Toronto Housing Market Report 2024 was a slow year again for Toronto Realtors, sometimes agonizingly so, yet sales did increase by 2.6% vs 2023. It was a year of the fear of higher for longer interest rates and rising long-term bond yields which gaves little hope for homebuyers hoping to buy a property in one…
Zillow Real Estate Company Zillow has established itself as the most significant and successful real estate marketplace on the Internet. It’s a key source of buyer and seller leads for real estate agents across the country from Massachusetts to Florida to Texas and California. For prospective home buyers, its website provides accessible, easy-to-use real estate…
Finding Houses for Sale Finding a home for sale today isn’t easy. The shortage of single-detached homes in most of the country makes your search frustrating and a Realtor’s job tough if they take the project on. You’ll be paying them 2 to 3% commission on the price of the property, so you’ll want to…
Mississauga Housing Market A quick look at home prices in Mississauga should raise some homeowner’s eyebrows. It would appear a trend away from Mississauga is underway. This might be a reflection of the slowdown in the Ontario economy, particularly manufacturing where Mississauga is so strong. In July, however the slowdown appeared to be significant. It’s…
Real Estate Websites – Designs and Lead Management There’s no denying the power of a quality real estate website, designed for the user experience, agent lead management and nurturing, as well as presenting engaging content for digital marketing prowess. Skimping on your Realtor website can seriously hamper your online visibility, lead generation and conversion, as…
Top 25 Important Things for First-Time Home Sellers Selling your first home might seem a little like watching your oldest teenager move away to go to college. It’s a big change for you and for them and anxiety is a normal reaction. After all, this is the first one and you’re not sure of the…
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….
2022 Could be a Boom Year Few home sellers will argue against the idea that selling their home in 2022 won’t be a profitable experience. With prices so high in the absence of supply, prices will rocket. And prices did rocket in 2022. And most Realtors will believe that this should be their best sales…
Florida Housing Supply Dries Up The Florida housing market remains one of the hottest housing markets in 2022 despite a continually diminished listings of Florida homes for sale. The lack of housing construction is a topic I’ve been writing about for years. It’s due to government policies (NIMBY) resistance to new housing development and it’s…
Buyer and Seller Real Estate Leads Acquiring leads and especially seller leads has been especially difficult for a couple of years now. Homeowners haven’t been eager to sell for a variety of reasons. Given how competitive the online medium is, it’s important for Realtors to commit to a thorough real estate marketing service package. And…
Find Houses for Sale If you’re used to hunting through the MLS listings, you know the pickings are slim. To find a house in 2021, you have to broaden and refine your home search strategy. You may not be successful until 2022, You may not be successful until 2022, however the point is that the…
Compass Real Estate AI Features Compass Realty has made quite a splash in the US real estate market. This brokerage aims to be one of the biggest in the nation and to bring the power of technology to their real estate team. And with their recent influx of $470 million in recent venture funding, they’re…
Selling Fast May Mean a Lower Price As I mentioned in another post on selling for a higher price, and sell house fast, speed isn’t a factor on a listing. In fact, the faster you sell the more likely the market hasn’t discovered your property. In fact, getting rid of your precious real estate asset…
Houses for Sale in Los Angeles Finding great homes for sale right now in Los Angeles is a tough challenge. Active home listings have diminished which means home prices will rise. Read more on the rebounding Los Angeles real estate market and the full California housing market and where it’s headed. This info might help…
What’s Wrong with My Real Estate Site? Why doesn’t my site produce traffic or leads? 3 Reasons: it doesn’t have reach via Google, Ads, Facebook, or Linkedin it doesn’t create value or appears you offer no satisfaction it doesn’t engage and generate emotion it doesn’t persuade or convince Let’s Take the First Issue: Google A good…
How Sell Your Home for the Best Price in 2020 The market is heating up again this spring of 2020. Like so many homeowners, you’re wondering if this is the right time to sell? Perhaps you’ll be forced to sell if you’ve lost your job. The Corona Virus recession might be ending in a few…
Homes for Sale Now, well into 2024, we’re seeing home listings and sales beginning to grow. For buyer’s today, a good home search strategy helps you find great Realtors, learn more about the market and find homes with the characteristics you’re wanting. With home showing requests too numerous for Realtors to manage and the number…
Federal Courts Rule in Favour of Anti Trust Legislators Back in 2017, the Federal Court of Appeal has upheld an April, 2016 decision made by Canada’s Competition Tribunal. It ordered the Toronto Real Estate Board to allow its members to share the sales histories of listed properties online. This ruling relates as well to the…
Compare RETS vs FTP IDX Feeds The first thing visiting homebuyers want to see on your real estate website are home listings. But when they arrive, they may get a troublesome map widget to frustrate them, or mls listing pages with uninteresting and non-engaging pics and descriptions. What’s worse, is that your current listings aren’t…
Realtors Biggest Pain From Dallas to New York and San Francisco CA, Big Picture realtors hate technical details. You want easy to understand, tangible, measurable deliverables such as guaranteed leads yet the legit real estate marketing world has little to offer. Success is complicated and not everything comes in neat packages. SEO and social media and websites…
Find a Home for Sale and Hire a Great Agent The Los Angeles MLS® Listings, Los Angeles Zillow Listings or the LA Trulia Listings are all good sources of home listings you can peruse. You’re bound to reveal some excellent houses and condos for sale in the specific region of LA you want to live in the property…
Boca Raton Real Estate The name Boca Raton conjures up a lot of luxurious images for home buyers across the US and abroad. The town with the exotic name is famous for luxury dream homes and the ultimate in lifestyle. Here you’ll find some of the most prized real estate in America. In fact, opulence might…
Toronto and Vancouver Sizzling Hot Realty Markets Although the US markets such as San Francisco, Los Angeles, Charlotte, and Miami are glowing brighter these days, Toronto and Vancouver are actually the hottest markets in the world right now. The Forecast for housing sales and combined with higher condo and home prices means realtors can raise their earnings considerably….
What is the MLS? MLS is the term you often see used on realtor’s websites casually or formally. It’s also referred to frequently in housing forecasts and Realtor sales reports. The multiple listing service or MLS is essentially a database of homes for sale. In the US, the National Real Estate Association owns the rights…