https://videopress.com/v/jYjbl0Lw?preloadContent=metadata Every Monday Amber Kovarik with Guild Mortgage and I spend 15 minutes talking about what is currently happening in the real estate market, title, and lending. We give a few key points to share without taking up too much time. Today’s Big Takeaways: Physical showing requests have increased in Arizona since 4/12/2020 by 40%NewContinueContinue reading “Afternoon Bite 5/4/2020 (Video)”
Category Archives: National Real Estate
Phoenix Area Real Estate Update 5/1/2020
The light at the end of the tunnel got a little brighter this week. Despite the limited data available, new trends are emerging and they are good. Please continue to share this news with your clients because consumer sentiment is everything. The week of April 19th marked a noticeable shift in the market with increasedContinueContinue reading “Phoenix Area Real Estate Update 5/1/2020”
Afternoon Bite 4/27/2020 (Video)
https://videopress.com/v/fbz4a50I?preloadContent=metadata Amber Kovarik with Guild Mortgage and I spend 15 minutes talking about what is currently happening in the market, in title, and in lending. We give a few key points to share without taking up too much time. This was our first one! Today’s Big Takeways: Cash out refis are still availableDown payment assistanceContinueContinue reading “Afternoon Bite 4/27/2020 (Video)”
Phoenix Area Real Estate Update 4/24/2020
The real estate market continues to move forward at varying speeds across the country. The lack of current data continues to make it difficult to draw a complete picture of our market. Again, I encourage everyone to be very mindful about their news consumption; a lot of it is very negative and very skewed. RememberContinueContinue reading “Phoenix Area Real Estate Update 4/24/2020”
Phoenix Area Real Estate Update 4/17/2020
As someone who loves to analyze real estate activity, the recent events have definitely thrown a wrench in how we analyze the data. In a day when more information is available than ever before, we keep running into one consistent truth, there still simply isn’t enough data available to give us a decent expectation forContinueContinue reading “Phoenix Area Real Estate Update 4/17/2020”
Phoenix Area Real Estate Update 4/10/2020
The other day I was talking with a national real estate analyst and he has evidence that new listings hitting the market in March in the hardest hit areas in the country like Seattle, NYC, and some metro areas in California decreased anywhere between 50-80%. The rest of the country is feeling the decrease toContinueContinue reading “Phoenix Area Real Estate Update 4/10/2020”
Housing Affordability (video)
Lydia Wietsma with Revelation Real Estate invited me to join her on her regular podcast to discuss housing affordability and what is going on with all of the incredible appreciation we are experiencing. Check out our 30 minute discussion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtVrqj4NruQ&feature=youtu.be Key Takeaways: In order to understand affordability, we have to look at what is happeningContinueContinue reading “Housing Affordability (video)”
Jaded: A Real Estate Story
As I fly home after a trip to see the in-laws in Iowa, I think about real estate. I suppose I always think about real estate, but that is besides the point. I hope that my sister-in-law’s house sale in New Jersey goes through sometime soon. My entire real estate experience is in Arizona. IContinueContinue reading “Jaded: A Real Estate Story”
Inman Industry Update
Information from the Inman Connect conference in Las Vegas in July 2019. iBuyer: https://zavvie.com/ provides iBuyer estimates to homeownershttps://exitnest.com/ offers transparency to sellers. Is connected to iBuyers and walks the seller/Realtor through offer submission. Provides real numbers in side by side layout. Often pushes sellers back to the Realtor. Request a snapshot for all yourContinueContinue reading “Inman Industry Update”
Inman/Industry Update from July 2018
Most Talked about at Inman: #1 topic: Compass. A traditional brokerage spending huge amounts of money to advertise that they are a tech company. Goal is to have 20% market share in the top 20 metros nationwide by 2020. They are buying brokerages. Expect to see them in AZ by 2019.#2 topic: Brad Inman’s interviewContinueContinue reading “Inman/Industry Update from July 2018”