Aug 26
Google Issues Warning to Sites With Pop Ups If your site has a pop-up ad, you may want to change it soon. Google says it plans to punish sites that have pop-up ads on mobile by factoring it into their search algorithm. It also is going after interstitial, web pages displayed before or after an …
Aug 25
Redesign Slated for Loan Forms Mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac announced Wednesday a redesign for the standardized form borrowers use to apply for a loan, the first substantial revision in more than two decades. The changes to the Uniform Residential Loan Application (URLA) include simplified terminology and new data fields capturing …
Aug 24
Clients Expect Social Media Responses Within 1 Hour If customers contact you via your social media channels, they expect to get a response immediately. In fact, 53 percent of customers who tweet a brand expect a response within an hour. If their tweet references a problem, 72 percent then say they expect a …
Aug 23
Buzzwords That Bump Up a Sales Price Certain words included on the MLS public remarks section about your listing can help bring about a higher sales price than ads that don’t have any comments, finds real estate data firm CoreLogic. The firm analyzed the public comments on 81,025 MLS-listed property sales between January …
Aug 22
Foreclosures on the Rise in a Few Pockets oreclosure starts nationwide plummeted to an 11-year low in July, but not everywhere is seeing the drop. In fact, a handful of cities and counties are seeing the opposite, with even one state seeing a jump by more than 100 percent in starts. Thirteen states posted a …
Aug 19
Household Chores to Tackle Now While spring is a popular time to tidy up a home, there is also summer cleaning to be done. Before summer winds down completely, home owners may want to tackle a few chores around the house, particularly before the cold weather makes these household chores more difficult. 1. …
Aug 18
What Will Replace Golf Course Communities? More than 800 golf courses have closed nationwide in the last 10 years, as interest wanes in the sport. Even if their particular course it still open, some home owners who paid a premium to live nearby may be finding their property values slip. And others are fearful …
Aug 17
Idea of an Empty Nest Is Fading So-called empty nesters are finding their homes aren’t so empty anymore. While the kids may have gone off to college, they’re coming back. Also, aging parents are moving in. It’s a full nest as multigenerational households soar. About 19 percent of all Americans – or about 60.6 …
Aug 16
Parent Buyers Need You More Than Ever The home search for many households with school-aged children is still going strong into the fall, as many buyers are faced with low inventory and rising prices. In fact, a new survey from NAR revealed that finding the right property was the hardest task for 53 percent …
Aug 15
Where Properties Sell the Fastest, Slowest Nearly 50 percent of properties nationwide were on the market for less than a month before selling, according to the June 2016 REALTORS® Confidence Index Survey Report. Only 11 percent of properties were on the market for six months or longer. Homes are tending to sell the …
Aug 09
Consumers Love Looking for Homes Online Americans spend an average of 55 minutes per online visit with real estate apps on their phones, according to new research unveiled by Google. Basically, “customers roll over in the morning and start looking at real estate listings [on their phone],” John Thornton, a partner in Google’s real …
Aug 08
Help Clients Get to Know the Neighborhood During a house hunt, helping your clients find a neighborhood where they can feel comfortable and satisfied long-term can be just as important as helping them find them a home with the right features. This is particularly important for younger buyers, who still want traditional single-family homes …
