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- Coldwell Banker unveils new logo, ongoing rebranding effortColdwell Banker unveiled a rebranding effort Monday that includes a new logo and mission statement, which the company expects to roll out over time.
- WATCH: Creating buzz around your businessIn this Inman Connect New York panel, Lion & Orb's Audie Chamberlain and Stribling's Ashley Murphy go through best practices for generating press around your company culture and share how to use PR to enhance your business.
- Compass is now showing the listing agent on competitors’ listingsCompass, last week, quietly made a big change to the way it displays listings on its consumer-facing website. Every non-Compass listing now shows the listing agent and contact information for the listing agent, making Compass’ site more similar to Zillow or realtor.com than a brokerage website.
- Unlikely allies: Redfin and RE/MAX are teaming upRE/MAX and Redfin announced a new partnership today that will give RE/MAX agents exclusive access to Redfin’s agent referral program – at a discounted rate – in 5,000 U.S. ZIP codes and throughout Canada.
- WATCH: Growing your agents’ business by 300% in a yearTake a deep dive into strategies that'll help indie brokers set up structure, create training programs and hold agents accountable when providing leads from Anthony Lamacchia.
- WATCH: The partners helping to power indie brokeragesNot every brokerage has the ability to build an in-house technology stack. When should you ask for help when it comes to technology, and who can you turn to?
- Historic Midwest floods kill 3, destroy hundreds of homesThree people are dead and as many as 500 homes lay in ruins as historic flooding continued Monday across Nebraska and Iowa.
- Builder confidence holds steadyBuilder confidence remained steady in March with the Housing Market Index at 62, on a 0-100 scale, after climbing the past two months.
- Lone Wolf launches transaction management platformLone Wolf is set to announce a new two-way transaction and back-office integration software at Realogy's RGX conference Monday in Las Vegas.
- EXp World Holdings revenue soars 212%EXp saw a net loss of $5.2 million, or $0.09 per share, in the fourth quarter of 2018, according to the earnings report. Still, that beat the expectations of analysts, who had predicted losses of $0.11 per share.
Zillow Blog
- Tax Reform and Housing: All Your Questions AnsweredA number of longstanding federal tax benefits of homeownership -- including the ability to deduct all local property taxes paid in a given year and a lofty $1 million cap on the size of loans eligible for mortgage interest deduction -- were changed as part of the recently passed tax legislation. While all of the […]
- Mortgage Rates Quiet Over New Year's HolidayFriday's December Jobs Report will be another opportunity for markets to assess the state of the U.S. labor market. If the data come in as expected, they should show a strong job market at the end of 2017. The post Mortgage Rates Quiet Over New Year's Holiday appeared first on Zillow Research.
- Zillow's Prediction of 2017 Homeless Numbers in Line With Actual CountsPredictions of the 2017 point-in-time counts in 17 out of 25 metro areas were within the 99 percent predicted interval. The post Zillow's Prediction of 2017 Homeless Numbers in Line With Actual Counts appeared first on Zillow Research.
- Total Value of All U.S. Homes: $31.8 Trillion. How Big Is That?It's more than 1.5 times the Gross Domestic Product of the United States and approaching three times that of China. Total U.S. home values have grown $1.95 trillion over the past year -- more than all of Canada's GDP or two companies the size of Apple. The post Total Value of All U.S. Homes: $31.8 […]
- Americans Split on Fairness of Local Property Tax RatesCurrently, Americans overall are almost evenly split on the fairness of the property tax rate in their community. Looking ahead, it's unclear how these attitudes may shift as federal tax changes set to take effect in 2018 potentially lead more to fully feel the pinch of local property tax bills. The post Americans Split on […]
- Mortgage Rates Ending 2017 Slightly Below 2016Despite three rate hikes by the Federal Reserve over the past year (four if one counts the last 13 months), the standard 30-year fixed mortgage rate ends 2017 about 20 basis points below where it stood at the end of 2016. It is difficult to imagine this continuing much into 2018. The post Mortgage Rates […]
- Case-Shiller October Results and November Forecast: Still Defying GravityThe housing market's resistance to headwinds is a testament to the enduring value Americans place on homeownership. The Case-Shiller National Index for October climbed 6.2 percent year-over-year. Seattle, Las Vegas and San Diego continued to post the strongest annual gains in its 20-City Composite Index, with increases of 12.7 percent, 10.2 percent and 8.1 percent, […]
- Rapid Reaction: November New Home Sales2017 was OK for new home sales, but there's no question it could have been a lot better and that more can and needs to be done by builders to address the ongoing inventory crunch the market has been enduring for the past several years. The post Rapid Reaction: November New Home Sales appeared first […]
- Rent Growth Catches Up to Income Gains After Slowdown (November 2017 Market Report)For the almost two years leading up to and including May 2016, rents grew faster than incomes, at times more than three times as fast. Then incomes outpaced rents for more than a year. Now rent growth is catching back up. The post Rent Growth Catches Up to Income Gains After Slowdown (November 2017 Market […]
- Housing Data 101: Why Use the Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI) Instead of a Median Sale Price SeriesWe recommend using ZHVI to track home values over time for the simple reason that ZHVI represents the whole housing stock and not just the homes that list or sell in a given month. The post Housing Data 101: Why Use the Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI) Instead of a Median Sale Price Series appeared […]
Recent Blog Entries
- Just Listed: Hip and Upgraded Hillcrest Townhome March 14, 2019Welcome to 109 W. Montecito Way, San Diego! Offered at $949,000 This fabulous, upgraded and spacious Hillcrest townhome has a detached home feel and offers three large bedrooms with en suite bathrooms plus powder room, a gorgeous kitchen with stainless SubZero, Dacor and Fisher-Paykel appliances, granite counters, warm hardwood flooring, alarm, water softener, a private…
- Exquisitely Upgraded Carlsbad Home with Great Yard February 25, 2019Welcome to 1423 Sapphire Drive in beautiful South Carlsbad! Located less than 2 miles from the beach, in the gated hilltop community of Mar Brisa, this home will literally make you smile! Offered at $915,000 with a plethora of upgrades and improvements, all you need to do is move in! This home is exquisitely remodeled…
- Stunning Thousand Oaks Home with Large Yard February 23, 2019This highly upgraded home in the gated Cobblestone Community of Thousand Oaks, CA boasts over $200,000 in luxury upgrades and improvements and is offered at $889,000. With 2230 square feet, 4 bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms, this home sits on one of the largest and most private lots in the neighborhood, offers a comfortable living style…