According to the 2008 REALTOR ® Technology Report, 69
percent of real estate pros say they incorporate some form of map on their Web sites.
As such, a growing number
of real estate pros say that their home sellers are seeing their properties sell beyond the asking price.
The companies work to tailor their services — everything from marketing tools to safety apps — to the
needs of real estate pros.
The National Association of REALTORS ® reported that 16 percent
of real estate pros surveyed in June reported a cancelation in a sale, mostly due to a large number of low appraisals.
Recognizing the importance
of real estate pros in the home buying process, Sindeo adds Ginger Wilcox as Chief Industry Officer.
But many are missing out on these opportunities, with a
third of real estate pros saying they send only two or three referrals per year to other agents and nearly half saying they earn less than $ 5,000 annually on outbound referrals.
Truss has a team of 12, made
up of real estate pros and in - house development and UI / UX teams focused on building the product.
But a host of less flashy devices at the annual Las Vegas technology showcase stand to have a far bigger impact on the business
practices of real estate pros.
Not only is spam a leading source of computer viruses, but the onslaught of unsolicited bulk electronic messages — both e-mail and blog comments for those who maintain blogs — threatens the
productivity of real estate pros.
It conveys the message that there are a
lot of real estate pros who are not keeping up with the most current tools and platforms to most effectively meet today's consumer — but you are.
Undercover consumers posing as prospective clients could be an integral part of how a brokerage works to improve the
safety of real estate pros on the job.
Both tax reform and flood insurance were hot topics at the
forefront of real estate pros» minds during the REALTORS ® Conference & Expo in Chicago over the weekend.
He noted that mortgage lending, which relies on set formulas such as debt - to - income ratios are easier to teach robots than the specialized
knowledge of a real estate pro: «You need to know all the idiosyncrasies of your local neighborhood, or at least you should.»
Once these people get used to returning to your page to look at your new exciting posts, trust will be established and they are more likely to turn to you when they are in
need of a real estate pro to help with a home buying or selling decision.
Fifty - three percent
of real estate pros surveyed by Consumer Reports says the kitchen is among the most important rooms of the home to have in good shape before selling.
Seventy percent
of real estate pros, however, say they had no properties with green features in that time.