Best Cities to Buy Real Estate Buyers and investors have a complex question to answer in which cities/states to buy a home or rental property. The housing market is tight from single family homes to apartments in most major cities. A wave of people have left the urban regions for the suburbs and beyond. But…
Mississauga Housing Market The story of residential real estate in the Mississauga/Milton/Oakville region is one seen across Canada as higher mortgage rates are pricing a growing number of buyers out of the market. And with a ban on foreign purchases of property, the Mississauga buyer market profile has changed greatly. Canadian buyers struggle to find…
Los Angeles Housing Market Buyers from all over the US and around the world monitor Los Angeles’ homes for sale and home prices. That search is more than for other US housing markets. Being one of the largest cities in the world, its residential real estate market is one of the biggest too, creating one…
Probability of a Real Estate Market Crash: Low As we know now, the predictions of a housing market crash in the US and in any specific state were wrong. Shouldn’t this whole topic be put to rest? Or is there some blind spots in our housing market outlook? And just when it supposed to…
Housing Market Forecast With the economy cooling, mortgage rates at above 6%, FED unease about inflation, and the debt ceiling crisis, it’s not surprising the homebuyer’s view of the short term housing market is not good. Since home prices rose 3.5% again in April, despite crippling mortgage rates and consumer fears, we can forecast better…
Florida Real Estate Market Home sales and dollar value transactions eased off from April’s surprising performance, but the State of Florida enjoys one of the strongest housing markets in America. Suffice to say however that the Florida housing market is cooling off. Slower economic growth, falling US dollar, high mortgage rates, and consumer skepticism have…
Why is Real Estate SEO in such High Demand? Realtors are wondering whether digital marketing can make a difference in today’s difficult real estate sales environment. Competition in housing markets for Los Angeles, Boston, Miami, Denver, or Toronto Realtors is intense. And property listings have diminished as buyers can’t afford to buy, and homeowners can’t…
Real Estate SEO Consulting Million dollar agents will tell you, the money is at the top. Yet, if your website is poor and your visibility minimal on Google, it’s unlikely you’re going to reach the top. In terms of performance and perception, a weak presence can crush personal brands and sabotage careers. All your hard…
Seller Leads through Better Marketing Today’s home sellers are a cagey lot, continuously holding on for a better price and the exact right time to sell their property. Still, as a Realtor among thousands in your region, you must build a system capable of reaching as many homeowners as possible. As one of my Realtor…
5 Year Forecast for the Housing Market What does the market crystal ball indicate about the 5 year outlook on the residential real estate markets across the US? There’s a number of factors in progress that will push prices up in the next 2 years, yet they may remain relatively flat for to 2030. Yes,…
The Right Property Management Software Software technology has come a long way in the past few years. Improvements in property management technology in particular is responding to growth in the rental property sector as the demand for rental housing rockets. Landlords and property managers are building their businesses on property management software to leverage automation…
Finding Real Estate Leads With the buyer market drying up and home owners retreating for better times to sell their home, perhaps in 2024, a large number of Realtors are leaning hard on lead generation companies. As one of my clients once said, sales is a game of numbers. Yes, as volume grows, so does…
Toronto Housing Market GTA home sales have plummeted by nearly 50% year over year in November, as mortgage rates continue a relentless climb in Canada. Home prices on the other hand have not reclined as much since their peak last spring. Remax has forecasted a price drop of 11.4% in 2023 due to a reduction…
Be Smart, Sell your House Soon It’s taken a long time, but experts are finally calling for a recession. And the housing market? Well, they’re talking crash now. It’s not hard to understand, given there is no way home buyers can qualify for mortgages, which look like they could be headed very high. New loans…
A Real Estate Agent Near Me Home prices peaked in summer 2022, but sales prices are still very high right across the US. There is a grand opportunity, if you make good choices to get close to your imagined selling price. Although the government is pushing the economy into recession, it will take some time….
When Will It Be a Great Time to Buy a Home Again? In September, prospective homebuyers once again sat on the sidelines, and even backed out of intended purchases. The task for a good Realtor near you has never been greater, whether you’re selling or buying. Stats from the latest housing market report show home…
HomeBuyers Backing out of Home Deals A new report by Real Estate Firm Redfin on August’s pending home sales stats shows buyers are backing out of deals in the US Sunbelt cities. In particular, Phoenix, Tampa and Las Vegas. Jacksonville Florida were cited as suffering the greatest increase in cancelled deals. It comes as buyer…
How Far Will Florida Home Prices Fall? Hurricane Ian may become the 5th most expensive hurricane in US history. Although smaller in size, it packed sustained 150 mph winds and big storm surge to overwhelm neighborhoods in the Port Charlotte, Fort Myers and Naples region on Wednesday. Southwest Florida had a wonderful 30 year growth…
Toronto Housing Market Bubble Crash Update: Reports about the potential of a Toronto housing bubble and crash have been around for many years. Trump tax cuts and stimulus spending prevented the crash, yet now in 2022, those factors are gone and interest rates are poised to rocket under an ineffectual US Fed. The American situation…
Will Sellers Rush Online to Find a Realtor? Many Realtors are thinking there’s no way residential real estate can fail. Housing markets are too hot with wealthy buyers, high employment, strong banks, along with strong millennial buyer demand and very limited supply of housing. Yet the narrative seems to be changing despite the economic strength. …