With hard work and dedication, real estate offers agents the chance to be your own boss and control the direction of your career, but there are many factors that contribute to this dream. It demands hearty commitment, working weekends and evenings,

The most consequential question facing the housing industry today is: Are we approaching a correction? National Association of Realtors Chief Economist Lawrence Yun said in January that 2016 was the market’s best year since the Great Recession. He thanked job

With the Falcons and Patriots poised to play each other on Sunday, HomeUnion has taken a close look at each team’s home region to determine which offers better opportunities for real estate investors. The rental investment company analyzed the Boston and

There is no denying the affordability and inventory problems plaguing the Boston market, but that doesn’t negate the fact that it’s still considered one of the top real estate markets to watch in 2017, according to a joint report

What did this week bring in the real estate newsreels? Quite a bit, as it would turn out: •Sherwin-Williams has released its list of 2017’s top color trends, and Realtor magazine is breaking them down hue by hue. •How can you add

This week provided a smattering of interesting real estate stories, including: •Silicon Valley is infamous for its high cost of housing – will a local politicians fight to improve housing access influence the nationwide affordability crisis? Vox has the story. •More

One of the minds that brought us Uber is trying to change the face of real estate through a mobile app. The app, called Haus, is for buyers, sellers, and agents, and focuses on the offer process rather than home search.

Massachusetts has a top five economy when compared to other states in the U.S., a WalletHub report recently confirmed. The news is good for the real estate industry and its professionals. Compiling data that runs the economic gamut, from exports per

In September 2014, Arkansas police discovered the body of Beverly Carter, a Crye-Leike Realtor, in a shallow roadside grave. On Sunday, NBC’s Dateline will dive into the story and once again remind the industry that agent safety is a

Agent Publishing launches AgentEDU.com What are the best tactics for winning a multiple offer situation for your buyers? Do you know how to optimize your Yelp profile to attract potential clients? Are you a new licensee who needs to ramp

A new study commissioned by staffing firm Robert Half found that Boston is one of the best destinations for career-orientated professionals, coming in second on the list behind Seattle. According to the Economist Intelligence Unit (the group that conducted

Bostonians can claim a quality of life in their city that’s worth bragging about. According to Mercer, the world’s largest human resources consulting firm, the city is better to live in than most other places in the U.S. In its

From Jan. 2013 to Oct. 2015, year-over-year decreases in the share of total home sales occurring in all cash have averaged 2.7 percentage points. However, in Nov. 2015 (the latest available data) the pace of decline slowed to 0.7

One of Twitter’s greatest weaknesses is also its greatest strength Last week, Twitter announced that sometime in the first quarter of 2016, it is removing its 140-character limit in favor of 10,000 characters. The Huffington Post noted the irony of

Since 2014, home prices have been in what CoreLogic Chief Economist Frank Nothaft recently described as a “sweet spot,” consecutively rising between 5 and 6 percent for 15 months. According to the research group’s newest report, home prices rose

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