Real Estate News Should You Fix Up Your House Before Listing Or Sell It As A Fixer Upper?If you're thinking of selling your home, this is probably a question you've been asking yourself - and your real estate agent. There is no hard and fast answer; the route you go will depend on numerous factors, the most important of which are: the condition of your home, the strength of the market in your area, and the potential profit to be made both with and without updates. These tips will help you decide whether to sell now or later....Read MoreWhite And Grey Kitchens Dallas StyleWhite kitchens never seem to go out of style, but there's a fine line between white that's beautiful and white's that clinical. If you love white and grey, but don't want your kitchen to resemble a hospital room, try these tips from Dallas' top interior designers and kitchen planners....Read More Sandicor internal feud settled, creating new San Diego MLSTwo years of litigation between competing Realtor associations in San Diego have come to an end. The settlement leaves their multiple listing service diminished, but intact....Read MoreCorcoran lands ‘Million Dollar Listing NY’ star Steve Gold"Million Dollar Listing" star Steve Gold and his team Gold Realty have a new home. The famed real estate agent is joining Corcoran after Town Residential ceased its resale and leasing operations, Corcoran confirmed in an email....Read MoreHow agents can soften the blow of homeownership costsReal estate agents are experts at guiding consumers through the negotiations and paperwork involved in the homebuying process. Yet, once buyers have signed on the dotted line, walked into their new homes and closed the door behind them, they too often are left with a false sense of security that all the surprises are over....Read MoreCompass announces new executive hires from Spotify, EventbriteCompass, the ever-growing real estate technology company, is continuing its hiring spree in the wake of last year’s $550 million Series E funding round and is pulling top talent from other buzzy tech companies: Khurrum Malik, most recently of Spotify, is joining as Compass's chief marketing officer and Matt Rosenberg, lately of Eventbrite, is coming aboard as chief revenue officer....Read MoreHomeSmart International tallies Q1 franchise sales spikeHomeSmart International, the Scottsdale, Arizona, franchisor, reported a 33 percent year-over-year increase in franchises nationwide for the first quarter of 2018, according to quarterly results released Wednesday. The rapidly growing company, which boasts 133 offices in 17 states, also increased its agent count by 28 percent, ramping up to 14,611 agents in April....Read MoreThe Real Word: A fake Trulia rental and shutting down the neighborhood AirbnbWatch Byron Lazine and Nicole White give a real estate agent’s perspective on industry-related topics. This week, they’ll take on a fake Trulia rental listing in Denver that caused a family to lose $3,900, whether you can stop your neighbor from running an Airbnb and why smoke-infested listings are the worst....Read MoreCompetition will be fierce for home hunters this season: ZillowWith inventory in continuous decline since 2015, home hunting this summer is expected to be among the most competitive seasons on record, with only about 22 percent of the available housing stock priced for first-time homebuyers, according to Zillow’s March Market Report....Read MoreReal estate daily market update: April 26, 2018All the latest real estate market news....Read MoreConnect the ICSF Speakers: Katie Clancy: ‘Be A Leader or a Lemming’What does it mean to be a lemming? “So many of us have been taught that money is why we’re here and that anybody can do this job,” says Katie Clancy. “And it’s a very low bar for entry.” She'll explain how to shift from lemming to leader at Inman Connect San Francisco....Read MoreMeet the real estate agent who’s empowering women to invest wiselySearch for Whitney Nicely on YouTube, and the first image you'll come across is her bright, smiling face surrounded by a fluff of brown curls. For Nicely, and many other women in real estate investment, that sweet facade often stops them from being taken seriously in what she calls "an old boys club."...Read More
