The Hawaii Team Real Estate Blog
Where’s the bottom?
Have we hit the bottom of the real estate crash yet? Is it going to get worse? Should I wait to sell my home? What’s my house worth? All questions I continually field week after week from home owners. We could listen to the news all day, but we’re...
Homeowners Confident About the Market!
Just when you thought the news was getting worse about the real estate market, we find article like this from Zillow.com and Realtor.org. "Despite plenty of evidence to the contrary, 77 percent of homeowners believe that their homes are worth as much or more as they...
“Occupancy Fraud” Underlies Many Defaults
Ever since the mortgage meltdown there have been plenty of people wanting to point the finger at corrupt mortgage brokers, but this article I found at Realtor.org once again proves there is plenty of blame to go around. "Investors turn up frequently in analyses of...
What You Really Want From Your Agent
This past December I interviewed Anne Randolph of Murray Consulting, and I must say she gave me much food for thought. My primary question for Anne: What is the number one thing consumers want from their transaction with real estate agents? I was sure that getting the...
Less Jumbo’s, More Conformings!
Ever since President Bush announced his stimlus package everyone has been trying to figure out how much money they can get from the government and how soon. What has been missed in those headlines is good news for those people trying to buy a bigger home. You see part...
Will Technology Be the Demise of Real Estate Agents?
It’s the reality of the today’s technological age more future home buyers than ever before will use the Internet to find their new abode. A study from ComScore Media reports that visits to real estate-related Web sites account for 10 percent of all...
Who Wants to Pay Big Commissions? Part Four
Who Wants to Pay Big Commissions? Part 4 This is the final blog on a topic we’ve been looking at over the last several weeks regarding real estate broker commissions. Some people think discount brokerage firms are the way to go. Why not pay the lowest...
Who Wants to Pay Big Commissions? Part Three
This week we examine the question: What does a real estate agent do to deserve that big commission? We’ve touched on this topic in the previous two weeks, and you can read those blogs by clicking on the archives button at the bottom right of this page.If you...
Who Wants to Pay Big Commissions? Part Two
Last week we talked about the implications of listing your home with a low priced real estate broker. We discussed how negotiating down the agent’s commission impacts your results. To review that blog, click on the archives button at the bottom right of this...
Who Wants to Pay Big Commissions? Part One
So, you're selling your house and looking for a real estate agent that is offering a discounted commission rate. You've decided there's no way you'll pay a full 7 percent commission, or even the 6 percent rate that most agents pitch as part of their fees. You would,...