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Point2 recently announced that four additional U.S. real estate Boards and Associations have rolled out its industry-leading listing syndication solution to streamline and optimize member listing advertising exposure and accuracy on consumer real estate portals and search engines. ...
As foreign investors look for opportunities to invest in American housing, they need help from professionals who can explain American housing as an investment. Wall Street Multimedia, one of the largest broadcasting companies in China and Hong Kong, is debuting a new show in February
A national survey commissioned by Better Homes and Gardens® Real Estate has found that baby boomers are part of a growing trend in which they are helping their children or grandchildren become home owners. According to the survey, one in five baby boomers has already gifted, loaned or co-signed a loan to support their children or grandchildren in purchasing a home, and more than two-thirds of boomers want to provide this type of support in the future.
Attention all brokers, sales managers, marketing directors and top-producing agents. The second-annual Real Estate Marketing Summit 2011 (REMS 2011) is a two-day event that offers 20 exclusive workshops presented by 20 top industry leaders who will share their proven systems
Lender Processing Services (NYSE: LPS), a leading provider of integrated technology, data and analytics to the mortgage and real estate industries, recently announced that, through its Loan Quality Gateway™, LPS’ RealEC, Empower® and LSI divisions are now directly integrated with the Uniform Collateral Data Portal® (UCDP®). The UCDP was developed ...
With REALTOR® Designation Awareness Month coming to a close, it’s not too late you and your agents to begin or complete a journey toward an official designation or certification through NAR or one of its Institutes, Societies and Councils. ...
From November’s issue of Real Estate magazine, RISMedia columnist Barbara Pronin interviews Michael Pruitt, President of Pruitt Real Estate about meeting consumer’s needs, effectively equipping his sales force and keeping up with technology. ...
“Real estate agent arrested for closing buyers on the purchase of a bigger home. Accusations of use of dialog, closing techniques, persuasion, inducement, and manipulation were made.”
Can you imagine that headlining the evening news? Well what I uncovered recently may make this “headline” not so far-fetched.
Early last year, Eileen Taus, director of education for the Westchester Putman Association of REALTORS®, asked if my most popular class, “Things Just Don’t Gotta Get Better, YOU DO!™,” could be submitted for continuing education (CE) credits.
The closer we get to our mobile devices – the closer they get to us. Who you ask? Everyone and anyone who wants to sell us something, generate mind share, or impact our buying decisions. In technologies past, such as the traditional Internet, that would have been a bad thing; with mobile we’ll welcome it.
Low home prices and strong demand for rental properties are causing a surge in investor buying, driving up the market share of homes purchased by investors.
If I told you that a buyer base representing $4-$5 billion in agent commissions in the last 12 months alone was up for grabs, would you be interested?
After 28 years in the real estate industry, Craig Volding, a real estate agent with RE/MAX of Santa Clarita, says he has seen a lot of well-intentioned and hotly promoted systems, products and tools claiming to make his work as a real estate professional easier and more profitable. ...
Sotheby’s International Realty Affiliates LLC recently announced the launch of its official YouTube channel, which was designed to house unique property and destination videos from its network’s nearly 600 offices worldwide. ...
Denver-based firm EquityLock Solutions was named the first-ever recipient of RISMedia’s Real Estate Magazine New Product of the Year Award. EquityLock received the award for its creation of Home Price Protection™, a product designed to protect a homeowner’s equity in today’s volatile market.
The Real Estate Magazine New Product of the Year Award was created to highlight and recognize a service or product that RISMedia believes will contribute to the livelihood of real estate professionals and promote homeownership among today’s consumers. The award winner was announced at RISMedia’s 16th Annual Power Broker Dinner on November 11, part of RISMedia’s “Power Broker Weekend.” The event took place in Anaheim, California, in conjunction with the REALTORS® Conference & Expo.