Real Estate Career News
Educating our clients
With our MLS listing inventory being in the 9000 to 10000 range our challenge in today’s market is how to help our sellers get their houses sold.
Our first priority is to educate our sellers on what is really happening in the market place. Of course they do have an idea; although, we have to be [...]
Recognize one person a day.
Michael Staver, founder of the Staver Group, an executive training company, says that acknowledging failure, then moving on, can help keep one’s passions from dying.
Michael Staver who is a national speaker and coach, sent me the following email concerning recognizing one person everyday, I thought it was a good idea, [...]
MLS AREA statistics for the first quarter of the year
The MLS Residential Activity report shows Current # of listings in the each area, current # number of closed sales in each area, Median Sales Price, Average Sales Price and List price to Sale Price ratio in each area of Charleston. It also shows the average days on the market which is a little misleading as it records [...]
Sold Terms and Market Statistics Criteria: Status: S, Category: ALL Statistics for Entire Mls from 1/1/2010 to 3/31/2010
Below are the statistics for the Charleston Real Estate Market.The 1st January through the 31st March 2010. As you can see the sales price to list price is about 5% which is closer than it was last year. There have been over 300 cash buyers which is quite surprising. Majority of sales are still conventional.
1. Create deals, don’t wait for them.
Steve authors a monthly informational presentation for top professionals titled “Keeping Current Matters.”
The following is an article from his monthly newsletter
Over the last 18 months, the real estate industry has almost become dependent on government’s help. We hope that programs like the tax credit or the Fed’s purchase of mortgage-backed- securities will [...]
Why Carolina One (cont.,)
When you work as an Real Estate entrepreneur, under the umbrella of a High Profile Company both Locally and Nationally such as Carolina One Real Estate, it gives you instant Credibility with your clients, plus possibly new clients. Therefore, increasing your business just by being with our company. The consumer has confidence in our [...]
The Benefits of Pre-approval
Why do you want me to get pre-approved before I find a house I want to buy? This a question asked many times by buyers. So I thought I would take a moment to answer.
When a borrower applies for a mortgage before finding a house, and receives a written commitment from a lender [...]
Texting in our business
•BC Because P&C Private & Confidential
•BTW By the way QQ Quick Question
•CU See you RFD Request for discussion
•THX Thanks DRIB Don’t read if busy
•EOD End of day U Yo
YW Your welcome
OTP On the phone
The above abbreviations for texting are just a few of so many. Being from the older generation it’s very difficult to understand [...]
How Financing effects the List Price to Sales Price
At our Business meeting on February 24th I shared with our team that there had been 864 sales closed in our Charleston Multiple Listing Service in the first seven weeks of the year. So the question was,
“Could anyone guess how many were FHA Sales. (Goverment Lending).” A great deal of numbers were thrown out, some [...]
The Market Then and Now
These Graphs are showing the Charleston Tri-County Real Estate Market. Sales and Listings in 2009 & also in 2005 to show you the comparisons. The one on the left is the market in the year 2009 if you click on the graph it will enlarge so you can see the numbers. The pink is the [...]
