After a yearlong search, Amazon has chosen two East Coast cities—Crystal City, Va., and Long Island City, N.Y.—to house its new headquarters. The online retail giant is expected to announce its decision on Tuesday that it’s coming to Long Island City, a neighborhood of Queens, and Crystal City, an area within Arlington, Va., just outside of Washington, D.C.The two real estate markets have already seen their housing markets rising in anticip
Quicken Loans ranks highest in customer satisfaction for the ninth consecutive year, according to the newly released 2018 U.S. Primary Mortgage Origination Satisfaction Survey. Customers overall are happier with their mortgage lender this year compared to last year, and a lot of that is attributed to lenders’ use of mixing in more digital interactions in the process, according to the survey, which is based on responses from more than 5,000 cust
The number of For Sale by Owner transactions fell to a record low of 7 percent of all home sales in 2018, down from 8 percent last year, according to the National Association of REALTORS®’ 2018 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers. FSBOs—homeowners who try to sell their properties themselves without a real estate agent—have decreased dramatically since 1981, when they accounted for 15 percent of all home sales.Today, consumers rely heavily
Rookie buyers looking for an affordable home may purchase one in need of repair in hopes of turning it into the house of their dreams. But an extensive rehab can quickly become the stuff of nightmares.Realtor.com® contributor Erica Sweeney shares her personal story of tearing down and rebuilding her first home 11 years ago in Little Rock, Ark. The home was built in the 1940s, and the floor plan didn’t fit her and her family's lifestyle. The en
Thirty-one people have died and 200 are missing as three wildfires sweep through California, turning hundreds of homes into ash. The death toll from the fires now matches the deadliest blaze on record in the Golden State, the 1933 Griffith Park disaster in Los Angeles. An estimated 250,000 people have been forced to flee their homes.“Most of the residential area is gone—I would say 90 percent,” Jody Jones, mayor of the town of Paradise, Cal
The city where the most locals plan to stay put is Spokane, Wash. It’s also the city that is the most popular with out-of-towners who want to move in, according to a new analysis by realtor.com®. The city is about four hours inland from Seattle and is known for its affordability compared to many other Western cities. Far more buyers around Spokane are looking for homes in the city rather than outside the city, according to realtor.com®’s re
Amazon is narrowing the list of cities for its second headquarters, announcing last week that it will pick two locations for what’s been dubbed “HQ2.” The list reportedly has been narrowed to Crystal City, Va.; Long Island City, N.Y.; and Dallas.Property frenzies have been sparked in Crystal City and Long Island City in anticipation that they’ll be the chosen two. Real estate brokerage Redfin reports that online views of listings in the t
Tom Ferry’s tips to “wow” your database and create raving fans -- plus a top performing script Creating a business based on regular and recurring referrals is the ideal for any real estate professional. But it doesn’t just happen. It takes work. It requires you to be different, be proactive and provide extraordinary levels of service.In today’s coaching corner, I’m sharing with you five ways to “wow” your database between now and
How working on my personal development saved my life and my business A little over two years ago, I nearly hit rock bottom.My life was in a downward spiral. I was going through home foreclosure; I was incapacitated from a car accident, where I lost my car and then I lost my job. I felt like the world was collapsing around me. I was a single mother without another source of income and I was 60 days away from losing my home.I needed to act — and
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