Real Estate News

• Howard Hanna Reports Record Sales in 2011
  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 volume. In 2011, Howard Hanna recorded 34,292 closed property transactions for a volume of $5.769 […]
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• Survey Reveals Nation’s Leading Real Estate Firms: RISMedia Annual Power Broker Survey Launches Today
  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 industry’s top brokerages, this listing of the real estate industry’s “who’ […]
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• Obeo’s New SEO Optimization Drives Traffic Back to the Broker
  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 of homebuyers are researching properties online. The competition for these online homebuyers is fierce! Unbranded [.. […]
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• New England 2012 Housing Market Outlook & Forecast
  Regional Spotlight—RE/MAX of New England recently released their 2012 Housing Market Outlook & Forecast. According to the study, Connecticut experienced the largest declines in 2011, as single-family home transactions slid -8.4 percent and average price dipped -1.8 percent, compared to 2010. Maine single-family home transactions slide -4.21 percent compa […]
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• RISMedia to Showcase Celebrity Home Listings
  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 their famous—or infamous—owners. For example, we read today that Michele Klosson of Sotheby’s International Realty […]
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