Sales + Marketing Trends Buy It Now: Self-Service and the Homebuying Experience of the Future Self-service is disrupting nearly every industry imaginable. It’s just a matter of time before it hits housing
Sales iBuyers Bought 1% of Homes in 2019. But Can They Turn a Profit? Despite iBuyers’ overall small share in the housing market, their fast growth in 2019 is turning heads in the housing industry. iBuyers are...
Sales Pending Home Sales Surge 5.2% in January, Crushing Expectations Analysts expected a two percent gain in January for pending home sales. By the month’s end, however, the final count more than doubled that....
Sales iBuyers Nearly Double Market Share in 2019 It is a big day for iBuyers: the top iBuyers purchased one out of every 100 homes sold in 2019. This figure may not sound like a lot, but...
Sales Home Prices Jump 3.8% Annually in December The housing market is making some serious money moves. Home prices rose 3.8 percent annually in December, a jump from the 3.5 percent gain...
Sales Is the Future of iBuying in Danger? While some people are still bothered by the five-dollar bill that dropped out of their pocket last week, Zillow is shouldering a $312...
Sales January Existing Home Sales Start 2020 Off Strong The usual renewal that spring brings will have an added layer for the home industry this year: Along with the return of blooms and migratory...
Sales Competition Heats Up As Housing Inventory Hits 7-Year Low Bidding wars are back. After a slew of potential buyers started their homebuying journey early this year, they found that the sparse...
Sales Is Renting Cheaper Than Buying? Renting is just throwing money away, right? Not quite: In some of the largest U.S. counties, renting is actually cheaper than buying,...
Sales The Easiest and Hardest Cities to Buy a Home in 2020 Want to retire somewhere warm? You are in luck as balmy cities such as Honolulu and Cape Coral Fla., populate Realtor’s top 10 list of the...