by Susanne Dwyer | Aug 27, 2019 | Buying/Selling, Latest News, Lead Story, News, Trending |
Although the vast majority of U.S. home sales involve real estate agents, the notion in the industry that consumers would be fine buying or selling a home without one is not really a new one. After all, the for-sale-by-owner route has been an option forever, and other...
by Susanne Dwyer | Aug 25, 2019 | Buying/Selling, Latest News, News |
Since hitting a low point of 63 percent in 2016, the homeownership rate has rebounded, largely driven by millennial households purchasing their first homes. Many surveys, like one by Bank of the West, indicate that millennials are no different from previous...
by Susanne Dwyer | Jul 2, 2019 | Buying/Selling, Consumer, Home Spun Wisdom, Latest News, News |
(TNS)—You’ve heard of seller’s remorse, but seller’s tears? More than a third of people who’ve sold their homes say they have shed tears over the experience. Consumers’ polled by Zillow rank peddling their properties as one of their most...
by Susanne Dwyer | Jun 20, 2019 | Buying/Selling, Latest News, News |
After a bout of hesitation at the start of the year, homeowners are cozying up to the prospect of selling. According to the latest National Association of REALTORS® quarterly report, 46 percent of homeowners are optimistic about selling, climbing from 37 percent in...
by Susanne Dwyer | Jun 10, 2019 | Best Practices, Best Practices, Buying/Selling, Latest News, Lead Story, Marketing, News, Teams |
Creating lifelong relationships should be the goal of every agent on your team. Adding value to buyers by providing actual value is easy to do, yet most agents don’t add any value to a potential buyer and, therefore, don’t get hired and don’t convert...
by Susanne Dwyer | Apr 10, 2019 | Buying/Selling, Latest News, News |
First-time buyers could soon have a harder time obtaining a home loan. According to a recent Wall Street Journal article, the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) will begin implementing stricter standards for loan approvals, possibly impacting about 50,000 loans...