Contract Signings Surge, But They Could Be Even Higher

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What would you do if you had more available time? After attending Recharge and listening to speaker Shay Hata’s presentation on automated communication on March 4 at the Sheraton Overland Park, that’s the question REALTORS® may be asking themselves. In four years as a new real estate agent, Hata went from $130,000 in sales her […]

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Changes to the tax code eliminated many financial advantages for homeowners. Policy analysts say new tax measures to boost affordable housing are necessary to keep homeownership attractive. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which weakened longstanding homeownership tax breaks, has had the effect of sidelining many would-be buyers and dampening home sales, housing policy experts […]

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Real Estate Technology expert Doug Devitre will be speaking at this year’s Recharge Real Estate Conference and Expo on March 4 at the Sheraton Overland Park. He’ll be coming to the Recharge stage with lessons on smart home and voice first technology. He said he can help Recharge attendees increase their confidence explaining the benefits […]

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REALTORS® Property Resource (RPR) has launched a new integration with ShowingTime that allows RPR users to schedule a showing directly from the RPR desktop or mobile app. RPR added a “Schedule with ShowingTime” link to the Property Details page on each active Heartland MLS listing. Users can click that link schedule a showing for that […]

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According to year-end market data from Heartland MLS, home sales across the Kansas City region were nearly equal to 2018. Sale prices and inventory, however, experienced significant movement. Declining inventory was an ongoing trend throughout the year, with a year-over-year decrease of over 19%. Local inventory totals have fallen each year since 2011. Comparing the […]

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The lagging pace of new-home construction has been a big contributor to the national inventory shortage, but a homebuilding resurgence—of sorts—could open up more options for buyers this year, economists predicted during January’s International Builders’ Show in Las Vegas. Strong buyer demand, coupled with solid job growth and low mortgage rates, helped builders boost productivity […]

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Missouri REALTORS® held their annual business conference this week in St. Charles, Mo. Among the highlights of the conference were the announcements of the organization’s highest honors and achievements. Two KCRAR past presidents were elected into state and regional leadership roles. 2018 KCRAR President Andrea Sheridan was elected to be the 2021 treasurer of Missouri […]

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It’s hard to avoid recession chatter these days. Fueling such talk has been a slowdown in the pace of the economic growth in 2019 and the widespread expectation that the long-running economic expansion, which began in June 2009, is nearing its end. The economy is expected to grow modestly—by 2.2%—in 2020, barely higher than the […]

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KCRAR’s Recharge Conference and Expo is coming back for 2020, and this year’s keynote speakers, Doug Devitre and Shay Hata, will explore how to create better experiences for customers using smart home technology and how to automate communication to increase efficiency. The event will take place on March 4 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. […]