Direct Consumer Benefits with Big Data

As customers share more data about their home buying decisions, their social conversations and online browsing patterns gain more value. However, they shouldn’t feel threatened. This kind of data tracking pays back in the form of better packaged products. For instance, people with slightly improved credit performance in the recent past are now being re-looked […]

How to Improve the Chances of Your Home Getting Sold

Sellers have a tough time coming to terms with the fact that their home didn’t sell during the first listing period. Don’t lose heart if your listing fails! Even when the market is super-hot, roughly 1 in 4 home listings don’t get sold during the first listing period. Generally speaking, lower end properties have higher […]

Get Ready to Test Your Big Data Preparedness

The big data transformation is underway. Real estate businesses realize that their management roles and product development methodologies need to become more data-driven. Overall, big data is new to most companies. Many of them can get easily overwhelmed by its enormous potential. Here, we present answers to some big data questions that should help you […]

Five Best Practices for Buying a Home

If you want to land your dream home, you will have to follow some unwritten rules. These are some best practices that are followed by both sellers and brokers. Let’s take a look at them: Make an offer only after getting a mortgage pre-approved The pre-approval letter shows that the lender has verified your finances […]

What You Should Do Before Listing Your Commercial Property for Sale

Selling a commercial building isn’t much different than selling a home or condo. We have compiled a few things you need to do before listing your commercial property. By taking these simple steps you can sell the property quickly and profitably: What is a commercial property? A commercial property can be a plot of land, […]

Understanding the Different Kinds of Mortgage Lenders

While shopping for a home loan you might come across terms like retail lenders, direct lenders, mortgage brokers, and wholesale lenders. Many borrowers simply look at the terms and the interest rate and if they are satisfactory, they go ahead and purchase the loan. They don’t really bother to find out what sort of lender […]

Convince the Seller That You are the Right Buyer with a Perfect Letter

Now that the economy has started showing signs of recovery, the demand for houses in many markets is on the rise. Interestingly, prospective home buyers are trying every trick in the book to make their offers stand out. Some of them are even writing letters to sellers explaining what they love about the property and […]

How to Decide Between Two Homes that You Have Fallen in Love With

You have immersed yourself heavily in house hunting and then you discover that you are in love with 2 homes and you don’t know which one to choose. In such a situation, don’t be guided by emotion. Instead, let reason prevail. In most cases, you will get only a couple of days or weeks to […]

How to Decide Between Two Homes that You Have Fallen in Love With

You have immersed yourself heavily in house hunting and then you discover that you are in love with 2 homes and you don’t know which one to choose. In such a situation, don’t be guided by emotion. Instead, let reason prevail. In most cases, you will get only a couple of days or weeks to […]

How to Decide Between Two Homes that You Have Fallen in Love With

You have immersed yourself heavily in house hunting and then you discover that you are in love with 2 homes and you don’t know which one to choose. In such a situation, don’t be guided by emotion. Instead, let reason prevail. In most cases, you will get only a couple of days or weeks to […]