POWER BROKER Report Archives

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Creating Your Own Luck I love being around lucky people. They believe they’re always going to get the closest parking space at the mall, and they’re going to win the raffle at church or work. They always enter drawings—and believe they’re going to win—just because they’re...	2016-12-27
Critical Time for the Consumer Mortgage Choice Act With the August Congressional recess, we entered a critical period for key legislation including the Consumer Mortgage Choice Act, H.R. 1077 and its Senate Companion, S. 949 introduced in May by Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Mike Johanns (R-NE). Both of these bills fix the definition...	2013-08-21
Cultivating Affinities as Customer Sources We all have our personal affinities. Mine, for example, include Key Lime pies, maduro cigars and old airplanes. While we all value our workplace connections, we also round out our lives with other chosen associations that collectively define and cluster us with kindred spirits. Tapping...	2016-09-27
Curb Appeal and Home Staging: Projects That Increase Appeal First impressions matter, especially when showing a home. Almost all (99 percent) REALTORS® recently surveyed believe curb appeal is important when attracting a buyer[1]. For that matter, presenting a house as a future home is almost as important: 77 percent of buyers’ agents...	2018-07-30
Curb Appeal and Home Staging: Projects That Increase Appeal First impressions matter, especially when showing a home. Almost all (99 percent) REALTORS® surveyed believe curb appeal is important when attracting a buyer[1]. For that matter, presenting a house as a future home is almost as important: 77 percent of buyers’ agents...	2018-09-28
Darwin on Mobility For mobility professionals, Evolution is long past theoretical and is a part of our everyday work experience. “Adapt or die” is a grim but essential mantra in our time of volatile markets, global expansion and new customer demographics. In every specialization, relocation...	2014-05-28
Data and the MLS: Diving Into the Unique Challenges of NYC By Liz Dominguez The New York City real estate market is truly unique, specifically revolving around the use and ownership of data. That was the major discussion among industry leaders at The State of Real Estate Data in NYC, presented by the Hudson Gateway Association of...	2019-05-31
Data Resource Services: Metrics Reporting and Alternative Survey Options If an earlier column about underused mobility data and information resources (2/28/14) interested you, here are some additional thoughts involving data resource services. We focus on metrics reporting and survey services for the professional mobility community who increasingly rely on...	2014-04-24
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
Defining the "Made-To-Order" Generation Today’s college students customize their own experiences across most aspects of life, and fully expect to do so moving forward. While past generations focused on "fitting in," today's 16-to-24 year-olds expect "made-to-order" solutions tailored to their...	2013-09-24
Delighting Customers Doesn't Pay, Making Their Lives Easier Does Five years of research reveals that "delighting" customers during service, support or other customer care interactions is no more likely to lead to higher repeat sales, share of wallet or positive word-of-mouth than simply meeting their expectations. According to "The...	2013-10-18
Deloitte Consumer Spending Index Reverses Course The Deloitte Consumer Spending Index (Index) reversed course, showing an increase in June. The Index tracks consumer cash flow as an indicator of future consumer spending. "Strengthening home prices in May and a drop in unemployment claims put the Index in positive territory,...	2014-07-28
Deloitte Forecast: Retail Holiday Sales to Increase 3.5 to 4 Percent Retailers should see a moderate increase in holiday sales in the stores and online this year, according to Deloitte's annual retail holiday sales forecast. "An improving labor market, increasing home values and relief at the pump gave more Americans reason to believe the...	2015-09-24
Despite Challenges, Homeownership Remains Part of the American Dream for Many Challenges persisted to the housing market in numerous parts of the country in 2017, from tight inventories and affordability issues to credit availability and more. Despite this, purchasing a home remains attractive to many, according to the recently released Aspiring Home Buyers...	2018-04-08
Digital Marketing: What REALTORS Need from Their Brokers The National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) recently released its Real Estate in a Digital Age report where it looked at the use of technology by REALTORS® and how homebuyers are looking for properties in a digital age. What has changed over the years from a buyer’s...	2015-10-29
Digital Natives: Courting Millennials on Their Terms While they may be slow in arriving, it’s inevitable that those born after 1980 are poised to become tomorrow’s mainstream buyers and sellers. Define them as digital natives, Gen X or Y-ers, or collectively as millennials—no matter how you slice it, they’re...	2015-02-25
Distressed Sales Continue to Fall, Confirm Market Strength Sales of distressed property continue to decline—from a high nationally of 49 percent in March of 2009 to 15 percent in July 2012 as reported in the most recent REALTORS® Confidence Index:...	2013-09-23
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
Do You Know a Newsmaker? Help Us Share Their Story RISMedia is now accepting nominations for its second annual class of 2020 Real Estate Newsmakers, those individuals making headlines for their newsworthy contributions to the housing industry, and for their efforts to positively affect the consumers and communities they...	2019-02-27
Do You Know a Newsmaker? Help Us Share Their Story RISMedia is accepting nominations for the 2020 Class of Real Estate Newsmakers, those individuals making headlines for their newsworthy contributions to the housing industry, and for their efforts to positively affect the consumers and communities they serve. Click here to nominate...	2019-04-25

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