POWER BROKER Report Archives

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Remodeling and Demographics: Who Are the New DIYers? When it’s cold and grey outside, there’s no better time to think about fresh starts and remodeling or renovating your residence. Homeowners and renters remodel, redesign, and restructure their home for a variety of reasons. Whether they want to improve the function and...	2016-03-01
Six Myths of Employee Engagement With today’s global ability to produce carbon copy technology and business models, people truly are a company’s only competitive advantage. Businesses that want to accentuate and optimize their competitive talent advantage focus on employee engagement strategies that...	2016-03-01
Study: Women Entrepreneurs Surge in Top 25 Largest U.S. Cities The Center for an Urban Future published a new study, with support from Capital One's Future Edge initiative, that reveals a dramatic surge in women entrepreneurs in the nation's 25 largest cities but also shows that women still face a number of challenges as they start and...	2016-03-02
Power Broker Strategies: Sending the Right Message Continued success for Rei Mesa and his team at Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Florida Realty in 2016 will mean confronting some challenges and misperceptions head-on. Here, the president and CEO of the Florida powerhouse firm discusses market conditions, industry trends and the impact...	2016-03-03
'Come In And Shut The Door:' Communication Breach In The Workplace Revealed In the workplace, "come in and shut the door" usually precedes a tough conversation and is a phrase known to strike terror in the hearts of employees. But the manager on the other side of the desk is likely feeling just as apprehensive about delivering the news, according to...	2016-03-03
Cloud Security Both a Benefit and Cause for Concern for Many Enterprises Medium and large enterprises in the U.S. have mixed feelings about cloud infrastructure security, according to a new survey conducted by Clutch, a leading B2B research firm. While 22 percent of enterprises ranked security the number one cloud computing benefit, 31 percent also...	2016-03-03
Building New Mobility Skills for RDs and Top Agents The Relocation Management industry has largely reinvented itself in recent years. RM companies have been taking on much broader responsibilities for administering and analyzing their clients’ relocation programs and redistributing business volume. Along the way, the...	2016-03-04
Power Broker Strategies: Smart Strategies that Make a Difference What does it take to navigate current market conditions? A careful eye, a healthy perspective when it comes to trends, and out-of-the-box thinking to develop resources that will really help agents increase business. In this month's Power Broker Strategies, get Joe Rand's take...	2016-03-17
TRID: Real Estate Stumbles into Spring On October 3, the lending industry entered a new paradigm in which the old TILA (Truth in Lending Act) and RESPA (Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act) closing documents were replaced with new ones. Despite a tumultuous start, the market regained footing due to extensive preparation,...	2016-03-24
In Support of Client Mobility Policy Development Some relocation departments offer mobility policy support services for corporate clients. Whether you’re assisting a corporate client with initial relocation policy development or evaluating a single section, synchronizing the needs of transferring populations and the...	2016-03-29
2 Rate Hikes are Better than 4 With all eyes on the Federal Reserve, real estate brokers around the nation are holding their breaths in anticipation of a strong spring market this year. The year began with some pessimism marked by the double-whammy of the first rate increase since the Great Recession in December...	2016-03-30
Super-Charging Culture with the Mega Office The office space that a real estate company occupies should create a positive energy and culture that helps everyone be more productive. But just as important, your environment should make your agents want to come to the office each day. Our organization just finished building a new...	2016-03-30
Investment Home Prices Rising Faster Than Owner-Occupied Home Values February 2016 data on investment homes and owner-occupied homes was recently released by online real estate investment management firm HomeUnion. According to the research, year-over-year median investment home prices increased at a greater rate – 5.1 percent – than...	2016-03-30
Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index Improved in March The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index®, which had decreased in February, improved in March. The Index now stands at 96.2 (1985=100), up from 94.0 in February. The Present Situation Index declined moderately from 115.0 to 113.5, while the Expectations Index increased from...	2016-03-30
Survey: Saving a Top Priority For Millennials, but Impulse Spending a Major Barrier One in three millennials (34 percent) ranked saving as their No. 1 goal for the year – ahead of living a healthy lifestyle (20 percent), paying off debt (19 percent), and losing weight (14 percent). But while saving was a top priority, a majority of millennials attributed their...	2016-03-30
Half Empty or Half Full? Selling into the RMC Market It’s not news among brokerage-based relocation directors that Relocation Management Companies (RMCs) have become the dominant aggregators of corporate real estate referrals. Opportunities for relocation directors to cultivate direct corporate relationships have diminished as the...	2016-05-02
It’s Never Too Early to Think about Your Succession Plan Most real estate brokers are focused on growing their businesses. After all, the growth strategy is what allows brokers to stay competitive, gain marketshare and thrive as an organization. Along the way, however, what often gets overlooked is the exit strategy. In this day and age,...	2016-05-03
Millennials: Want to Own, Less Sure it Makes Financial Sense Millennials, or Gen Y (34 and under), are an important generation to the real estate industry. Not just because this generation is the future, but also because, for the fourth year in a row, they are the largest share of homebuyers at 35 percent[1]. Yet they also face several distinct...	2016-05-03
Insider Tips for Building a Winning Recruiting Strategy Successful brokers know that effective recruiting and retention is directly linked to creating a vibrant, supportive company culture. During a special panel discussion taking place at the National Association of REALTORS® upcoming REALTOR® Broker Summit, four of the...	2016-05-03
Broker Strategies: Building Business, Making a Difference When Michael Saunders founded the Sarasota, Fla.-based Michael Saunders & Company in 1976, she wanted the firm to be something special. As the firm celebrates its 40th anniversary this year, Saunders feels as if it’s come to stand for everything she had hoped—especially...	2016-05-03

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