At least twice per month, I get a question from an Associate regarding the supposed Obamacare 3.8% sales tax on housing. The Associate has usually been sent an email from a friend that reads something like: Under the new health care bill – did you know that all real estate transactions will be subject to [...]
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Obamacare 3.8% Sales Tax?
Posted in Listing Info, Real Estate News, tagged 3.8% Housing Tax, 3.8% Tax, 3.8% Tax on Real Estate Transactions, 3.8% Transfer Tax, 4% Housing Tax, 4% Housing Transfer Tax, 4% Obama Tax, Housing Tax, Medicare Housing Tax, Obama Care 3.8%, Obama Care 4%, Obama Care Housing Tax, Obama Care Transfer Tax, Obama Housing Tax, Obama Tax, Obama Transfer Tax, Obamacare Housing Tax, RE MAX, RE MAX Allegiance, RE/MAX, RE/MAX Allegiance, Transfer Tax on July 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
WBJ: Allegiance Ranks Third in Metro DC Sales
Posted in Listing Info, RE/MAX Allegiance News, Selling Info, tagged RE MAX, RE MAX Allegiance, RE/MAX, RE/MAX Allegiance on June 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Recently the Washington Business Journal released its annual metropolitan Washington, D.C. top residential real estate companies (based on metro area sales) and Allegiance was ranked third. Congratulations to all of our Associates, staff and managers! Not surprisingly, RE/MAX dominated the list. A breakdown of the national brands that made the list (20 companies were ranked): [...]
6 Tips: Dominate Your Farm Area
Posted in Listing Info on February 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
By Amanda Okker, RE/MAX Times Online Peggy Coon has sold 368 condos in her farm over the past 19 years. She rarely schedules listing appointments anymore, and she doesn’t have to spend a lot of money on marketing. “That’s the beauty of being the neighborhood expert and earning clients for life,” says Coon, a Lifetime Achievement [...]
DC Area Home Prices Up Double the National Average
Posted in Market Stats, Listing Info, Positive Economic News, Real Estate News, tagged RE/MAX Allegiance, RE/MAX, Positive Economic News, RE MAX Allegiance, RE MAX, Case Shiller, Repeat Sales Pricing Technique on August 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
D.C.-area home prices rose 2.85 percent in June from May – double the national advance of 1.39 percent as measured by the S&P/Case-Shiller survey of 20 major U.S. cities. In the past three months, D.C.-area home prices rose at an annualized rate of 21.8 percent, more than four times the national advance of 5.3 percent [...]
Home Sales Jump in Metro DC
Posted in Market Stats, Listing Info, Selling Info, Positive Economic News, Real Estate News, tagged RE/MAX Allegiance, DC Real Estate, RE/MAX, Northern Virginia Real Estate, DC Housing Market, RE MAX Allegiance, RE MAX, Northern Virginia Real Estate Stats, MRIS, Montgomery County Real Estate, Montgomery County Real Estate Stats, Prince George's County Real Estate, Prince George's County Real Estate Stats, DC Real Estate Stats on August 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From the Washington Business Journal: The number of homes sold in Northern Virginia was up 10.55 percent in July over the same month last year, with units spending less time on the market. A total of 2,053 homes worth $946.04 million were sold in Northern Virginia, according to Rockville-based market research firm Metropolitan Regional Information [...]
Realtor Magazine Top 100 Comparison
Posted in Listing Info, Market Stats, RE/MAX Allegiance News, Selling Info, tagged 2008 Realtor Magazine Top 100, Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, Long and Foster, NRT, Prudential Carruthers, RE MAX, RE MAX Allegiance, RE/MAX, RE/MAX Allegiance, Realtor Magazine 100, Realtor Magazine Top 100, Rose and Womble, William E Wood on August 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Time for a deeper look into the Realtor Magazine Top 100 Companies list. Let’s compare traditional companies that made both lists. Let’s first check out Average Transaction Sides per Salesperson for companies in our markets: Prudential Carruthers: 4 NRT, LLC (Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage): 5 Long & Foster: 5 Rose & Womble: 7 List Average: [...]
RE/MAX vs The Industry in 2008
Posted in Listing Info, RE/MAX News, RE/MAX Stats, Real Estate News, Selling Info, tagged RE MAX Allegiance, RE MAX REMAX, RE MAX vs C-21, RE MAX vs Century 21, RE MAX vs Coldwell Banker, RE MAX vs ERA, RE MAX vs GMAC, RE MAX vs Keller Williams, RE MAX vs KW, RE MAX vs Realty Executives, RE MAX vs Sothebys, RE MAX vs The Industry, RE MAX vs The Industry 2008, RE/MAX, RE/MAX Allegiance, RE/MAX vs C-21, RE/MAX vs Century 21, RE/MAX vs Colwell Banker, RE/MAX vs ERA, RE/MAX vs GMAC, RE/MAX vs Keller Williams, RE/MAX vs KW, RE/MAX vs Realty Executives, RE/MAX vs Sothebys, RE/MAX vs The Industry, RE/MAX vs The Industry 2009, REMAX vs Coldwell Banker, REMAX vs Keller Wiliams, REMAX vs The Industry 2008 on June 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
REMAX vs The Industry 2008
Master Recruiter?
Posted in Listing Info, RE/MAX Allegiance News, Real Estate News, Selling Info, tagged 30 Under 30, Keller Williams, KW, RE MAX, RE MAX Allegiance, RE MAX Allegiance Burke, RE MAX Allegiance Leesburg Pike, RE/MAX, RE/MAX Allegiance, RE/MAX Allegiance Burke, RE/MAX Allegiance Leesburg Pike, Realtor 30 Under 30 on May 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
While perusing the latest REALTOR Magazine 30 Under 30 issue, one winner’s profile really caught my eye. Titled “Master Recruiter,” the profile explained the recruiting prowess of a Keller Williams manager in New York. I am leaving her name out of this post, as I did not create this blog to disparage anyone, but apparently [...]
FACTS: What would you tell buyers and sellers about today’s market?
Posted in Listing Info, Real Estate News, Selling Info, tagged Housing Market, Housing Market Facts, Jovan Hackley, RE MAX, RE MAX Allegiance, RE/MAX, RE/MAX Allegiance, Real Estate Market, VAR Buzz on January 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The following was recently posed on VAR’s blog. My response follows. What are your thoughts? Jovan Hackley writes: What do YOU know? No, really, tell me. Comment and let me know what 5 things YOU would tell prospective buyers and sellers about today’s real estate market. I can tell you what the research says, but [...]
