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In late-breaking news Tuesday Brookfield Residential Property Services, a Brookfield Asset Management Inc. affiliate, announced that it has purchased Prudential Real Estate and Relocation Services (PRERS), a recognized leader in employee relocation and real estate franchising from Prudential Financial, Inc. Prudential Relocation Services operates as Pricoa Relocation in Asia and Europe.
This week’s headlines from the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® include: Save up to 48% on printers from Xerox, get 3600 customer service ideas, and growth expected in commercial markets in 2012. ...
Without good communication, you don’t have a business. Whether you’re staying in touch via telephone, face-to-face, IM, text or email; communication is the interpersonal ‘glue’ that holds everything together, cementing the foundations of your team, and sealing every crack to create a seamless and cohesive unit.
This intriguing question will be answered this week by a panel of industry experts at RISMedia’s 16th Annual Power Broker Forum, being held from 2:30-4 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 11, 2011, at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA, during the annual NAR Conference in Room 201A.
Speakers for “The One Thing Power Brokers Can’t Live Without,” will include:
• John Featherston, President & CEO, RISMedia (moderator)
• Ed Krafchow, Chairman of the Board, Better Homes and Gardens Mason-McDuffie Real Estate (moderator)
• Margaret Kelly, CEO, RE/MAX, LLC
• Sherry Chris, President & CEO, Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate LLC
Prudential Florida Realty, a member of RISMedia’s Real Estate Information Network® (RREIN), announced its growth in Palm Beach County as Broker/Owner Scott McVey and the Sales Professionals of Blue Water Realty merged their office with Prudential Florida Realty’s Boynton Beach Branch Office and Family of Services. ...
One hundred might seem like an arbitrary number of transactions, and it is. Yet, from our experience, it’s also an ideal milestone for real estate professionals looking for a more stable and productive business environment.
Still you may wonder, why not 50? Why not 200? Certainly, 100 is not the pinnacle and you shouldn’t feel bound to stick rigidly to this number by any means. However, 100 is our recommendation as a working blueprint for success; let us explain why that is…
As economic conditions continue to challenge and stymie real estate professionals and their consumers, RISMedia and Citi have come together to host a by-invitation-only event during next month’s REALTORS® Conference & Expo: The Power Broker Economic Summit. Taking place on Saturday, November 12, from 9 – 11 a.m. at the Anaheim Marriott in Anaheim, California, the Economic Summit will feature in-depth analysis from prominent economist, David Stockton.
Greg Rand (
@gsrand, CEO of
OwnAmerica, and host of “Rand on Real Estate” on 770 WABC, discusses with a caller the reality that banks are not tightening their lending standards; they are just following the standard practices that they were using years ago.
(MCT)—Many consumers applying for a mortgage are going to start sharing more personal information with lenders next year, like it or not.
FICO scores, the industry standard for determining credit risk in mortgages backed by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the Federal Housing Administration, largely have been based on a person’s credit history. But in an attempt to develop a more well-rounded picture of a person’s finances beyond credit, tools are being developed to help the lending industry dig deeper.
Structural engineers get paid big bucks to design buildings strong enough to withstand the damaging impact brought on by Mother Nature's fury. They use computer simulations to help them identify and mitigate stress-fatigue factors, which might contribute to the collapse of the building.
If you’re on the verge of losing your home, or you know someone who is, then you also know about the long, bureaucratic process involved in applying for a loan modification from a lender. The most common approach is to apply under the new Home Affordability Mortgage Program (HAMP),
U.S. News Media Group has unveiled The 10 Best Places to Retire in 2012. The list can be found at
http://usnews.com/retire.
Century 21 Real Estate LLC, the franchisor of one of the world's largest residential real estate sales organizations, has announced the release of the CENTURY 21® App on Facebook. According to the company, the app provides CENTURY 21® System brokers with an innovative tool to help optimize their offices' Facebook ...
The September 2011 RE/MAX National Housing Report, a survey of housing data from 53 metropolitan areas, shows that the number of home sales were 7.6% higher than September 2010. This follows a trend from August and July, when sales were up 18.0% and 13.1% respectively. With higher sales, the inventory ...
There’s no question that as a society we are more mobile than we have ever been. With over 300 million mobile users in this country, a 96% penetration rate, it’s safe to say this isn’t going to change anytime soon, instead only increase.
