A New Question for Sellers to Ask When Interviewing Listing Agents in Charlottesville
It's a simple question - do you participate in IDX (Internet Data Exchange)? Meaning, will you be marketing my property not just in the Charlottesville are MLS (to other Realtors) and on the local Realtors' Association site, as well as Realtor.com but - on every…
Where Will the Urban Cores Be? And why this Matters NOW
Get out your best Magic 8 Ball - He also observed the largest wave of Generation Y home purchasing begins in 2012, after experts think the housing market will have turned around. Although what qualifies as an "urban core area" may vary widely to different…
Monday real estate roundup
From (mostly) the big media - Reading between the signs (NYTimes) Maybe Realtors are needed after all (CBS Marketwatch) Young builders -vs- old builders' experience/perceptions (CBS Marketwatch) "Simply put, many of the guys in charge on the divisional level don't know what a down market…
It’s almost like they know what we’re thinking
This is fascinating and so very insightful - Thanks to Bill Tancer who has ... superimposed the monthly data from the NAR on a Hitwise search term volume chart for the search query "homes for sale.Whom do you/should you trust? Economists, pundits, or search? Or…
What happens after the Baby Boomers?
What happens after the Baby Boomers? There is an awful lot of discussion about the impending retirement of the Baby Boomer generation and the impact that they are and will continue to have on the real estate market. I noted it here a little while…
More on Gen X & Y and the real estate market
This story clearly defines the some of the differences facing some real estate professionals regarding the emergence of the Gen X & Y real estate market. I noted this a few days ago, but found this quite illuminating. Two of my favorite descriptives are: Blunt…