Homebuyers Income Jumps

Homebuyers Income Jumps

Homebuyers Income Jumped Last Year For Realtors, the 2024 housing market outlook is a little brighter. More listings, more sales, and homebuyers’ incomes have risen. Really, isn’t that all the good news Realtors need? Lawrence Yun, chief economist of the National Association of Realtors® himself predicts home sales likely will climb 14% this year. There’s…

Core Essentials of your 2024 Marketing Strategy

Core Essentials of your 2024 Marketing Strategy

Tips for Better Real Estate Marketing in 2024/2025 Hundreds of thousands of real estate agents are hopeful heading into 2024, given the experts predict a big jump in listings and sales. The sales number forecast is fine, but the listing numbers are the big opportunity. You didn’t have listings, but it looks like sellers are…

Oregon Housing Market

Oregon Housing Market

Oregon Housing Market The beautiful state of Oregon is a desirable destination for many Americans, even California expats, for jobs in technology and for living in its natural splendor. The title graphic above attests to its astonishing natural beauty with mountain vistas, spectacular rivers and waterfalls, and magnificent nature trails that attract tourists from around…

Real Estate Leads

Real Estate Leads

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…

The Future of Real Estate

The Future of Real Estate

The Future of Real Estate While housing markets in US cities waffle back and forth between market crash and price peaks, homebuyers, property investors and Realtors are wondering how real estate will look 5 to 10 years from now. It’s a certainty that new real estate technology (Fintech and Proptech) will shape the path ahead for the real…

What is the Future of the US Housing Market?

What is the Future of the US Housing Market?

A Stable Optimistic Outlook for Housing for Next 3 to 5 Years What about the housing market forecast for 2020? Buyers and sellers are looking for solid reliable predictions of home prices nationally and local forecasts their respective cities before they make their big decision. This big picture guide should answer your pressing question, and…

Realtors: Are You Using the Right Technology?

Realtors: Are You Using the Right Technology?

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…

MLS Real Estate Listings – NAR CREA – TREB Homes Condos for Sale

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…

Realtor.com and Realtor.org

The National Realtors Association Websites Realtor.com the official website of the National Association of REALTORS  which operates in the US. NAR as it’s known owns the copyright on the acronym REALTOR® and MLS® which stands for the association’s multiple listing service. NAR as an association has 1 million members practicing across all states.  NAR considers…