Though sluggish, employment grew 1.7% between 2011 and 2012, or by 2.235 million new jobs. Job creation helped drive down the national unemployment rate from 8.9% to 8.1%. But improving conditions bring job seekers back to the job market, creating … [Read more...]
Foot Traffic: North Shore-Barrington Association of REALTORS® (Chicago, IL)
Foot traffic and future home sales have a strong correlation. SentriLock, LLC. provides NAR Research with monthly data on the number of showings. Foot traffic in the area covered by the North Shore-Barrington Association of REALTORS® (Chicago, IL) … [Read more...]
Homeownership: The Reports of Its Death…
Mark Twain and homeownership are both iconic pieces of the American experience. And like what happened to Twain in 1897, recent reports of homeownership’s death have been greatly exaggerated. Ever since the housing bubble burst, many so-called … [Read more...]
IDX listings and your liability
Quick summary: No, you are not liable for listings that come to your site via an IDX feed. You may have seen the story that started with a blog post on Active Rain from Jeff Launiere, a Realtor in Clearwater, Fla. Distilled version: Like many … [Read more...]
The Market Pulse Survey: 9 Years in Retrospect (Part II)
Note: this is the second part of a three-part article on consumers’ views towards home buying and home ownership over a nine-year period. The first part is here > With the dramatic swings in the housing market over the last decade, one would … [Read more...]
Real Estate: If You Waited to Sell, You May Be Brilliant
Many homeowners look back on 2006 house values and wonder why they didn’t sell at the height of the market. They lament the money they may have lost by not selling. However, there is another side to that story. If they did sell back in 2006, they … [Read more...]
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