By Todd Carpenter, Social Media Manager, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®
I admit it. I get to work on some really cool stuff:
Available for the first time in a classroom setting, the new e-PRO® gives you a roadmap to build your business and serve the hyper-connection consumers of today and tomorrow. Learn about the changing market and [...]
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By Erica Christoffer, Multimedia Web Producer, REALTOR® Magazine
Covering real estate issues for REALTOR® Magazine is fun, rewarding, and challenging. I love talking to members and capturing their story. So when I was offered the opportunity to shadow the Reuter Team real estate office in Geneva, Ill., I jumped at the chance. Coming from a [...]
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By Robert Freedman, senior editor, REALTOR® Magazine
Karl Case of Wellesley hit the nail on the head yesterday in his balanced look at today’s housing market when he says the American Dream is alive and well because homewnership is first and foremost about the place we call home. As he puts it in A Dream [...]
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By Brian Summerfield, Online Editor, REALTOR® Magazine
Is the traditional model of homeownership in need of an overhaul? Is it even worth defending? Five years ago, these questions might have seemed absurd, but today, several commentators are posing them " and often coming down in favor of extensive and expansive changes to the system.
For instance, the [...]
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By Katherine Tarbox, Senior Editor, REALTOR® Magazine
One of my favorite stories from last year was about Fran Hoover, ABR, GRI, with RE/MAX Masters in South Lake, Texas. For the past 15 years, Hoover has selected one client in dire financial need to work pro bono for every year.
When the market is as tough as it [...]
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By Melissa Dittmann Tracey, Contributing Editor, REALTOR® Magazine
If a customer is unhappy with your service, don't be surprised if he takes to the Internet to voice his frustrations about you. If you venture to review sites — such as the popular rating site Yelp.com — you may find a venting client giving you low marks [...]
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By Robert Freedman, senior editor, REALTOR® Magazine
One of the remarkable things about home sales today is the strength we’re seeing in the national median price. For July it was $182,600, up almost a percentage point from a year ago. That’s about what inflation is right now, according to the Consumer Price Index. When you consider [...]
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You can provide ongoing value to home owners in your blog, Web site, or e-newsletter by educating them on the benefit of an annual checkup " for homeowners insurance, that is.
Help home owners save money and protect their most important investment with tips on conducting an annual insurance checkup from the August "Audit Your Insurance" [...]
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By Stacey Moncrieff, editor in chief, REALTOR® Magazine
It’s not too late to help Good Neighbor Award winner Greg Adamson and his Utah-based Heart 2 Home Foundation win $30,000 in the APX Gives Back Facebook contest. The contestants are charities from around the country; anyone can register with APX Gives Back and vote for their favorite [...]
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By Robert Freedman, senior editor, REALTOR® Magazine
As I write this, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is in Washington at the Treasury building discussing with a group of academics and business leaders what the home mortgage finance system should look like after the federal government decides what to do with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The [...]
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