RISMEDIA, October 13, 2009—As the real estate market continues to shift, recruiting strategies must be constantly evolving so that real estate professionals are always bringing agents who will produce into their office. While some markets that have remained strong throughout the past few years have found recruiting success by sticking to the basics, others have had to fine-tune the way they recruit in order to attract

RISMEDIA, October 12, 2009—As the housing market continues to struggle its way toward stabilization, Steve Cinelli, founder and chief strategy officer at PRIMARQ, discusses the notion of equity financing and how he and his team are working with leaders in Washington, D.C., to change the face of real estate. “As the housing market began to crumble and financial institutions began to fail,

RISMEDIA, November 2, 2009—With the First-Time Home Buyer Tax Credit deadline quickly approaching, the Internal Revenue Service recently reminded potential home buyers they must complete their first-time home purchases before Dec. 1, 2009 to qualify for the special first-time home buyer credit*. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act extended the tax credit, which has provided a tax benefit to more than 1.4 million

RISMEDIA, October 7, 2009—“The environment will be one of the great challenges of the 21st century. Soon it will dominate virtually all aspects of life in North America—socially, politically and economically. Today’s great leaders and entrepreneurs must look at environmental problems as an opportunity to set themselves apart from the competition.”  - Steve Morris, Founder and CEO, EXIT Realty Corp. International

RISMEDIA, October 6, 2009—We first met Melanie Ross of Coldwell Banker Solano Pacific in 2007 as she struggled to make the shift to selling homes online. At that time, Ross was moderately successful and hoping to move into selling homes online with Benicia, CA Real Estate. She knew even then that she couldn’t do it alone; in fact, she actually compared trying to succeed online alone to trying to ‘FSBO’ a home instead of listing with a Realtor.

RISMEDIA, October 3, 2009—Pending home sales have increased for seven straight months, the longest in the series of the index which began in 2001, according to the National Association of Realtors®.  The Pending Home Sales Index, a forward-looking indicator based on contracts signed in August 2009, rose 6.4% to 103.8 from a reading of 97.6 in July, and is 12.4% above August 2008 when it was 92.4.

RISMEDIA, October 2, 2009—(MCT)—The housing market is getting a much-needed boost as first-time homebuyers rush to take advantage of an $8,000 federal tax credit that is set to expire Nov. 30, 2009.  The incentive is helping to slow the decline in home sales. In August, sales were down 1% over the comparable period last year, the smallest year-over-year decline in any month since late 2007. As Congress considers extending the credit, real-estate agents and home builders worry sales could slump again if it's allowed to expire.