This post is an “I couldn’t have said it better myself” post…
For the most part real estate is a planning activity. It’s not like buying a candy bar or a magazine while you’re waiting in the check-out line at Copps.
And because you have to go through a process to get to the point when you’re ready to buy or sell a home you’re also very curious about what will be happening next, or a few months from now, or next year.
Will it be better or worse? Will mortgage rates continue to remain this low? How much will my credit score go up in 4 months? Will this cause my interest rate to be lower?
Ken Haedrich, a Realtor in Annapolis, Maryland recently wrote a post hypothesizing what the real estate market will do in the upcoming year. Click here to read his Trends and Predictions article.
Two thumbs up for numbers 2 and 3 in his list.
Regarding his point that there will be fewer Realtors in the upcoming year… Yes there is. Our database of area Realtors took a huge hit when the new list came out a month or so ago. One area company seemed to lose 2/3 of their staff. On the other hand the Wisconsin Rapids First Weber office has gained 2 new Realtors in the past couple months. These agents transferred from other area agencies.
Why? I believe it’s because in their effort to create a real estate career they knew they needed to align themselves with a forward thinking real estate company. As Ken states in his article, real estate is “technology driven,” and Realtors who can best handle this new technology will steam-roll agents who can’t or won’t embrace it.
Sidenote–Last year I was going to email a listing sheet (probably something else, but it doesn’t matter what) to another area agent. I had his email from their website. He said I shouldn’t because he “doesn’t do email.” I didn’t know what to say. How can you not “do email?”
Anyway, have you checked out Ken’s super-interesting article yet?
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My name is Adam Holberg and I’m a Realtor with First Weber of Wisconsin Rapids. This website is designed to inform and help bring conversation to a topic I love, real estate.