Posted on February 10th, 2012
Howard Hanna Real Estate Services recently reported record home sales for 2011 through its 134 offices in Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York and West Virginia. This marks the 9th straight year Howard Hanna Real Estate Services has increased sales units and …
Posted on January 30th, 2012
Despite a challenging real estate market, the industry’s leading residential brokerage firms continue to demonstrate resiliency and growth, and will prove this by participating in RISMedia’s 24th Annual Power Broker Report & Survey. As the industry’s preeminent report ranking the …
Posted on January 23rd, 2012
Obeo, a leading provider of online real estate virtual tours and real estate in North America, announced a new search engine optimization (SEO) feature to help brokers and agents win the battle for their listings. Studies show that 96 percent …
Posted on January 17th, 2012
Agents, have you ever listed or sold a home owned by a celebrity? If so, we want to know about it! RISMedia is excited to announce that in 2012 we will be significantly expanding our coverage of celebrity homes and…
Posted on January 15th, 2012
We all know that Google is no stranger to the world of mobile, after all its operating system, Android, is the most popular in world; all their apps (Gmail, Google calendar, flicker, etc.) are all designed for use on mobile…
Posted on January 11th, 2012
In support of Google’s Go Mo initiative, Mobile Real Estate (MRE), a leading industry leading mobile solutions provider, has launched a free online tool that allows REALTORS® to test their website to ensure it is optimized for mobile. When Google…
Posted on January 5th, 2012
REGIONAL SPOTLIGHT—As the new year begins, potential home buyers and sellers throughout the Mid Atlantic region are anxious about how their properties will fare in this coming year. To explore the issue, MRIS has released a list of several key…
Posted on January 2nd, 2012
During Coldwell Banker Platinum Partners’ holiday charity drive, sales agents and staff from throughout the region spent much of November and December gathering donations to benefit a variety of charities. The Partners banded together with one common goal – to…
Posted on December 22nd, 2011
We have many reasons to be optimistic about housing. Past-due mortgages and foreclosure filings have been trending down in recent months, not to mention inventory is decreasing, interest rates are lower than ever and home prices are stabilizing. But the…
Posted on December 19th, 2011
Builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes edged up two points from a downwardly revised number to 21 on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) for December. This marks a third consecutive…