Last month I touched base on the "members only" listing category that keeps nearly a quarter of available homes from public view. There are currently 550+ listings with an additional nearly 200 on members only status as of today! This listing strategy is providing new opportunities for buyers and sellers. Let's connect about how these strategies are working for [...]
Real estate may be one of the most important things that you will ever invest in, but it can also be a useful means of increasing your financial well-being. If you're getting into the real estate game and are wondering how you can make use of investing in homes to improve your net worth, here [...]
The Pre & Non-MLS information shared on Top Agent Network gives you exclusive advantages in today’s real estate marketplace. Top Agent Network (TAN) is a private, membership-based, online communications system that allows the top-producing real estate agents in local markets to share exclusive, non-MLS information. This privileged information can be crucial to your success [...]
Realtor.com released its latest “Hotness Index” and once again Bay Area real estate markets dominate the rankings. The San Francisco-Oakland metroplex was rated the hottest real estate market in the country in January, and ranking second was the nearby San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara metro area. Realtor.com's “Hotness Index” identifies where houses are selling most quickly, as [...]
(Credit: Zillow Digs) A new year typically means new trends in home design. 2017 is no different. The good folks over at the real estate Web site Zillow recently tackled this very subject. It listed an array of “hottest trends” in home design for the new year, ranging from the use of velvet [...]
KICKING off 2017 and excited to introduce the newest member of our team!!! With over 17 years of experience in real estate sales, including negotiations, contract fulfillment, loan-processing and transaction management including short-sale and REO transactions, you can think of Jennie as your personal Real Estate Concierge. She will be [...]
With the new year rapidly approaching, various news outlets have rolled out their predictions for the housing market in 2017. Among these is Forbes, which recently released its five trends that will “shape the housing market” in the new year. They are: Rising Interest Rates More Credit Available More New Homes The Continued Rise of [...]
November marked a revival of new home sales in the U.S. According to the Commerce Department, new home sales spiked by 5.2 percent last month to an annual rate of 592,000. This was up from 563,000 new home sales in October and easily surpassed the November projection of 580,000 new units sold. New home sales last [...]
U.S. home sales rose in October to their highest rate since the height of the last housing boom some nine-and-a-half years ago. Aided by a strengthening labor market and mortgage rates still at historical lows, home sales surged to an annual rate of 5.6 million units last month. It's the highest rate since February 2007. [...]
While Manhattan remains the priciest luxury real estate market in the U.S., seven of the top 10 counties with the most expensive luxury homes all reside in California. According to the Realtor.com's Luxury Homes Index, San Mateo led the way with an average price of $2.384 million during the first half of the year. It [...]
