POWER BROKER Report Archives

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Are Your Pre-decision Assistance Services Under the Radar? As an effective risk management tool for corporate relocation administrators, it’s no wonder pre-decision services have gained popularity. According to various WERC reports, corporate employers have increased use of pre-decision services in their mobility programs by about 20...	2014-08-27
Americans' Ratings of Local Job Market Highest Since 2008 The economy's a funny thing, as it exists – and can be perceived differently – at so many levels. From world to nation to region, all the way down to your own household, reading economic tea leaves can have a great deal to do with where you're standing. And while...	2014-08-27
3 Proven Management Techniques that Work In business, the only thing that matters is what works, says Peder Johnsen. “The people in your company who are dealing with your customers – the clerks, the caregivers, the customer service reps – are where the rubber meets the road,” says the CEO of Concordis...	2014-08-27
Cost, Confidence and Convenience: Survey Reveals Americans' Attitudes on the Smart Home A new smart home study released this week from Lowe's found that while Rosie the Robot is the futuristic feature consumers would want most from "The Jetsons," more than 70 percent of smartphone users in America just wish they could control something in their home from...	2014-08-27
Nailing Negotiations: In a Real Estate Deal, Everything is on the Table Real estate brokers know better than anybody how to make a deal. For a typical purchase, there are dozens of terms that can be altered to bring the buyer and seller to the closing. “Everything is negotiable in a real estate transaction,” says Joe DeLorenzo, broker-owner...	2014-09-25
Survey Indicates Credit Expansion Headwinds The mortgage market was buffeted by a number of changes in 2013 and 2014; among them, higher fees at the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and changes to underwriting as required by the Ability- to-Repay (ATR) and Qualified Mortgage (QM) Rules. In April of this year, NAR Research...	2014-09-25
Broker Strategies: Bringing a Global Value Prop to North America One-on-One with Engel & Völkers’ Anthony Hitt While every real estate brand has certain assets that set them apart, Engel & Völkers just might have cornered the market on differentiation. For starters, founded in 1977 in Hamburg, Germany, the premium real...	2014-09-25
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
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
Fears about Environment Increase, but Little Change in Consumer Behavior Concern about environmental problems has increased in most countries, and more people now expect global warming will negatively affect them during their lifetime than in 2012. However, according to a new global analysis from the National Geographic Society and GlobeScan, sustainable...	2014-09-26
Survey: American Consumer Back and Ready to Spend The Great Recession of 2007 caused the once-prolific American shopper to go into a prolonged scrimp mode. Now, some seven years later – and more than five years after the recession officially ended - the tide has turned, according to a new Consumer Reports study. A...	2014-09-26
Power Broker Event to Deliver Key Business Insights RISMedia’s 19th Annual Power Broker Event taking place on Friday, Nov. 7, in conjunction with the Annual REALTORS® Conference & Expo in New Orleans, will provide brokers with a robust day of strategy sharing and high-level networking. The event begins with...	2014-09-26
Being Proactive while Working with ‘Foul-Weather’ Developers For decades, real estate brokers have built successful careers by matching buyers and sellers together in the hopes of getting a deal that benefits both sides. Now the representatives for buyers are directly working with more developers as the market rebounds, zoning laws change and...	2014-10-22
The International Homebuyer: Continued Interest in U.S. Based on the National Association of REALTORS’® survey for the 12 months ending March 2014, the total volume of residential sales to international clients was estimated at approximately $92.2 billion, a 35 percent increase from the previous period’s level of $68.2...	2014-10-22
Hispanics’ Home Values Experience Spike - is Geography at Play? According to the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), while it is widely accepted that home values are generally recovering, there is great disparity in recovery of values by race. In an Oct. 15 article by EPI’s Valerie Wilson, she writes that public data from the Survey of Consumer...	2014-10-22
Mobility Marketplace Statistics: Positively Evolving Around since the ’50s, corporate relocation has evolved into a multi-disciplined and complex industry touching many other businesses. As it flourished, specialized services developed to support relocation programs, including home valuation and inspection, home mortgage lending,...	2014-10-23
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
New Global Metric Says U.S. Lags Behind when it Comes to Job Opportunities The United States offers fewer job opportunities and lower-quality jobs than many European countries – even those that have suffered far worse economic setbacks over the last five years, according to the JustJobs Index, a new global employment metric released earlier this...	2014-10-24
Outlook for U.S. Economic Growth Still Solid Even as Global Growth Slows Real economic growth in the U.S. appears ready to exceed 3.0 percent for the second half of the year, providing a sound basis for growth in 2015, according to Fannie Mae's Economic & Strategic Research (ESR) Group. The Group's macroeconomic theme for 2014, Private Forces...	2014-10-24
Survey Explores 'Generation Gap 2.0' "Don't trust anyone over 30" captured the essence of the Generation Gap in the 1960s, when college students mobilized to set a bold new tone in American culture. Echoes of that intergenerational tension resonate in today's U.S. workplace as many younger workers...	2014-10-24

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