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Investing and Real Estate: The Real Stats You Should Know
A recent national survey conducted by Better Homes and Gardens® Real Estate (BHGRE®) looked at the prevalence and facts about investing in real estate today.
A recent national survey conducted by Better Homes and Gardens® Real Estate (BHGRE®) looked at the prevalence and facts about investing in real estate today.
I am sure this is not the first article to use this phrase in conjunction this particular subject, but I will give Wendy Forsythe, SVP
Confidence (high or low) is one of the largest factors that impact our ability to achieve. No matter your vocation or discipline, it has been
A succession plan is as important as life insurance. Please consider your options as early as possible in your tenure. If Buffet were to retire
Sales agent’s competency in demonstrating the company’s value proposition greatly impacts a company’s ability to deliver value to consumers. This in turn impacts how consumers
Whether filling my gas tank at a full-service station (whatever happened to the man who squeegees the windshield?) or dining handsomely at a five-star restaurant, my service expectation does not waiver. I’ll admit it, I’m a service snob.
I had the pleasure of dining at Scalini Fedeli in Tribeca, New York last Saturday evening. The restaurant had been recommended by a friend so I asked around, read reviews and visited their website. Everything I heard and read piqued my interest and raised my level of anticipation for a wonderful dining experience. As always, the real test is always in the actual experience and everyone at Scalini Fedeli lived up to my expectations and more, delivering one notch above throughout the evening.
Sorry to play the contrarian again, but why all the hoopla over NAR’s release this week? Was the news really good enough to elicit a “wow”?
Believe me, after absorbing one ugly headline after another (both fair and unfair) for years now, the industry could certainly use a positive spin on the numbers. Like many others I know, I felt that the media practically reveled in reporting bad news while too often failing to expand on the whole story. This time around, though, I must be missing something because I just don’t get why this is the month when the figures are being trumpeted as the possible first signs of a turnaround.
So pardon me if I’m flying against the positive media winds when I think February was barely different than prior months; as before, I see in the numbers reasons to be both cautious and cautiously optimistic. But I sure ain’t ready to call this yet.
There have been several big releases over the last few days. Let’s take a look at each and what figures are most important to those
At 10am this morning, the National Association of REALTORS® released its year-end summary of existing home sales (their commentary can be read here). As with our
Last week, Fannie Mae released its Economics & Mortgage Market Analysis. This morning the National Association of REALTORS® released its November summary of existing home sales(“EHS”).
Yesterday the National Association of REALTORS® issued its monthly release of existing home sales. Rather than add to the many existing articles that understandably lean
Posted by Wendy Forsythe I often talk to real estate agents who tell me they are not numbers people. I don’t accept that. We all retain
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