Good News for housing! New Home Sales actually INCREASED…. According to data released this morning by the Commerce Department, sales of new homes hit a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 307,000 in October, up 1.3% from the previous month and up 9% from October 2010. While demand is still weak — in a healthy housing market roughly one million new homes sell each year — some experts see the uptick as a sign the long-suffering new home market may be on the mend. Call me now for your New Home!
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Here are just some of the hard lesions we have learned. 1. “Let’ set the rent high and look for an offer Tenants make decisions on what to preview based on digital photos, property descriptions and asking rent. They look at 5 to 8 homes before they complete an application. They are comparative shoppers and know when the asking rent is too high. … (3 comments)
dl morton realty inc: Creating a Positive Professional Image - 11/18/11 07:07 AM
According to Harvard Business School professor Laura Roberts, your professional image is the set of qualities and characteristics that represent perceptions of your competence and character as judged by your key constituents (i.e., clients, superiors, subordinates and colleagues). You must take a strategic, proactive approach to managing your professional image. "If you aren't managing your own professional image, then someone else is," says Roberts. Since your constituents are constantly observing you, sizing you up as a professional, Roberts says, "It's only wise to add your voice in framing others' theories about who you are and what you can accomplish." The … (1 comments)
dl morton realty inc: FYI Behind Existing-Home Sales Stats - 11/16/11 07:06 AM
Behind Existing-Home Sales Stats The existing-home sales report is released on or near the 25th of each month. Behind the stats, you will find four important factors that help explain how existing-home sales are configured. Why existing-home sales are calculated on a seasonally adjusted annual rate. Seasonally adjusted annual rates are used in reporting existing-home sales data to factor seasonal variations in resale activity. For example, home sales volume is higher in the summer than in the winter, primarily because of differences in the weather and family-buying patterns in the U.S. How seasonally adjusted annual sales rates are calculated. When calculating seasonally adjusted annual rates, … (3 comments)
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dl morton realty inc: Email Marketing Tips to Know! - 08/23/11 01:57 PM
Email isn’t any less personal than any other form of communication. It may feel that way because, unlike a telephone or a face-to-face meeting, there isn’t any direct and immediate feedback. But your inbox is your inbox. Which means, you don’t want to spend your time sifting through hundreds of unsolicited and incomprehensible messages any more than anyone else.Which brings us to email marketing. Having a successful email-marketing campaign means putting yourself in your contact list’s shoes. If you were on the other end of the send button, would you be interested in what you are sending out? If not, it’s … (0 comments)
dl morton realty inc: NC Rank Among the Strongest States as a Corporate Relocation Destination. - 08/18/11 03:22 PM
North Carolina continues to rank among the strongest states in the country as a corporate relocation destination.North Carolina came in tied at No. 5 in the nation for inbound moves to the state for corporate relocations after recording an 18 percent increase in the number of people who moved to the state in 2010. The number of outbound moves increased nearly 6 percent compared to the year prior.North Carolina recorded 3,501 “move-ins” in 2010, compared to just 2,411 “move-outs,” meaning that about 57 percent of total corporate relocation activity was inbound.It was the 10th consecutive year that North Carolina achieved inbound … (0 comments)
According to the recent investor survey, “In the next two years, real estate investors are expected to outnumber traditional homebuyers in their local markets by three to one, and 56.5 percent plan to put their investments to work as rental properties.” Local markets with universities or colleges can be an attractive option for many local real estate investors. Housing demand in college towns is generally high and vacancy rates are usually low. Combine the supply and demand ratio with rising admissions and the five percent rise in rental rates expected by the end of the year, and rental property … (0 comments)
dl morton realty inc: Charlotte Area Residential real estate statistics for May 2011 - 06/13/11 09:41 PM
The number of closings for May 2011 (2,194) decreased 11.5 percent compared to May 2010 when closings totaled 2,480. Compared to April 2011 (1,882), closings were up 16.6 percent. The average sales price for May 2011 ($208,999) was up slightly, 0.6 percent, compared to May 2010 ($207,711), and was up 2.7 percent compared to the April 2011 average sales price ($203,480). The median sales price in May 2011 ($151,995) was down 3.2 percent, compared to the May 2010 median sales price of $157,000, and was down 0.7 percent compared to the April 2011 median sales price of $153,000.
The average … (0 comments)
dl morton realty inc: DL Morton Realty, Inc. Opens New Office in Waxhaw, North Carolina - 05/24/11 09:04 PM
DL Morton Realty, Inc. Opens New Office in Waxhaw, North Carolina DL Morton Realty, Inc opens new office in Waxhaw, NC to better serve its Union County Clients. Waxhaw, NC, May 24, 2011 --(PR.com)-- Looking to recreate its Charlotte. NC success in Waxhaw, four year old realty firm DL Morton Realty, Inc. is expanding its presence in Waxhaw, with new offices to open and more agent hires. The firm's growth strategy is to integrate other smaller brokerages into its company along with individual recruitment of experienced agents to add to the team.To accommodate a growing operation, the firm has leased office … (2 comments)
dl morton realty inc: Craigslist to Broadcast Worst Landlords List - 04/05/11 10:24 AM
Very Interesting and I thought I'd Share! Standing outside of a dilapidated Bronx apartment building, New York City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio announced plans to launch an 8-point housing plan to hold the city’s worst landlords accountable for repairing their buildings. Earlier, de Blasio launched the city’s “Worst Landlords Watch List” to shine a spotlight on repeat offenders whose buildings have fallen into dangerous disrepair. The online Watch List currently lists 418 buildings owned by 323 distinct landlords. As part of new initiatives, Public Advocate de Blasio has teamed with Craigslist to expand NYC’s Worst Landlords Watch List … (0 comments)
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