Month: January 2022

Three reasons you should consider adding a wellness program to your community.

We understand how demanding it is to be a regional or property manager. Not only do you have to ensure you have the right people to serve the never-ending resident requests, but you also have to be constantly innovating and finding new ways to get an edge over the comps, drive retention, and increase revenues. …
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Keep A Leasing Call Positive

Keeping a leasing call positive is the foundation for the first impression.  As the leasing inquiry begins with a question.  Its 50/50 will the answer be yes or no? We don’t have any three bedroom apartments. We don’t supply washing machines and dryers in our apartment homes. We don’t have any one bedrooms available.. We…
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Housing Affordability Conditions Slightly Weaken in November

Compared to the prior month, the national monthly mortgage payment increased by 0.9% while the median family income rose modestly by 0.2%.

Instant Reaction: Retail Trade Sales, January 14, 2022

Retail sales recorded a seasonally adjusted total of $626.8 billion in December, a decrease of 1.9% from November.

Instant Reaction: Mortgage Rates, January 13, 2022

Mortgage rates surged in the second week of the new year, with the 30-year fixed mortgage rate rising to 3.45% from 3.22% the previous week.

10 Year Challenge: Home Buyer Edition

NAR Research is joining in on the currently popular 10-year challenge. Let’s do the 10-year challenge: home buyer edition. For accuracy, let’s compare 2011 to 2021.