Real Estate Trends by Stefan Swanepoel

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Sunday is the 10th of October 2010, or 10/10/10, or 101010: Such a unique date. It’s also a decimal day too and one of the few that is the same no matter which way around you write your dates. How will you remember today? I wish you all the best of health, wealth & happiness in your lives.  
10/10/2010
Realtors® are not stupid, just slow to adapt to new technologies. Not because they cannot, but rather because in an industry comprised of independent contracts, the majority chooses to use the Frank Sinatra style – “My Way.” Looking back through time clearly shows most real estate professionals ...
09/30/2010
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Just launched. Google Instant is a new search enhancement that shows results as you type.The big benefit is that by scanning results as you type, you can get to the page you are looking for with greater ease and at much quicker pace as you no longer need to finish what you are typing.  By predict...
09/08/2010
REALTOR SURVEY: A good friend of mine, Frances Flynn Thorsen, is currently working with members of the Arizona Foreclosure Coalition. They have designed a survey to determine the temperature of the housing crisis. Please participate so that they can get the most representative results possible. T...
08/24/2010
  Cyberhomes.com The Darling Step Child of Real Estate   One of the coolest and catchiest domains in real estate – cyberhomes.com – has just changed hands … again. This successful national real estate website providing property data and valuations is in many regards one of the best real estate we...
08/03/2010
Going green takes on a new meaning as architects from Tham & Videgard in Sweden have built a "Tree Hotel" with one of six units operating as a Mirror Cube. The idea behind this visually amazing room is that the exterior reflects the surroundings giving it the allure of a camouflaged and almost in...
07/26/2010
In the Swanepoel TRENDS Report I regularly discuss trends in the printing and publishing world. For example trend #1 in the 2006 Report was titled “Electronic Devices Take Center Stage”, the 2007 Report extensively discussed “Web 2.0” and the in 2008 trend #3 covered “The New Digital Currency.” M...
07/23/2010
We are two weeks away from the World Cup Final. It is said to be the world's most widely viewed sporting event with an estimated one billion peoples expected to view the last finals on Sunday July 11th. In the last World Cup in 2006 in Germany, a European dominate field saw Italy snatching top ho...
06/27/2010
Trend #8 in the 2007 edition of the Swanepoel TRENDS Report discussed the likelihood of non-US real estate brokerage companies expanding to the United States. Countries that were identified to lead the charge included Australia/New Zealand, Canada, Germany and South Africa. Harcourts Real Estate ...
06/21/2010
Last year November, the Realtor® Property Resource (RPR) announcement by the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) shook the industry. NAR had just reached an agreement with Lender Processing Services (LPS) and announced their plans on launching the Realtor® Valuation Model (RVM) in hopes that ...
05/28/2010
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