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Start by listening to a seller’s questions and empathizing. Once you understand the reason they’re asking the question, it’s easier to respond appropriately.
When showing an empty property, Realtors should take a handful of simple steps to mitigate the possibility of a possible attack or theft.
While business hacking can put client data at risk, it can have other motives – like hurting a business by sharing corporate info with rank-and-file workers.
Fla. law doesn’t oversee time computations, and since time calculations are an important component of most transactions, it’s an important concept to understand.
Buying or selling a home is a high-stress process that many people hate – hence the appeal of many iBuyers. As a result, more brokers are creating programs to simplify the process for sellers as a way to gain an edge in the marketplace.
Senate Bill 2507, introduced by Scott and Rubio, would allow Canadian snowbirds to stay in the U.S. for up to eight months – an increase from the current six months.
Introvert, extrovert, Type A? Several brokerages expand teams based on personality test results, but some experts wonder how effective that is in the workplace.
NAR economist credits lower mortgage rates “leading more buyers to the market.” In a year-to-year comparison, sales rose 2.6% while prices rose 4.7%.
According to IBM allegations, it created a number of Zillow processes and algorithms that the company now uses without permission or payment to IBM.
U.S. long-term mortgage rates shot up this week, though they’re close to the historic lows that appear to be helping the real estate market.
Scammers sometimes pull a Realtor’s listing pictures and content from an ad site, often Craigslist, and repost them with minor changes – generally a lower price and different contact number – and agents don’t find out their info was stolen until a renter contacts them.
August’s statewide single-family home median price up 4.2% to $256K, sales up 3.2% year-to-year. Condo median price up 2.7% to $190K, sales down 2.9%.
The Fed cut rates for the second time this year and said it would keep doing what it deems necessary to sustain the U.S. economic expansion. Interest rate cuts have a direct impact on adjustable-rate mortgages and an indirect effect on fixed-rate loans.
Economists expected a more modest gain as permits, a signal of future building, also rose 7.7%. Single-family starts rose 4.4% as multifamily surged 30.9%.