Real Estate, Updates, News & Tips - Mark Stillman - iPro Real Estate

4 Types of Open House Visitors

Open house visitors generally fall into four main categories: The snooper, the confirmation seeker, the aspirational buyer, and the serious buyer. How can you tell them apart? Here are the characteristics of each type: The snooper: They often live in the neighborhood, and they’re curious about competing properties. The confirmation seeker: They recently purchased a home and are looking for validation that they didn’t make a mistake. The asp

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Most Consumers Want VR Home Tours

Home shoppers are embracing virtual reality, saying they believe the technology will make the buying and selling process simpler and quicker, according to a new Coldwell Banker survey. The survey, which was released Monday—a day before the kickoff of CES 2018, the technology industry’s most prominent tradeshow—also shows that smart-home features are at the top of buyers’ wish lists. Coldwell Banker is sponsoring the Smart Home Marketplace

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Welcome to the Team Gary Bond Dealing the DFW Area

About Gary Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctorate in Music Performance Twelve years teaching from middle and high schools to college levels Fifteen years professional musician Director of church choirs 1979 career change to real estate 1982 attained Broker designation status Licensed in Virginia, Network USA Sales well over $100,000,000 Leases and Rentals well over $300,000,000 Educational studies in real estate ongoing Interpersonal skill study

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Welcome to the Team Reneé Bubetz Dealing in Southern California

iPro currently deals throughout the states of California, Texas, Florida and New York. We continue to strive and broaden opportunities for real estate professionals and consumers. Visit www.iprore.com for the latest information and links.Click here for information on becoming a salesperson.

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Welcome to the Team Akm Karim Dealing DFW

iPro currently deals throughout the states of California, Texas, Florida and New York. We continue to strive and broaden opportunities for real estate professionals and consumers. Visit www.iprore.com for the latest information and links.Click here for information on becoming a salesperson.

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Mortgage Rates Ring in New Year With a Dip

Borrowers kicked off 2018 with a mortgage rate drop.  The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage is now down a quarter of a percentage point from a year ago.“Treasury yields fell from a week ago, helping to drive mortgage rates down to start the year,” says Len Kiefer, Freddie Mac’s deputy chief economist. “The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage fell four basis points from a week ago to 3.95 percent in the year’s first survey. Despite increases in short

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Protect Your Devices From New Security Flaws

A pair of CPU flaws known as Meltdown and Spectre can allow hackers to access protected information on your computer’s memory. This could make your passwords, personal photos and email, or anything else you have saved on your computer vulnerable. The flaws could impact phones, PCs, and servers.Apple on Thursday was the latest company to announce that its devices aren’t immune either. Apple said all of its computers, iPhones, and iPads are aff

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REALTORS: 8 Signs of Fake Buyers, Sellers

It’s an unfortunate reality that not all prospective clients you’ll come in contact with are legitimate buyers or sellers. Some are exaggerating their interest in buying a property, perhaps to take advantage of your expertise—or, possibly for more nefarious reasons.REALTOR® Magazine recently asked real estate professionals across the country what they wish they had known before starting their sales careers and learned some of the reasons

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REALTORS: The Perfect Closing Gift?

Consumers say that they are most often introduced to smart-home technology by receiving it as a gift, according to a survey of more than 600 U.S. homeowners conducted by Scripps Networks Interactive. And once they own it, they love it. They say they like smart-home tech to be “camouflaged” into the background so it’s essentially forgotten but can help with family tasks or add an element of fun when called upon, according to the survey.Nearl

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More House Fires Ignite in Colder Months

A greater number of structural fires occur in the winter months. In colder weather, homeowners crank up the heat, using space heaters and electric blankets. But leaving them on too long or placing them too close to flammable objects can spark fires quickly, realtor.com® warns.“A substantial portion of the structure fire increase is caused by heating fires,” according to a study by the United States Fires Administration, “The Seasonal Natu

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