Category Archives: real estate

Housing Market for 2025

Those who braved the housing market in 2024 faced one of the slowest sales years in three decades. Next year is shaping up to be a little bit better. Many of the plights that kept would-be buyers and sellers sidelined … Continue reading

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Biggest Challenges Real Estate Agents Face and How to Overcome Them

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There are other signs that the housing market is revving up headed into year-end

Home contract activity jumps for third straight month as consumers shrug off higher ratesHome contract signings rose in October for the third consecutive month as homebuyers took advantage of growing inventory levels and shook off higher mortgage rates. The Pending … Continue reading

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Existing-Home Sales Decline 2.7% in April

Existing-home sales are down 2.7% to 5.85 million, the third straight month of decline.
Year-to-date – months January to April – sales are still up 20%.
The median existing-home sales price rose to 19.1% year-over-year to $341,600, both record highs. Continue reading

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Real Estate in Panama City Florida

 BY PAUL ESAJIAN | @PAUL_ESAJIAN With the wake of the recession starting to wane, housing markets across the country are beginning to show signs of life. In particular, the Panama City real estate market has turned a corner, and looks to be able to capitalize … Continue reading

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Pre-Approval Letter?

The question came to me ” Should you get a Pre-Approval letter when working with a buyer” Listen to my answer regarding this issue. Visit my Group Page for more questions where I will give you the answer: https://www.facebook.com/groups/askrobertjrussell/

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Prepare your Second Home for the Winter

Before the snow starts flying, it is important to make sure your secondary home is prepared for the weather. What is important maintenance on any home, is doubly important on a home that may be vacant or have limited occupancy … Continue reading

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5 Recommendations to Keep Your Tenants Happy

Are you a Slum Lord or a Landlord? As a landlord, you know how hard it can be to find good tenants. But when you do find them, you want to keep them! Because finding new tenants is more costly … Continue reading

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15 Cities where rent has increased in 2017

In the decade since the housing market bubble rocked the economy, the homeowners’ market has felt the tides change. While home prices across the country have risen, the market for renting has surged — in large part due to millennials, who … Continue reading

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What happens when a renter dies on the property….

It may be difficult for a property owner to recoup cleanup costs after a renter has died on site. Here, AAA Crime Scene Steam and Clean worker Carol Oguri and owner Kathie Jo Kadziauskas work on a Los Angeles condominium … Continue reading

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