Comments on: EVENTS OF THE YEAR 2009 http://realblogging.com/stefan-swanepoel/events-of-the-year-2009/ Real estate blog l Real estate blogs l Real estate blogging Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:05:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Stefan Swanepoel http://realblogging.com/stefan-swanepoel/events-of-the-year-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-11747 Stefan Swanepoel Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:00:57 +0000 http://realblogging.com/?p=6372#comment-11747 Dan, Thanks for the comments, birthday wish and the effort of translating into Afrikaans. Look forward to working closer together this year. We should explore the opportunities. Hope you have a great 2010! Stefan Dan,

Thanks for the comments, birthday wish and the effort of translating into Afrikaans. Look forward to working closer together this year. We should explore the opportunities.

Hope you have a great 2010!

Stefan

]]> By: Dan Gooder Richard http://realblogging.com/stefan-swanepoel/events-of-the-year-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-11742 Dan Gooder Richard Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:18:02 +0000 http://realblogging.com/?p=6372#comment-11742 Right on target, Stefan. BTW, happy birthday! As they say in Afrikaans, "Mag al jou tendense uitkom, en al jou boeke moet 'n sukses in 2010." (Thanks to Google Translate.) No question the tax credit extension and expansion will drive the market buzz in early 2010, hopefully into the summer. Talking to Rainmaker real estate agents around the country, it's clear many of them are gearing up now for a new wave of FIRST-TIME SELLERS in the coming market. In the last 4 years the percent of first-time buyers has continued relentlessly upward. In 2006, 36% of all buyers were first-timers. In 2007 that bumped to 39%, then in 2008 to 41% and finally in 2009 first-time buyers were 47% of all buyers, according to NAR statistics. 2009 beat the previous high of 44% first-timers set in 1991. What's next? We expect these buyers will become a wave of first-time sellers in the upcoming market. Many will want to move up with the instant equity they gained from buying at distressed prices in the last 4 years. Targeting this group with marketing designed to generate listings -- and more dual commissions on the buy-up side -- is a key strategy for successful agents, as I blogged this week (http://realestaterainmaker.com/index.php/2010/01/04/first-time-sellers-ready-to-be-top-trend-for-2010/). Looking forward to 2010 with positive anticipation! Right on target, Stefan. BTW, happy birthday! As they say in Afrikaans, “Mag al jou tendense uitkom, en al jou boeke moet ‘n sukses in 2010.” (Thanks to Google Translate.) No question the tax credit extension and expansion will drive the market buzz in early 2010, hopefully into the summer.

Talking to Rainmaker real estate agents around the country, it’s clear many of them are gearing up now for a new wave of FIRST-TIME SELLERS in the coming market. In the last 4 years the percent of first-time buyers has continued relentlessly upward. In 2006, 36% of all buyers were first-timers. In 2007 that bumped to 39%, then in 2008 to 41% and finally in 2009 first-time buyers were 47% of all buyers, according to NAR statistics. 2009 beat the previous high of 44% first-timers set in 1991.

What’s next? We expect these buyers will become a wave of first-time sellers in the upcoming market. Many will want to move up with the instant equity they gained from buying at distressed prices in the last 4 years. Targeting this group with marketing designed to generate listings — and more dual commissions on the buy-up side — is a key strategy for successful agents, as I blogged this week (http://realestaterainmaker.com/index.php/2010/01/04/first-time-sellers-ready-to-be-top-trend-for-2010/).

Looking forward to 2010 with positive anticipation!

]]> By: Jeff Green http://realblogging.com/stefan-swanepoel/events-of-the-year-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-11722 Jeff Green Sun, 03 Jan 2010 04:51:54 +0000 http://realblogging.com/?p=6372#comment-11722 Good ideas on the events last year. Real estate trends for this year is what i'm waiting for. Good ideas on the events last year. Real estate trends for this year is what i’m waiting for.

]]> By: Stefan Swanepoel http://realblogging.com/stefan-swanepoel/events-of-the-year-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-11686 Stefan Swanepoel Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:53:52 +0000 http://realblogging.com/?p=6372#comment-11686 Good observation Rob. I agree Social Media is huge. We could however not find any single one social media event that made headlines this year in real estate. That it is a major trend is no question and in the coming 2010 Trends Report we dedicate a whole 8 pages or so in discussing Social Media---including some new developments such as Convergence, Mobile Media, Augmented Reality and more. Good observation Rob. I agree Social Media is huge. We could however not find any single one social media event that made headlines this year in real estate.

That it is a major trend is no question and in the coming 2010 Trends Report we dedicate a whole 8 pages or so in discussing Social Media—including some new developments such as Convergence, Mobile Media, Augmented Reality and more.

]]> By: Rob Rule http://realblogging.com/stefan-swanepoel/events-of-the-year-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-11685 Rob Rule Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:44:33 +0000 http://realblogging.com/?p=6372#comment-11685 I am tremendously surprised that the explosion of social media as a means to develop business is not somewhere on this list. I know it has been highlighted before, but it seems like as people look back on 2009 they will point to it as the year that marketing philosophies changed dramatically. I am tremendously surprised that the explosion of social media as a means to develop business is not somewhere on this list. I know it has been highlighted before, but it seems like as people look back on 2009 they will point to it as the year that marketing philosophies changed dramatically.

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