Inventory Drops Again, Sales Slow [INFOGRAPHIC]

Why It's Important to Become Successful Slowly In Real Estate

Sometimes quick success leads to bad thinking and unrealistic expectations. Today's post goes over how to avoid that and to grow success overtime instead...

U.S. Existing Home Sales Are Rapidly Slowing. Nobody Is Quite Sure Why

Explanations range from rising interest rates to overpriced homes to a falling stock market.

What Real Estate Agents Wish They Could Tell Their Clients

It’s not always easy to work in real estate. Home prices continue to rise throughout most of the country, interest rates are low and inventory is tight. It’s a prime market for sellers and not so much for buyers. There’s a lot of anxiety and frustration for buyers and their agents, particularly with...

How to Find Continued Value in Apartment Acquisitions

With concessions ticking up and rent growth slowing, is it time to question or finetune allocation levels and strategies in multifamily investing?

Housing inventory is low; what do you do?

How to explain the inventory shortage to clients

If clients don't understand the effects of the inventory shortage, they may be upset at the outcome of their real estate agents’ work. So educate them.

6 Tips for Guiding Buyers in a Seller’s Market

Inventory is bleak, but there are still ways brokers and agents can help their clients find the right home.

How homebuyers can compete in a strong seller’s market

With housing inventory still lagging, sellers continue to have the upper hand.

Who's Buying "dem" Mortgages? And what are they Buying?

Pay no attention to those stories about "Shadow Inventory"! Apparently that has all been soaked up. Or, at least, builders and the NAR would like to believe that. It is hard to pick the top or bottom of any market, but it is hard to argue that housing prices...

10 Cities Beating National Housing Trends

Ten metros are standing out for strong price appreciation, housing inventory increases, and a rise in home sales that are far outpacing the more moderate gains in the national housing market.

The housing market is slowing—but don’t mistake it for a crash

Don’t mistake softening for a correction: Even with some recent cooling, the housing market is still fairly strong.

What causes a commercial real estate deal to collapse?

I believe there are three factors that drive commercial real estate deals: attitude, inventory, and interest rates. All three can influence the decision, and taken together they can create the one …

Will shadow inventory derail housing recovery?

Home sales are up as inventory shrinks, pumping up prices - unless a glut of new inventory comes into play

Infographic: Who is the Typical REALTOR®?

This infographic takes a look at the demographics of the typical REALTOR®.

Why Slowing Home Price Growth Is Good For Everyone

Home price appreciation is destined to slow further, and in some areas of the country, it is going to slow sharply. Income ratios and soon-to-be-rising interest rates will drive a leveling off of home prices, particularly in the most expensive markets in the country.