race; More in Five for Wednesday

When Pam Patenaude’s nomination for deputy secretary at the Department of Housing and Urban Development was announced in late May, Realtors® offered swift support. “Pam’s extensive and strong background in real estate and housing will be an asset, and NAR has long enjoyed a strong relationship with Pam working on and advancing regulatory and policy… Continue Reading VIDEO: Realtor® Treasurer on Capitol Hill to Support HUD Nominee

In the wake of a soft 2016, the economic growth remained weak during the first quarter of 2017. Based on the second estimate of real gross domestic product (GDP) from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), the United States economy rose at an annual rate of 1.2 percent. While the second estimate was an improvement… Continue Reading Industrial Demand Slows in Wake of Soft Consumer Spending

The more I learn about real estate, the more evident it becomes that the industry touches everything. That’s definitely the feeling I got while reading Placemakers: Emperors, Kings, Entrepreneurs: A Brief History of Real Estate Development (Figure 1 Publishing Inc., 2017), by Herb Auerbach with Ira Nadel. It’s sort of a cross between a coffee… Continue Reading A History of the World Via Real Estate

WASHINGTON (June 6, 2017) — One-fifth of surveyed Realtors® practicing in commercial real estate closed a sale with an international client in 2016, and as foreign investors flock to smaller-sized commercial properties in secondary and tertiary markets, many Realtors® are confident that increased sales and leasing activity will occur in 2017.   This is according… Continue Reading Realtors® Survey: Led By China, Foreign Investment in U.S. Commercial Real Estate on the Rise

This Friday in celebration of National Homeownership Month, NAR President William E. Brown, NAR Chief Economist Dr. Lawrence Yun and Berkeley Hass Real Estate Group Chair Ken Rosen lead an impressive list of notable speakers at NAR’s Sustainable Homeownership Conference at Memorial Stadium in Berkeley, California. In addition to discussions on market trends, housing affordability and inequality,… Continue Reading This Friday’s Sustainable Homeownership Conference: Five Hurdles to Buying a Home

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?” The REALTORS® Buyer Traffic Index indicates that buyer traffic conditions can be characterized as “moderate” to “very strong” in all states… Continue Reading REALTORS® Reported Strong Buyer Traffic in Many States in April 2017

WASHINGTON (June 5, 2017) – REALTOR® Magazine and the Good Neighbor Society have announced the recipients of the ninth annual Volunteering Works grants and mentoring program, which matches Realtors ® who work on small-scale charitable efforts with mentors and awards them grant money. The five Volunteering Works recipients will receive a $1,000 seed grant and… Continue Reading Realtor® Volunteering Works Program Announces 2017 Mentoring and Grant Recipients

Anita Clark By Anita Clark It can be difficult for both new agents and seasoned professionals to maintain a year-round stream of prospects from our online marketing efforts. This is especially true if we do not focus on a specific niche or market segment. It is easy to get sidetracked by the latest shiny real… Continue Reading Finding Your Real Estate Niche