Harris Real Estate University is proud to announce that it now offers the National Association of Realtors®’ official designations & certifications through REALTOR® University School of Professional Development & Continuing Education in addition to its existing coursework, which allows the Harris Real Estate University better serve the diverse educational needs of real estate agents across the United States and beyond. As a REALTOR® University affiliate, Harris Real Estate University now partners with Realtor University’s School of Professional Development and Continuing Education to provide courses in real estate such as buyer representation, land consulting, and international property alongside emerging specializations in [...] Click Here To View More
Annual U.S. Home Value Appreciation Exceeds 5 Percent for Sixth Straight Month in April
U.S. home values continued to climb in April, increasing 0.5 percent from March to $158,300, according to the April Zillow Real Estate Market Reports. Click Here To View More
Real Estate University | Most Expensive Home Hits the Market at $190 Million
The home sits on 4,000 feet of coveted waterfront property on Long Island Sound, and that doesn't include access to two private islands in the Sound. Click Here To View More
Top Housing Headlines | Real Estate University
Housing number of the week: 7%. That’s how undervalued home prices are relative to fundamentals and why we’re NOT in a housing bubble, according to Trulia’s new Bubble Watch. This is a rebound, not a bubble. Lots of people are worrying about a new bubble, but the facts say no: Trulia: Why There’s No Home-Price [...] Click Here To View More
Is It Better to Rent or Buy? It Depends on Location and Time | HREU Real Estate University
There are many difficult choices to make when deciding whether to rent or buy a home, but one of the most important factors is also among [...] Click Here To View More
Shocking Housing Market Facts, Recovery Fake? | Real Estate University
Is this ‘housing recovery’ fake or a fact? Many housing experts including Robert Shiller are calling this housing recovery fake. Shiller thinks a full housing recovery is a long way off. He thinks it could take 40 years before home prices rise to pre-2007 levels. Read the entire post here. “Housing data released Tuesday was mixed, showing home prices jumped while new home sales dropped, prompting renowned economist Robert Shiller to call the housing recovery positive in the short-term, but not without many headwinds. There might even be a bubble, he said. Here are the top housing facts. Read these [...] Click Here To View More
Anna Faris & Chris Pratt Upgrade to Hollywood Hills Home | Real Estate University
Although both grew up in Washington, Anna Faris and Chris Pratt have traded the evergreen state for the ever-sunshine of Hollywood. The actors recently spent $3.3 million on a Hollywood Hills home, previously owned by Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino. Click Here To View More
‘Tonight Show’ Bandleader Rickey Minor Selling Major Mansion
You may know Rickey Minor as the cool, baret-wearing bandleader on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno." He's also the owner of a Hollywood Hills gated compound with a cliff-side swimming pool on over half an acre. Click Here To View More
Reverse Mortgages: 10 Things You Need to Know | Real Estate University
Editor’s note: This guest post was written by Matt Allen of North American Savings Bank. Sometimes people reach retirement and discover that, for whatever reason, they [...] Click Here To View More
Jennifer Love Hewitt Buys Sleek Pacific Palisades Home | Real Estate University
Jennifer Love Hewitt paid $3.25 million for a home in the Pacific Palisades at the very end of April. Click Here To View More
New NAR Report: REALTOR Incomes Increasing! | Real Estate University
Great News for REALTORs..chances are you are selling more homes and making more money in 2013! Members licensed as brokers typically earned $54,900 in 2012, while the median for sales agents was $34,000. Median gross income tends to increase with experience; NAR members in the business for 16 years or more earned $57,300. Realtors® working 60 hours a week or more earned $85,700, and 21 percent of all members earned a six-figure income. Fast facts according to this just released NAR study: * Realtor income rebounds to 2006 levels * Median Realtor income rose 25 percent from 2011 to 2012, [...] Click Here To View More
30-Year Fixed Mortgage Rates Rise for Second Consecutive Week
Mortgage rates for 30-year fixed mortgages fell this week, with the current rate borrowers were quoted on Zillow Mortgage Marketplace at 3.48 percent, up from 3.39 [...] Click Here To View More
Housing Fear: New Bubble Forming? | Real Estate University
Home prices today are rising nearly as fast as they did during the peak bubble years of 2005-2006. Since that bubble helped push us into the Great Recession, we should all be on high alert for the next housing bubble. To track whether home prices are in or nearing bubble territory, today we introduce Trulia’s [...] Click Here To View More
Report: Jennifer Lopez Buying $10 Million Mansion in Hamptons
Jennifer Lopez reportedly paid $10 million for the home, which previously demanded $425,000 as a summer rental. Click Here To View More
Top 5 Online Marketing Do’s and Dont’s for the Recovery | Real Estate University
Over the years, I have seen hundreds of slogans, catchphrases, and “me, me, me’s” thrown on shopping carts, billboards, business cards and across the web. Yes, they can be an exercise in “branding” and “Getting your name out there.” But do they get results? Do they make your phone ring? Too many brokers and agents [...] Click Here To View More