POWER BROKER Report Archives

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Millennials Turn to Video When Making Purchases Generation Y is a demographic coveted by retailers and marketers for their purchasing power. Millennials, the generation born between 1980-2000, will spend more than $200 billion annually starting in 2017, and $10 trillion in their lifetimes. According to Animoto, an online video...	2015-06-24
Power Broker Strategies: Creativity Makes the Difference From technology to training, Sheryl Chinowth has a secret weapon: creativity. Whether it’s implementing drones or hiring new managers, the CEO and co-founder of the Tulsa, Ok.-based Chinowth and Cohen Realtors believes that focusing on creativity helps set her firm apart...	2015-06-23
Corporate Relocation Policy Topics and Trends: Lump Sums If you work with corporate transferees and relocation administrators you know “lump sums” are employer-provided funds meant to assist with one or more relocation expense items. Although a common element in many relocation packages, employers can intend them for very...	2015-06-23
Top 5 Reasons Employees and Agents Quit Businesses can benefit big if they take the time to look at whether or not they may have created an environment that contributes to employee and agent turnover. Taking an honest look at your operation can help you retain top talent and ensure the company's success, says...	2015-06-23
Firms, Tenure and Experience: The Profile of Today’s REALTOR Although the housing market is always shifting, results from the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®’ 2015 Member Profile show that REALTOR® office and firm affiliations remained largely unchanged from last year. Most REALTORS® are independent contractors (83 percent)...	2015-06-23
Brokers Strategize for Inevitable Rate Hikes As a real estate broker, you have a lot of control: control over the marketing of the property; control over your team; and the ultimate power to bring buyers and sellers together at a price that is right for both, while bringing a fair commission back to you. But, for all their...	2015-06-23
Survey: Teens & Parents Express Limited Concern about College Debt Fewer than one in four teens say "taking on too much debt" is their top worry about paying for college, according to the findings of the third annual Teen College Savings Barometer survey, recently released by Private College 529 Plan, a prepaid tuition plan sponsored by more...	2015-05-27
10 U.S. Cities Now Have 1 Million People or More San Jose, Calif., is now among the 10 U.S. cities with a population of 1 million or more, according to estimates recently released by the U.S. Census Bureau. California now has three cities with 1 million or more people (Los Angeles, San Diego and San Jose), tying Texas (Houston,...	2015-05-27
RISMedia's Power Broker Forum: Leading by Example “Part of our role as real estate professionals is to get out there and network and find other thought leaders with whom we can share and learn from,” said John Featherston during RISMedia’s Power Broker Forum in Washington, D.C., earlier this month. “And then we...	2015-05-27
Corporate Relocation Community: Your Input Needed for our Business Development Trends Survey! The mobility industry is always in motion: demographics and economies shift; familiar work patterns change; businesses restructure and evolve. BUT - transitions often bring opportunities, too. In keeping with this theme, RIS Consulting Group is sponsoring a brief survey to...	2015-05-27
Bidding Wars Still Dominate Low Inventory Markets While the pace of home-buying activities picks up around the nation, certain areas are seeing more excitement than others. As is usually the case during economic recoveries, no two cities recover in exactly the same way. Some have a glut of inventory that will take many years to...	2015-05-27
M & A Activity Picks Up, but Boutique Brokers May Hold Out With the national economy and most regional real estate markets in an upswing, brokers are doing much better than they were a few years ago and they’re looking to grow their businesses. Everyone from the smaller boutique brokerages to the big national corporations seems to be in...	2015-05-27
Economic Outlook: Growing, but Slowly The economy is growing but continues to underperform. The first quarter GDP looks to be turning mildly negative once the data revisions are in. This sluggish production is occurring at a time when employment has been gaining at a solid pace. A net total of 3.1 million net new jobs were...	2015-05-27
Winning the Talent Wars If you haven’t heard the term “talent wars” yet, you have now. They are heating up, and most small businesses aren’t very well equipped to compete in them. Talent wars refers to a growing shortage in the U.S. labor market for properly trained and educated...	2015-05-27
Big Data's Big Applications for Real Estate Consumers are hungry for information, and the Internet gives them unprecedented access to all kinds of it with a few clicks. When it comes to searching for a new home, buyers want as much data as possible to help them make informed choices. And sellers want to quickly find market...	2015-04-24
Power Broker Strategies: Proactive about Success Chris Masiello, President & CEO Better Homes & Gardens Real Estate The Masiello Group Northern New England - www.masiello.com Suzanne De Vita: What steps are you taking to operate your business more efficiently this year? What areas will you invest in? Will you cut...	2015-04-23
Balance Needed between Regulation and Opportunity in Housing Market, Say Economists, Policy Experts The nation's leading housing economists spoke last week at an economic and policy forum to appraise the state of the U.S. housing market. The event, held by the National Association of Realtors®, National Association of Home Builders, and McGraw Hill Financial Global Institute,...	2015-04-23
Remodeling by the Numbers: Smart Home Renovations that Increase Curb Appeal, Value and Comfort A new online survey conducted by Harris Poll shines light on which priorities are top of mind—and where homeowners may need guidance—when taking on home improvement projects. The survey of over 2,000 U.S. adults was conducted on behalf of CertainTeed, a national provider of...	2015-04-23
Do Skills Trump Degrees? Hiring and Retaining Your Best Employees Exorbitant student loans constitute just one reason why young people eager to experience the world may want to reconsider college, says Ed Basler, a veteran entrepreneur. There is now $1.2 trillion worth of college debt in the United States and the average borrower will graduate...	2015-04-23
New RDC Course Paves Way for Increasing Inbound Foreign National Destination Services The Relocation Directors Council’s logo tag “Connecting Global Mobility with Local Ability” couldn’t be a more appropriate description for its new Global Destination Specialist (GDS) program. With steadily increasing global activity and mobility clients eager...	2015-04-23

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