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Zillow Group Acquires Follow Up Boss CRM System
The acquisition purchase price includes $400 million of initial cash consideration and up to $100 million in a potential cash earnout. Continue Reading Zillow Group Acquires Follow Up Boss CRM System
NAR Adds IRAR Trust Company as Partner in its Realtor Benefits Program
IRAR will provide discounted self-directed IRAs and solo 401(k) accounts to NAR members, their families, and association staff. Continue Reading NAR Adds IRAR Trust Company as Partner in its Realtor Benefits Program
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Broker thrives after overcoming market downturns
Source: MPA Mag --- Kristi Hardy (pictured) is a study in taking ownership of one’s own career path. Having previously worked in finance, sales and marketing, she sought a new career after a three-and-a-half year period of world travel in her 20s. “I started in the...
Op-ed: Thinking of moving your primary residence to a tax-advantaged state? Take these steps
Source: CNBC --- It’s not unusual for wealthy taxpayers to relocate from high-tax states to low-tax states. There’s evidence in population trends: Texas and Florida — neither of which have a state income tax — were the states with the biggest population increases...
Homes with the Same Square Footage Can Appear to Be Wildly Different Sizes — Here’s Why
Source: Apartment Therapy --- Square footage in real estate isn’t too complex of a concept, even for a non-mathematically inclined person like myself. But I remember when it became very obvious to me that properties with similar square footage appear vastly different...
6-month period brings financial storm for many
Source: Pensions And Investments --- Defined contribution money managers, like their plan sponsor clients and the millions of U.S. workers who save for retirement with them, are navigating a much different world in mid-2022 than they did at the end of 2021....
5 keywords clients want to see in listing descriptions — and what to avoid
Source: Inman --- Making the perfect listing is no easy feat — especially when incorporating search engine optimization. Here’s how to maximize your next listing with the keywords your clients are looking for. In luxury real estate, prospective clients have always...
5 things to know about adjustable rate mortgages
Source: National Mortgage News --- Adjustable rate mortgage originations are on the rise Adjustable rate mortgage offers made to consumers searching for loans on LendingTree have zoomed in the past 12 months, increasing 230% through the first half of this year from...
Will Traverse City Real Estate Remain Insulated From Larger Forces This Time Around?
Source: Traverse Ticker --- After years of red-hot real estate activity, the housing market is finally showing signs of cooling off. Nationwide, rising interest rates, growing real estate inventory and fewer buyers are bringing about a sea change in a market that...
How Do Realtors Get Paid For a Home Sale?
Source: Realty Biz News --- Most consumers, whether buying or selling a home, understand that real estate agents are paid a commission. From there, it gets blurry what consumers know and don’t know. How a real estate professional gets compensated is a question often...
Las Vegas’ housing market cooling faster than others
Source: Review Journal --- In more ways than one, Las Vegas’ housing market is getting doused with cold water. People are buying fewer homes, sellers are slashing their prices, and availability is soaring. Southern Nevada is far from alone in seeing its once-sizzling...
Putting the real estate market into perspective
Source: Toronto Sun --- In so many ways, we rely on the media to provide us with information about housing markets in this hectic world. Readers and viewers, however, should look at the big picture and put news in perspective. We hear a lot about rising interest rates...
A Real Estate Professional Helps You Separate Fact from Fiction
Source: Keeping Current Matters --- If you’re following the news, chances are you’ve seen or heard some headlines about the housing market that don’t give the full picture. The real estate market is shifting, and when that happens, it can be hard to separate fact from...
The nation’s housing market is on a correction course
Source: Housing Wire --- Rising interest rates and a slowing economy overall are already taking some of the air out of the rapid home-price appreciation the housing market has experienced over the past year, according to the recently released Federal Reserve Beige...
Buyers and sellers are feeling a shift in the housing market
Source: Marketplace --- In June, pending home sales fell 8.6% from the previous month, according to the National Association of Realtors. That’s the latest sign that the frenzied housing market we’ve come to know during the pandemic is finally cooling off. So what’s...
