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…
California Real Estate Market Forecast The California Association of Realtors in its April housing market report shows home sales dropped while average prices rose above $800,000 for the first time since last October. What’s dictating prices and sales is rising mortgage rates and fewer homebuyers willing to sell. The US economic environment isn’t positive and…
NASDAQ Forecast The good performance of the NASDAQ listed stocks show investors believe in the tech sector, and that it has the only path to profitability against Dow, Russell and S&P stocks. The NASDAQ’s 17.8% price growth year to date is surprising, but can it be sustained? Tech can find a way to profitability…
Do You Really Need to Go Pro? A lot of small business owners and marketing managers sit on the fence for a long time about committing to SEO and content marketing. They dabble with amateur help and publish mundane material that serves no one. This lack of commitment to excellence in their business is a…
Best Cities to Enjoy the Digital Nomad Lifestyle? You’re not the only one considering a life change that might see you locate to a new city or country, to cut your living expenses, relax, work better, and enjoy a higher quality of life. There are millions of people, mostly entrepreneurs, employees, and digital tech workers…
SEO Consulting Silicon Valley Companies in Silicon Valley California hope to capture the best SEO Consultant available to develop a sophisticated, resilient and powerful SEO strategy. Why an SEO Consultant? It’s the dedication, creativity, focus, energy, and specialized expertise in search engine optimization — high level skills that aren’t taught. Pros in any industry have…
LA Realtors Finding the Edge with SEO Consulting Are you content with the leads you grind out every month? You’re doing okay but you need to do better. The Los Angeles metro housing market is vast and one of the most rewarding anywhere in the US for real estate agents. That’s why it’s well worth investing…
Online Advertising Spending Trends Are you pulling back on your digital ad spend and spending more strategically this year? It seems wise, however there are important reasons to combine your digital ad spend to support your overall lead generation goals. Google Ads and Facebook Ads programs pull in billions of dollars in profits for these…
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…
Why are Real Estate Prices so Persistently High? From the US to Canada and Australia, home prices are extremely high and they may not fall, according to housing experts. In fact, 2024 is likely to see more home price growth. There is some outrage, but there’s little action about it, because people don’t know what’s…
Tesla Stock Tesla is the world’s premier electric powered automobile manufacturer and has built a very strong brand reputation among auto buyers who prefer a new era of environmentally friendly, clean energy powered vehicles. Tesla is reputed to own 68% of the EV market. The company also manufactures rechargeable batteries, solar panels, and solar power…
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…
Compare Lowest Home Mortgage Rates Mortgage rates are rising fast and could go much higher yet. The chart showing the mortgage rate forecasts is a bit frightening. Any refinancing you need, should likely be done now at 6% instead of 12% in the years ahead. On a $300,000 loan, the extra cost would be expensive….
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…
Will the Housing Bubble to Burst in 2023? With inflation numbers soaring, GDP numbers falling, unemployment falling, and Fed interest rate hikes rocketing, there’s not too many positives for the US housing market forecast in 2023. Most housing market experts concur that prices could fall and there’s little reason to believe in a recovery in…
House Features Most Wanted Today What are buyers wanting in their next home this year? It’s an interesting mix of features, yet are these features you’d be willing to upgrade for to sell your home at a higher price? NAHB conducted a survey of new home buyers about what they were looking for in a…
US Housing Market January Home sales across the US took a surprising upturn in January 2022 rising 6.7% from December which exceeded NAR’s forecast. It seems homebuyers are eager to lock in a lower mortgage rates now than risk much higher rates later. Given the price of homes in some cities, waiting to buy a…
Are California Home Prices Going to Rise? 2021 was a pretty good year for the California’s housing market with big sales numbers and rising prices even as the supply of homes receded by a third. Each year, seemingly fewer houses are available. The allure of the Golden State has always been too much to resist,…
Unemployment Rate in the United States The Covid 19 pandemic interrupted a very positive reduction in the unemployment rate in the United states. 8 years of strong growth during the bull market stock market was crippled by the shutdowns. Now in late 2021, the economic recovery is beginning to deliver stronger job growth (4.8% unemployment…