POWER BROKER Report Archives

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GBO: R.I.P.? Demise of the Corporate Listing ... and What to Do About It Pardon the jargon, but you relocation pros recognize GBO as a Guaranteed Buyout Offer, the ultimate and most expensive of corporate relocation benefits. GBOs are becoming an endangered species though – and may become the passenger pigeon of relocation policy. Why is...	2014-03-27
Attitudes on the Economy Staying the Course Like general political attitudes, attitudes towards the economy are holding steady, according to the results of a recent Harris Poll of 2,234 adults surveyed online between March 12 and 17, 2014. One-quarter of U.S. adults (24 percent) say they expect the economy to improve in the...	2014-03-27
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
Energy Boom Fuels Rapid Population Growth in Certain Areas Oil- and gas-rich areas in and near the Great Plains contained many of the fastest-growing areas in the U.S. last year, according to recently released U.S. Census Bureau population estimates. Areas along and near the Gulf Coast were also home to several high-growth communities. Of...	2014-03-27
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
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
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
The Importance of Brand Cohesiveness Across Social Media Developing and representing your brand effectively on social media is one of the most important tasks to consider when jumping into social media marketing. By doing so, you bring brand awareness and cohesiveness to your audience to build familiarity and trust. Representing your...	2014-04-24
Builders Target REALTORS to Locate Buyers in Recovering Markets In the first weekend of May, Atlanta-based builder FrontDoor Communities is scheduled to host the grand opening of its latest model home at Andalusia, a community in Naples, Fla., that, when completed, will have 167 homes. Co-hosting the event is John R. Wood Properties, one of...	2014-04-24
Technology’s End Game: Redefining Customer Service While technology developments in the real estate space may dazzle and impress, they don’t truly serve the needs of brokers and agents unless they help fulfill one primary goal: making the real estate process quicker, easier and cheaper for homebuyers and sellers. During a recent...	2014-04-24
U.S. Businesses Report Growing Optimism about National and Local Economy U. S. businesses remain optimistic about their financial performance this year, according to a Chase Bank survey. Eighty percent of middle-market companies and 73 percent of small businesses have a positive outlook for 2014, higher than last year. About 70 percent of business...	2014-04-25
Census Bureau: U.S. Economy Added Nearly 245,000 Nonemployer Businesses in 2012 The number of businesses without paid employees in the U.S. reached 22.7 million in 2012, up 1.1 percent from 2011, according to statistics recently released by the U.S. Census Bureau. This marks the third straight annual increase in nonemployer businesses, which are businesses with no...	2014-04-25
Cash is King: First-Timers Give Way to Bidders Coming Out of Foreclosure xxxxx The all-cash buying craze has not let up at all in early 2014. In fact, most states have seen an increase in cash purchases—a stunning trend when you consider how popular cash buyers were last year and the fact that many institutional buyers are starting to drop...	2014-05-27
Independently Healthy: Chicago Broker Bucks Brand Trend As the real estate market continues down the path to recovery, brokers are looking to bounce back in a big way. For some, this means signing on with a franchise, banking on name recognition and corporate resources to boost marketshare. But others feel that being positioned as an...	2014-05-27
Succeeding as the Market Recovers: Long & Foster President Talks Strategy According to Long & Foster President Gary Scott, lessons learned from the real estate downturn should serve as invaluable guidelines for succeeding in the recovery. “By maintaining the same financial discipline and rigor in our decision-making that we learned in 2007 and...	2014-05-27
Power Broker Strategies for Increasing Productivity and Profit When it comes to running a productive real estate firm, no detail is too small. From office renovations to training programs, today's top brokers understand that there is a wide variety of factors that lead to profitability. This point was underscored by panelists at RISMedia's Power...	2014-05-28
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
Financial Stress Leads to Increased Absenteeism, Decreased Productivity A new survey of economic stress and financial wellness in the American workplace reveals that significantly more employees are living paycheck-to-paycheck, and that financial stress is a substantial and growing contributor to absenteeism and decreased productivity. The survey,...	2014-05-29
Consumer Trends: 80 Percent of Consumers Believe Total Data Privacy No Longer Exists The vast majority (80 percent) of consumers aged 20-40 in the United States and the United Kingdom believe total privacy in the digital world is a thing of the past, and nearly half (49 percent) said they would not object to having their buying behavior tracked if it would result in...	2014-05-29
Survey: Financial Instability Top Reason Why People Aren't Buying Homes New survey data takes a look at how consumers are thinking about home buying, whether they're looking to buy their first property or turnaround their current home, what their priorities are in finding a home and a lender, and what interest rates they expect to pay. According to...	2014-05-29

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