POWER BROKER Report Archives

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Profile: Vacation Homebuyers The 2017 Investment and Vacation Home Buyer’s Survey from the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) illustrates that while 2016 was a strong year for primary home purchases, the share of vacation homebuyers slid for a third year to 12 percent. Tight inventories and growing...	2017-06-16
RE/MAX Leader: 'Prepare for the Boom in New-Home Sales' While RE/MAX Chairman of the Board and Co-founder Dave Liniger is famous for building one of the world’s largest and most successful real estate brands, he’s also renowned for his expertise in being ahead of the curve on key market trends. The next big wave in real estate,...	2013-08-20
Real Estate Brokers Turn to Pocket Listings in Rising Markets The real estate market has heated up so much in certain regions that brokers are taking transactions into their own hands—or, rather, their pockets. With increasing prices and, seemingly, more buyers willing to pay an amount that’s leaving the seller with a nice profit, the...	2018-07-30
Real Estate Independent Contractor Lawsuits: What's Next? Over the past few years, a question has been bubbling around the real estate community: should agents be legally treated as employees or independent contractors? This question has sparked several lawsuits around the country as agents grapple with this legal gray space. The reason this...	2016-02-01
Real Estate Newsmakers to be Honored in Washington This May To honor those making headlines for their newsworthy contributions to the real estate industry, RISMedia has announced its first-annual Power Broker Newsmaker Awards, to be presented during an invitation-only Reception & Dinner taking place on Thursday, May 17, 2018, at the...	2018-02-24
Real Estate Transactions & Money Laundering: Get Informed The crime of money laundering continues to be a growing area of concern in the United States. Therefore, law enforcement agencies and the financial sector devote considerable time and resources to combating these illegal financial activities. While money laundering is most often...	2013-02-25
REALTOR Practitioners Point to Sustained Price Growth Much has been made of the drop in existing home sales this spring. The weather played a role in the Northern Midwest and Northeast and affordability concerns had a coast-to-coast impact, particulalry in the Western markets. However, inventories remain low with the months supply...	2014-07-25
Realtor.com Names Top 10 Markets for First-Time Home Buyers Realtor.com® recently released the Top 10 Markets for First-Time Home Buyers for the upcoming home buying season. Markets that made the 2014 list by rank include: Pittsburgh, Pa.; Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Fla.; Philadelphia, Pa.; Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas; Orlando, Fla.;...	2014-03-27
REALTORS' Expectation Versus Reality How reliable are REALTORS®’ subjective opinions of the market outlook? At the end of 2013, for example, REALTORS®, on average, expect home prices to be 4 percent higher in 12 months. Is this forecast in-line with what economists are expecting? Does this match up...	2013-12-17
Recruit Your Way to the Top: 8 Interview Questions to Ask The primary responsibility of a broker or sales manager is essentially to recruit, train and motivate his or her sales force to achieve peak performance. Of these three vitally important management tasks, recruiting is the least understood and by far the most challenging. If...	2014-04-24
Recruiting and the Changing Demographics of REALTOR Members Looking at data from NAR’s 2014 Member Profile and 2014 Profile of Real Estate Firms, we can examine the demographics of current REALTORS®, such as gender, age, racial and ethnic distribution, and tenure in real estate. These numbers tell us about the diversity of our members...	2015-02-25
Relocation Departments: Not Just Vendors, but Partners, Too Vendor. Provider. Supplier. Partner. These labels are often interchanged when describing relocation business arrangements. Of all terms, “partner” seems to imply something more than a simple service and fee exchange. It suggests more flexibility, transparency and a higher...	2017-05-02
Relocation Directors: Now What!? Relocation directors are confronted with sweeping changes in their markets and organizations. In times of such exploration and experimentation, we often can best shape our future by understanding our origins and past growth. This month, we’ve asked Marge Fisher, management...	2014-07-25
Relocation: From 'Once was' to 'Now Is' Kevin Kelleher, president and CEO of Cartus, addressed RISMedia’s Real Estate CEO Exchange in New York City on September 10, 2014. He has led Cartus throughout its growth and transformation from a predominantly US-centric relocation firm into a global market leader in related HR...	2014-09-25
Remaining Relevant in an Online Real Estate Market For many brokers and agents, worry is mounting that popular real estate listing portals such as Zillow and Trulia will do to the real estate business what Expedia did to travel agents—that is, make their business model and role obsolete. The fear that keeps some brokers up at...	2013-05-05
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
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
Renowned Journalist Bob Woodward to Keynote RISMedia’s Power Broker Dinner Famed investigative journalist for the Washington Post and prolific non-fiction author, Bob Woodward, will serve as the special guest speaker at RISMedia’s upcoming Power Broker Dinner on Nov. 7 in New Orleans. Woodward’s presentation is sponsored by the event’s...	2014-10-23
Report Points to Early Start to Home Buying Season The 2014 home-buying season has begun on a positive note, despite severe weather conditions across much of the country, showing an uptick in inventory a month earlier than the 2013 home-buying season. This, according to recently released its National Housing Trend Report for January...	2014-02-24
Report: 946,000 Residential Properties Regained 1 Trillion Dollars in Total Equity in Q2 2014 A just-released analysis shows that nearly 950,000 homes returned to positive equity in the second quarter of 2014, bringing the total number of mortgaged residential properties with equity in the U.S. to more than 44 million. Nationwide, borrower equity increased year over year by...	2014-09-26

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