POWER BROKER Report Archives

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8 Red Flags that Your Company Needs a Service Overhaul These days providing a great—heck, exceptional—product or service won't keep customers happy. (You can thank the hyper-connected global economy for their fickleness.) No, we must also delight customers with an outstanding service experience. Problem is, it's all too...	2016-06-07
8 Ways to Successfully Manage From Afar Managing remotely has quickly become the norm in today's work world, especially for real estate brokers and managers. And yet, it's not easy. With more employees working remotely or on flex schedules, it can be tough to create the kind of connection you need to help people do...	2019-04-25
9 Companies That Got Brand Right It's tougher than ever to grab and hold customer attention. People are overwhelmed by messages flying at them from all directions, and it's easy for yours to get drowned out. Plus, there are more options than ever, and online businesses have made it easy to pick the lowest...	2019-06-20
A Better Crystal Ball: Building Your Competitive Advantage With Big Data Thanks to technology, businesses in every industry are inundated with countless amounts of data, so much so that many don't fully understand how to make sense of it all. Data provides us with a blueprint of the past, but in reality, it can be even more...	2017-06-15
A Closer Look at Inflation and its Effect on Mortgage Rates The current inflation rate is not worrisome, but is always worth a close look. Any surprise uptick in inflation automatically pushes up mortgage rates. For all of last year, the broad Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 1.5 percent. As of March this year, the 12-month inflation rate was...	2014-04-24
A Cooldown in Housing? Not This Season Autumn began in September, but activity in the housing market remained at summer-like levels through October, according to realtor.com®'s latest data preview. Prices in October were 10 percent higher than those one year ago, with the national median at $275,000 and the...	2017-10-30
A Natural Fit: Corporate Mobility, Discard/Donate and Staging Services When transferees prepare their homes for sale, it often includes activities such as removal of excess furnishings and priming of interior spaces. Professional Discard/Donate and Staging firms support many corporate mobility objectives, including positive transferee experiences and cost...	2016-10-25
Against Grain, Luxury Market Moves Up Luxury prices are strengthening, with double-digit growth in 20 of the largest markets in the nation—a contrast from the housing market overall, according to the August Luxury Home Index by realtor.com®. The age of inventory in the luxury segment sped up to 121 days, the...	2018-09-28
Agent Teams: A Winning Model (or Not) Real estate agent teams started over a decade ago, and they are stronger than ever. When done right, they can be a win-win-win for all parties. Clients are provided with immediate information, accessibility and service. Brokers see high-quality business growth. Agents are able to work...	2014-07-25
AI, Blockchain and More: The Influence of Innovation in Real Estate Machine learning, artificial neural networks, natural language processing and data dictionaries—these terms were all highlighted during the Emerging Business and Technology, Robots & Realities forum, "Artificial Intelligence: Virtual & Augmented Reality, and What...	2018-05-31
Airbnb Illegal Listings Taking Over Long-Term Rental Inventory? NYC Brokers Face Lawsuit Airbnb, a company that began as a house-sharing and short-term rental resource for the travel industry, is slowly inching deeper into real estate. Just last month, the company announced it would be moving into construction, designing its own buildings and homes. Even in...	2019-01-24
Amazon Nearing HQ2 Decision? Real Estate Investment Impact Already Taking Shape We're nearing the end of 2018 and the search is still on for the location of Amazon's second headquarters, which is said to bring as many as 50,000 jobs and $5 billion in investments over the next two decades. The search for HQ2 has been a year-long affair thus far,...	2018-10-29
Amazon to Spark Massive Real Estate Shift in NYC and D.C. Markets Transportation, job growth, affordability—these are just a few of the elements that will likely experience a substantial shift when Amazon's headquarters come to Long Island City and Crystal City, with the corporation's promise of a generous boost to the local...	2018-12-03
Americans 'Concerned' About Homeownership in Light of Tax Bill Americans are concerned about homeownership in response to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, according to recent realtor.com® research. The legislation was signed by President Trump shortly before the Christmas holiday. More than one-third (36.2 percent) of respondents to a...	2017-12-27
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
Amid Rapid Gentrification, Inclusionary Housing can Reduce Segregation Inclusionary housing, a policy by which developers provide for the construction of affordable housing, can be used effectively to reduce economic segregation at a time of rapid gentrification in neighborhoods across the United States, according to a report published recently by the...	2015-09-24
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
An Influx of Young Members to the REALTOR Family The 2016 National Association of REALTORS® Member Profile shows some interesting changes in the demographics of NAR members. There are several major trends that have emerged from the data; the foremost is that there were many younger, new members entering the real estate business...	2016-06-07
Annual 'Magnet States' Report: Texas Dethroned For the first time in a dozen years, Texas is not claiming the top spot in the annual Allied Van Lines Magnet States Report. Instead, Florida and Arizona beat the Longhorn State with higher net relocation gains. The annual report uses internal data to...	2016-12-27
Apartment Rents Rise in March Apartment rents, on average, rose by $4 in March to $1,371, according to data recently released in a report by Yardi® Matrix. The increase is a 2.5 percent rise year-over-year. "It is encouraging to see rents growing at a time when the overall trend is toward...	2018-04-08

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