\n1. Jobs, jobs, jobs. You can’t revive housing without jobs. Some say real estate will create jobs, but that is (putting the) cart before the horse.
\n2. Implementation of true data standards, and a movement toward global apps development.<\/p>\n
What are your top New Year’s resolutions for real estate in 2012?<\/strong> What do you expect to be the top trends and hottest issues in real estate in 2012?<\/strong> Russ Bergeron What are the top items on your real estate wish list for 2012?<\/strong> What are your top New Year’s resolutions for real estate in 2012?<\/strong> What do you expect to be the top trends and hottest issues in real estate in 2012?<\/strong> Nate Scott What are the top items on your real estate wish list for 2012?<\/strong> 2. Real estate companies working together toward a common goal of improving the community and giving back. Bringing relationship-building to a new level through innovative ideas and events, local contributions and more.<\/p>\n What are your top New Year’s resolutions for real estate in 2012?<\/strong> The company will leverage partners and affiliates more than ever in 2012, offering to help in any way to enhance the businesses we are working with and in return receive the same benefits. We will adapt to the market, working on short sales and foreclosures, helping homeowners in need of answers, and promoting positive energy to those we surround ourselves with. We will prosper by helping those around us and the community prosper.<\/p>\n What do you expect to be the top trends and hottest issues in real estate in 2012?<\/strong> Cheryl Spangler What are the top items on your real estate wish list for 2012?<\/strong> What are your top New Year’s resolutions for real estate in 2012?<\/strong> What do you expect to be the top trends and hottest issues in real estate in 2012?<\/strong> Jason Lopez What are the top items on your real estate wish list for 2012?<\/strong> What are your top New Year’s resolutions for real estate in 2012?<\/strong> What do you expect to be the top trends and hottest issues in real estate in 2012?<\/strong> Lexie Longstreet What are the top items on your real estate wish list for 2012?<\/strong> What are your top New Year’s resolutions for real estate in 2012?<\/strong> What do you expect to be the top trends and hottest issues in real estate in 2012?<\/strong> Clearly the consumer has driven countless changes in the industry over the past decade, and now that we’re in an economy where it’s trendy to be thrifty we’ll see more and more brokerages changing their business models and seeking alternative solutions to the ordinary old-fashioned commission structure.<\/p>\n The future of real estate is all about doing more business, at a greater efficiency, all while ensuring we’re giving the consumer what they want: exceptional value.<\/p>\n Ron McCoy What are the top items on your real estate wish list for 2012?<\/strong> What are your top New Year’s resolutions for real estate in 2012?<\/strong> What do you expect to be the top trends and hottest issues in real estate in 2012?<\/strong> Joy Isenberg Snyder What are the top items on your real estate wish list for 2012?<\/strong> What are your top New Year’s resolutions for real estate in 2012?<\/strong> What do you expect to be the top trends and hottest issues in real estate in 2012?<\/strong> Antoine Pirson What are your top New Year’s resolutions for real estate in 2012?<\/strong> David Bramblett What are your top New Year’s resolutions for real estate in 2012?<\/strong> What do you expect to be the top trends and hottest issues in real estate in 2012?<\/strong> Gene Donohue Inman News asked readers to share their expectations for real estate’s top issues and trends in 2012, and to find out what tops their wish lists and to-do lists in the year ahead. What are the top items on your real estate wish list for 2012? 1. Jobs, jobs, jobs. You can’t revive housing without … <\/p>\n
\nContinue to identify and implement additional “public service” apps that assist brokers, agents and consumers. More direct involvement with brokers within our multiple listing service: What can we do to make things better?<\/p>\n
\nBrokers taking back control of their listings, limiting their syndication of listings, and trying to drive people to their websites instead of third-party sites. MLSs will get involved in assisting them with self-syndication.<\/p>\n
\nCEO
\nMidwest Real Estate Data (MRED)<\/p>\n
\n1. Legislation that reduces principal owed in exchange for a percentage of future profit sharing, to keep troubled homeowners out of foreclosure. So far all attempts at legislating our way out of the foreclosure crisis have failed.
\n2. An improved job market in the U.S. as this would certainly help the housing market.
\n3. A loosening of the credit market for homebuyers and small businesses.<\/p>\n
\n1. Recruit.
\n2. Retain.
\n3. Recruit.<\/p>\n
\n1. Foreclosure backlog.
\n2. Interest rates starting to rise.
\n3. That we have hit the bottom becomes measurable in most markets.
\n4. Real estate company acquisitions and consolidations.<\/p>\n
\nOwner, managing broker
\nWindermere Real Estate\/Anacortes Properties<\/p>\n
\n1. Recruiting made easy — a weekly recruiting plan that involves contacting through multiple sources, streamlined confirmation and follow-up, and consistently bringing in four to six new agents per month.<\/p>\n
\nEach and every agent at (our firm) will have a consistent and professional Web presence on the top three websites: Yahoo, Zillow and Realtor.com.<\/p>\n
\nTop trend No. 1: Mobile technology and e-signing on mobile technology.
\nTop trend No. 2: Paperless technology.
\nTop trend No. 3: Mastering foreclosure listings and relationships with bank asset managers.
\nTop trend No. 4: Cooperative short-sale movement.<\/p>\n
\nBroker, franchise owner
\nExit Gridiron Realty<\/p>\n
\n1. Strategically add 10 new agents in Orange and Los Angeles counties.
\n2. An iPad 3?
\n3. Continue to grow market share in Southern California.<\/p>\n
\n1. Be totally in the cloud. (Almost there!)
\n2. Hire only quality agents.
\n3. Revamp transaction management platform.<\/p>\n
\n1. Multiple listing service issues and changes.
\n2. Distressed properties continue to dominate the market.
\n3. How alike 2011 and 2012 will be.<\/p>\n
\nManaging broker
\nSmart Real Estate Solutions<\/p>\n
\nAn iPad 2, and a multiple listing service that would run without Flash and on something other than Explorer.<\/p>\n
\nTo be more discriminating in my effort to help people get their homes ready for market.<\/p>\n
\n1. Hot issue: Low appraisals continue to artificially hold down real estate market. A low appraisal can lower values in a neighborhood for years to come.
\n2. Consumer protection trend: Scammers taking listings info and posting fake rental ads that desperate renters fall for. (Regulators) need to crack down on them and make it harder for them to do.
\n3. First-time-buyer market: Newly employed “contract” employees are out of the market for at least 2.5 years.<\/p>\n
\nBroker-owner
\nSavvy Plus Co. Real Estate<\/p>\n
\nNationwide, we’re setting our sights on growing by 25 percent — both in new franchise affiliates and existing affiliate production. We’re also adding new mobile tools for our broker affiliates as well as end-user consumers.<\/p>\n
\nContinued innovation. We’ve made huge strides in technology and are committed to testing and implementing new and fresh tools and systems. Ultimately, this will engage our brokers and drive greater productivity to each broker partner in the local market.<\/p>\n
\nThere’ll certainly be more conversation about the future of the MLS and regulatory issues, but I believe the most significant changes will be centered around what the consumers are demanding.<\/p>\n
\nVice president of business development
\nHelp-U-Sell Real Estate<\/p>\n
\nFewer agents who are not dedicated to our profession as a full-time career vs. a part-time hobby.<\/p>\n
\nContinue doing what I’ve done best for 39 years: work! Stay focused, be positive yet realistic, remain dedicated to my customer and clients.<\/p>\n
\n1. Foreclosures.
\n2. Mortgage reform.
\n3. License requirements.<\/p>\n
\nAssociate Broker
\nPrudential PenFed Realty<\/p>\n
\nCongress will deal with real estate issues. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac should simply refinance all underwater properties at the discount window rate plus 2 percent. That would keep people in their houses and prevent further foreclosures.<\/p>\n
\nSet up my real estate education company. Not enough buyers and sellers understand the value and investment returns on real estate.<\/p>\n
\nBulk (sales of real estate owned or REO properties) should be scratched. Distribute the selling of distressed assets to all investors, not just Wall Street friends. Wall Street executives will go to jail for what they caused.<\/p>\n
\nDirector of investments
\nCaldecott Properties<\/p>\n
\nCut out all of the “work” that’s not working. Concentrate on what is.<\/p>\n
\nBroker associate
\nCentury 21 Nature Coast<\/p>\n
\nTo be more selective about who we do business with.<\/p>\n
\nThe government will continue to try to fix the real estate industry but will do more harm than good. This ain’t over yet.<\/p>\n
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