Hitwise: Traffic from social media sites jumps 61% year-over-year Visits to real estate websites have jumped 27 percent in the past year, with much of that increase driven by consumer interest in rentals, according to
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Category: Real Estate
How to Shoot Photos of Your Home for the Real Estate Market
Remove the clutter, use a wide lens if possible, and whatever you do, get yourself a tripod,advises Kathryn Learie If you’ve shopped for a home and browsed the Multiple Listing Service (MLS), you may have
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Quiz: Property Marketing
Even great listings can benefit from skillful property marketing. Take this quiz to find out if you know what it takes to grab the attention of prospective buyers and make the home’s best features stand
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Get Smart About Mobile Real Estate Apps
Written by Michael Antoniak Mobile apps are becoming an increasingly important part of real estate. They not only help you keep your business at your fingertips but also allow you to better serve your clients.
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The Basics of Making an Offer
A written proposal is the foundation of a real estate transaction. Oral promises are not legally enforceable when it comes to the sale of real estate. Therefore, you need to enter into a written contract, which
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Sales Slow but Remain Above Last Year!!!
With the scheduled closing deadline for the home buyer tax credits, existing-home sales slowed in June but remained at relatively elevated levels, according to the National Association of REALTORS®. Existing-home sales, which are completed transactions
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Exotics are for a Rare Breed
These loans can be beneficial under the right circumstances Home loans used to be fairly simple. They came in fixed rates and lasted 30 years and people stayed in the home until it was paid
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What To Look For An Equestrian Property
Experience of owning horses can only be maximized if you have the appropriate property to accommodate the needs of such animals. Searching for an equestrian real estate may be quite an arduous task. But it
Read moreFSBO Woes: Why It’s So Hard to Sell Your Own Home
For most people, a for-sale-by-owner transaction simply isn’t in the cards Granted, some people are able to sell their own homes without the services of a real estate agent. Some of these successful do-it-yourselfers are very
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The Lowdown on the First-time Homebuyers’ Tax Credit
Written by Diana Lundin Move.com Still sitting on the fence about buying your first home? If you want to take advantage of the federal government’s tax credit of up to $8000, you have until the
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