Brace your new-home buyers for their home’s wait time: The average time to complete a single-family home is about 7.5 months, according to the Census Bureau’s 2016 Survey of Construction. That includes nearly a month of permitting before any construction takes place, and then another 6.5 months to finish the actual construction.However, the time to build can greatly depend on geographic location. For example, the New England region had the l
Many home sellers succumb to myths about home pricing that don’t match the reality of the housing market. Realtor.com® recently highlighted several of those common pricing myths, including:You won’t always make money on the sale of a home.Home sellers shouldn’t always assume they’ll walk away with a profit. The National Association of REALTORS® estimates home prices will increase 5 percent by the end of this year. That said, 23 markets
September is REALTOR® Safety Month, and data from the National Association of REALTORS®’ recently released 2017 Member Safety Report shows that 38 percent of members have experienced a situation that made them fear for their personal safety or the safety of their personal information. Common situations that caused fear included open houses, vacant and model homes, properties that were unlocked or unsecured, and properties in remote areas.O
Build authority, credibility and communication that gets you clientsKey Takeaways To write clear, engaging content that will resonate with your audience, you first have to define your audience, find your voice and tone and learn to communicate with the reader on his or her level.Blogging is all about communication that is authentic, interesting and, most of all, understandable. If your blog is all inside sports — statistics, acronyms and trivi
Take any opportunity you can find to grow and expandHow do you keep your motivation in check and make sure you’re always on top of your business? Ryan Stewman explains how to use your hustle to grow your real estate business.In this clip from, Stewman talks about how he learned to make more money from the money he already has.“Sarcasm is a snippet of the truth buried in comedy.” – Ryan StewmanOvercome fear Business rewards people wh
Irma could make landfall on the coast this weekendAs Houston and coastal Texas deal with Harvey’s aftermath, a nervous Florida prepares for the possibility that Hurricane Irma could make landfall this weekend.Cindy HamannCategory 5 Irma, which has already pulverized the Caribbean, could present different challenges to the Sunshine State than Harvey did to Houston — less rain but potentially much higher winds that are currently being sustained
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Following several weeks of drops, mortgage application volume pushed higher last week. The uptick was mostly due to an increase in refinancers who took advantage of lower mortgage rates.Total mortgage application volume, which reflects refinance and home-buying activity, rose 3.3 percent week over week on a seasonally adjusted basis last week, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported Wednesday. However, volume remains 23 percent lower than a yea
You may want to put more weight on content marketing and white papers in your marketing plan. A new study says that consumers who read an educational article from a company are 131 percent more likely to buy from that company instead of a competitor. Further, survey respondents who read the content considered the companies who provided it to be helpful (78 percent) and trustworthy (64 percent) and reported positive feelings toward that firm, acco
Hispanics are increasingly making up what’s considered the typical American home buyer, Curbed.com reports. Latinos are expected to make up 52 percent of new home buyers between 2010 and 2030, largely driven by the country’s 14.6 million Latino millennials.Since 2000, the number of Hispanic households has jumped by 6.7 million, which comprises 42.5 percent of the country’s overall household growth. Hispanics’ “fervent desire to own a ho
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