POWER BROKER Report Archives

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Home Prices Expected to Increase Faster than Overall Rent Growth in Many States Tight inventory and a pick-up in demand for homes as the economy continues to grow at a healthy pace have pushed up home prices. As of July 2015, the median price of all existing homes across the U.S. was $234,000, up 6 percent from a year ago, and at this level, the median price is...	2015-09-24
Institutional Real Estate Investors Face Tough Choices As real estate prices continue to bounce off Great Recession lows, institutional investors in some markets, who bought properties at the bottom, now stand to make more than 50 percent from their investments after about five years. With some poised for such high returns –...	2015-09-24
Maxing Out Your Group-Move Opportunities In the relocation services world, nothing is more exciting and challenging than a group move. It represents an enormous business opportunity but also bears more diverse and sensitive service requirements than we are likely to see in the normal course of work. No one standard approach...	2015-08-28
Investment Affiliates Advise: 'Take a Deep Breath' Investors turning on their TVs after U.S. equity markets opened on August 24 were greeted with news that was anything but good: a market correction, the first in years. The S&P 500 closed down on August 24th close to 11 percent since its July 20th high. Just four stocks drove 10...	2015-08-27
Majority of Americans Want the ‘Right to Be Forgotten’ Sixty-nine percent of online Americans agree that the “Right to be Forgotten” should be a human right, while 29 percent think the ability to remove personal information from the Internet allows for censorship, according to new findings from an online study. Only 16 percent...	2015-08-27
Survey: Rising Housing Costs and Spouse Career Assistance Top Concerns for Relo Pros Rising housing costs and increasing requests from transferring employees who want additional spouse career assistance are the top concerns of human resources executives of global companies, according to a survey from Cartus Corporation, a leading provider of global relocation...	2015-08-27
Deep Dive into Compliance, Leadership and Safety at CEO Exchange Critical issues that stand to change the way successful real estate firms operate will be closely examined at RISMedia’s Real Estate CEO Exchange this September. During the now sold-out, invitation-only event being held at Manhattan’s Yale Club, special experts will give...	2015-08-26
International Sales: A Specialized but Growing Market Foreign buyers are a relatively small portion of the U.S. existing home sales market, but they constitute an important niche market that is only likely to grow over time. With increasing globalization, rising wealth — especially in Asia — and the continued attractiveness of...	2015-08-26
Staying Safe: Brokers Unite To Protect Their Teams After a rash of highly publicized attacks on real estate agents, efforts to protect them are picking up steam. A national initiative that has brokers across the country working together to make their offices available for meetings, and September’s REALTOR® Safety Month,...	2015-08-26
The IMLS: Going Global in a Shrinking World For Dan Forsman, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Georgia Properties, it’s the new wave in real estate—a means to attract foreign buyers searching in their native language to local Atlanta listings. For Mike Pappas, CEO of The Keyes Company, it offers maximum...	2015-08-25
5 Ways Content Gives Way to More Sales Despite the continuous cycle that drives housing, there’s one commodity, arguably more valuable than any other, which remains impervious to the ebbs and flows of the market, relentlessly in demand while in an ever-present glut: information. The problem? To get it, we’re...	2015-07-29
5 Ways to Craft a Compelling Media Pitch Business owners need to be able to sell their news to the media and the public if they want coverage. But how do you go about garnering media coverage? Simple: You have to craft a compelling pitch. But what’s a pitch? A pitch can be as simple as an email to a journalist that...	2015-07-29
The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index Declines The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index®, which had improved in June, declined in July. The Index now stands at 90.9 (1985=100), down from 99.8 in June. The Present Situation Index decreased moderately from 110.3 last month to 107.4 in July, while the Expectations Index...	2015-07-29
New Report Finds Complex Relationship Between Debt and Financial Security and Mobility A report released recently by The Pew Charitable Trusts finds that Americans’ debt has increased over the past three decades, due particularly to home mortgages and student loans, with important implications for long-term economic mobility. A full 80 percent of Americans hold at...	2015-07-29
Corporate Relocation Business Development: Survey Results Summary Thanks to all who participated in RIS Consulting Group’s survey last month. We hope you’ll find your colleagues’ feedback useful and interesting. A response summary of survey questions follows. 'Rate the following corporate relocation services by revenue...	2015-07-21
Economic Outlook and Forecast: Jobs, Inventory, Mortgage Rates and Inflation Economic growth mildly contracted in the first quarter of 2015, but will pick up in the second quarter and second half of the year. For the year as a whole, GDP will expand at 2.1 percent: not a bad number, but not great. The growth rate would also mark the tenth consecutive year of...	2015-07-21
5 Barriers to Implementing Strategic Direction Strategy is a framework within which decisions are made, which influences the nature and direction of a business. Strategy directs organizations as they make plans, marshal resources and make day-to-day decisions. It is imperative that strategy is clear, concise and congruent....	2015-07-21
Amid U.S. Housing Recovery, Brokers Keep a Concerned Eye on China The news has been grim. Headline after headline has shown panic setting in across the Pacific Ocean as China reels from a massive crash in its young and volatile stock market. At its worst period, the Shanghai Composite Index plunged a stunning 30 percent in three weeks – the...	2015-07-21
On the Road and at Home, Americans Planning for New Beginnings this Summer From hitting the road to tackling a DIY project at home, Americans are ready for new adventures this summer, according to the Liberty Mutual Insurance New Beginnings Report, a national survey of 2,000 U.S. adults. More than half of Americans (56 percent) are planning a road trip...	2015-06-24
Student Debt Is One of the Top Reasons Millennials Are Not Buying Homes Twenty-somethings are not borrowing money to buy homes at the rate they were a decade ago—a trend that may have as much to do with high levels of student debt and poor job prospects as it has to do with trauma from the housing bust, according to new research and analysis from...	2015-06-24

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