Caballero Particpates in Home Building Forecast Panel at NAREE Conference
Journalists and Real Estate Editors from across the United States gathered in Las Vegas June 13th-16th for the Spring conference of the National Association of Real Estate Editors (NAREE), the trade group dedicated to promoting real estate industries reporting, both commercial and residential. HomesUSA.com CEO, Ben Caballero, participated in the Home Building Forecast panel with Robert Dietz, […]
Why Agent Rankings are Based on Production — Not Business Model
Article featured on Inman News Byline by: Ben Caballero, HomesUSA.com CEO | Since I was ranked as America’s number one real estate agent on REAL Trends “The Thousand” list, other agents have questioned my ranking. Recently, one agent read a story about how,
Lennar Chairman Talks About Innovation
Lennar’s embrace of transformational use of technology to drive its business forward became clear to audiences of Hive last fall as Lennar CEO Stuart Miller, a Hive dean, demonstrated ways that data would change local and enterprise decision-making and resource allocation from top to bottom.
Dallas Homes Sold for More than Asking in 2017
Homebuyers competing for a property in North Texas are going the extra mile to make a deal. Last year, almost 40 percent of the Dallas-area homes that sold went for more than the asking price, according to new data from real estate portal Zillow. Nationwide, about 1 in 4 homes sold for more than the original list […]
New Home Sales Explode Higher: Biggest Monthly Jump in 25 Years
Earlier last week, ZeroHedge discussed that US personal savings tumbled to the lowest since 2007, and now they can also conclude that one of the things Americans splurged on last month was New Homes,
Comp. Listing Issues
Comparable listings help appraisers support home values in a rising market but, beware – if not done correctly, you could have a very unhappy buyer on your hands. MLS rules require agents to report sales of all homes listed in MLS and some buyers will object. Fourteen percent (14%) of all homes listed in MLS […]
Home is where the Dog is!
Among millennials who have never purchased a home, 42% say that their dog – or the desire to have one – is a key factor in their desire to buy a home in the future, suggesting dogs will also influence purchase decisions of potential first-time home buyers.
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