Showing posts with label REAL ESTATE. Show all posts
Showing posts with label REAL ESTATE. Show all posts
Friday, March 04, 2011
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Today's RealtorRant: Learn how to leave a content VM!
Hey, all. Kevin here.
I haven't posted in a while and wanted to get back into the swim of blogging.
This week, with all the snow, our team has been working remotely from our individual homes, and I've been giving some thought to one of my biggest pet peeves. Agents who either don't know how --- or can't be bothered --- to leave an effective voice mail message.
Because we've been trapped at our houses this week, we've each been using our cell phones to communicate with the outside world. Now, if you know much about me at all, you'll know that I'm not a huge fan of the phone. It's a necessary evil of this business. Until the time when we use Twitter to negotiate contracts (I hope that day is coming soon!) though, we need our cell phones.
I rarely answer a call on my cell unless it's one that I recognize. That means I often need to respond to voice mail messages from folks who call me. Most of the time, this is fine. If a person has left a decent content message, I can retrieve whatever information I need to respond to his or her call efficiently.
However, my least favorite type of voice mail message is what I call the "Call Me" message. This is when someone calls and leaves a message that basically says, "Hey, this is Agent Fulana, please give me a call at XXX-555-1234."
Perhaps it's not rational, but this kind of message drives me to distraction.
First, I have no idea why you're calling; second, because I have no idea why you're calling, I may not be able to efficiently help you when I do call you back; and third, if I call you back and YOU can't answer, I've wasted time in returning the call in the first place. Now, we have to continue this round-and-round game.
Tag, you're it.
So, here's an article to assist all those Realtors who need to learn this skill:
How to Leave the Perfect the Perfect Voice Mail.
You're welcome.
I haven't posted in a while and wanted to get back into the swim of blogging.
This week, with all the snow, our team has been working remotely from our individual homes, and I've been giving some thought to one of my biggest pet peeves. Agents who either don't know how --- or can't be bothered --- to leave an effective voice mail message.
Because we've been trapped at our houses this week, we've each been using our cell phones to communicate with the outside world. Now, if you know much about me at all, you'll know that I'm not a huge fan of the phone. It's a necessary evil of this business. Until the time when we use Twitter to negotiate contracts (I hope that day is coming soon!) though, we need our cell phones.
I rarely answer a call on my cell unless it's one that I recognize. That means I often need to respond to voice mail messages from folks who call me. Most of the time, this is fine. If a person has left a decent content message, I can retrieve whatever information I need to respond to his or her call efficiently.
However, my least favorite type of voice mail message is what I call the "Call Me" message. This is when someone calls and leaves a message that basically says, "Hey, this is Agent Fulana, please give me a call at XXX-555-1234."
Perhaps it's not rational, but this kind of message drives me to distraction.
First, I have no idea why you're calling; second, because I have no idea why you're calling, I may not be able to efficiently help you when I do call you back; and third, if I call you back and YOU can't answer, I've wasted time in returning the call in the first place. Now, we have to continue this round-and-round game.
Tag, you're it.
So, here's an article to assist all those Realtors who need to learn this skill:
How to Leave the Perfect the Perfect Voice Mail.
You're welcome.
Thursday, October 25, 2007
New-Home Sales Are Mixed Despite September Jump
By Reuters 25 Oct 2007 10:47 AM ET
Sales of new single-family U.S. homes rose 4.8 percent in September but sales in August were revised down sharply, painting a mixed picture of the battered housing sector.
New single-family home sales set an annual rate of 770,000 units in September, up from a downwardly revised rate of 735,000 in August, the Commerce Department said. Analysts had expected a 10,000 drop from the previously reported 780,000.
While sales were weak, the inventory of homes fell and the median sales price rose.
In September, the median sales price of a new home rose 2.5 percent to $238,000 from $232,100 in August, a month that saw the slowest sales pace in 11 years.
There were 523,000 new homes for sale at the end of the month, a 1.5 percent drop from August. It would take 8.3 months to clear that inventory at the current sales pace, down fromthe 9 months supply reported in August.
Sales for the month were off 23.3 percent from a year ago. Across the regions, sales were mostly down although the West did see a 37.7 increase. In the Midwest, sales were off 19.5percent and down 6.6 percent in the Northeast. Sales were up 0.5 percent in the South.
The report comes a day after a realty trade association said sales of previously owned homes fell 8 percent to a record low 5.04 million unit pace amid troubles in the subprimemortgage market.
Copyright 2007 Reuters.
Sales of new single-family U.S. homes rose 4.8 percent in September but sales in August were revised down sharply, painting a mixed picture of the battered housing sector.
New single-family home sales set an annual rate of 770,000 units in September, up from a downwardly revised rate of 735,000 in August, the Commerce Department said. Analysts had expected a 10,000 drop from the previously reported 780,000.
While sales were weak, the inventory of homes fell and the median sales price rose.
In September, the median sales price of a new home rose 2.5 percent to $238,000 from $232,100 in August, a month that saw the slowest sales pace in 11 years.
There were 523,000 new homes for sale at the end of the month, a 1.5 percent drop from August. It would take 8.3 months to clear that inventory at the current sales pace, down fromthe 9 months supply reported in August.
Sales for the month were off 23.3 percent from a year ago. Across the regions, sales were mostly down although the West did see a 37.7 increase. In the Midwest, sales were off 19.5percent and down 6.6 percent in the Northeast. Sales were up 0.5 percent in the South.
The report comes a day after a realty trade association said sales of previously owned homes fell 8 percent to a record low 5.04 million unit pace amid troubles in the subprimemortgage market.
Copyright 2007 Reuters.
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