In order to help you get the most out of your property marketing with Single Property Sites, we have created a whole collection of great looking print-quality flyers for marketing your listings!
These new flyers are all included at no extra charge as part of the Single Property Sites service.
The flyer system allows you to effortlessly create great looking print-quality flyers for each of your listings in .PDF format. When you publish a property flyer on one of your single property sites, consumers will be able to access and download them with the click of a button.
Click the links below to view some examples of the new property flyers:
They are simple to use as well! Simply follow the instructions below to activate flyers for each of your single property sites.
1) Sign in to your Single Property Sites by clicking here. You will be taken to your admin dashboard.
2) At the bottom of your admin dashboard, you’ll see a list of your current Single Property Sites. Click the “Edit & Promote link to the right of the site for which you want to create a flyer (pictured below).
3) On the Edit & Promote page, click “Manage Flyers” in the right hand column (pictured below).
4) On the “Manage Property Flyers” page, simply follow the brief instructions on the right side of the page, and you’re done!
You have likely heard all kinds of reports recently talking about how the housing market has been showing great signs of recovery, however economists are struggling to agree on where exactly we are at in the recovery process.
The market has been tough to read the past few years. While there is still not an overall consensus on where exactly it stands, most analysts agree that the recovery process has indeed begun.
Regardless, there are various mixed signals that are leaving many people scratching their heads.
1) Increasing inventory
According to the National Association of Realtors (NAR), inventory is up 9.6% so far in 2013 (above the peak percentage increase for 2011 and 2012). While inventory is still very tight in many metro areas around the country, the increase is a good sign.
2) Construction of new homes is way up
The U.S. Census Bureau reported that new home construction hit its highest level since before the market crashed in 2008. Total starts rose seven percent in March over February, and 47 percent over this time last year.
3) Mortgage rates are still low
Although mortgage rates have been rising slightly as of late, they are still very near the record lows we saw in recent months. This has inspired many “fence-sitting” buyers to finally take the plunge and purchase a new home or refinance their current one.
1) A dip in builder confidence
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) reported that builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes fell 2 points in April, meaning more builders remain pessimistic about the housing sector.
2) Credit is still tight
Many buyers are still experiencing difficulty in qualifying for loans. According to NAR, the current tight lending conditions may hold back the housing recovery in the long run, explaining that “This is particularly the case for condos in view of FHA owner occupancy requirements. A number of REALTORS® expressed concern over unrealistic loan requirements by financial institutions.”
While there are certainly many more factors that need to be part of the housing recovery discussion, the above are simply a few examples of why some people are claiming that the worst is behind us, while others remain a bit more cautious.
Source: AGBeat.com
Last month more than one-third of homes listed were sold within two weeks, according to the recent monthly housing report from Redfin.
The report covered 19 different metro areas across the country and revealed that on average, 34% of homes were under contract within 14 days of being listed. This was an increase from January’s 30.3%.
Some metro areas, especially in California, saw even higher numbers. San Jose for example, saw 63% of homes selling within two weeks of being listed.
The report also touched upon one of the main pains most Agents have been feeling… The fact that inventory had fallen by 32% over the past year. However, it DID rise 1.1% in February compared to January 2013.
As a result of the low inventory, home prices were up 13.2% compared to this time last year and sales were up just 2.3% in that same time time span.
Have you been seeing an incredible turnaround time with your listings?
Source: Analysis from Redfin based on local databases used directly by real estate agents to list properties and record sales.
We have further improved our Real Estate Sign Riders, and have included some smart new design options for you to pick from!
The attractive new design options include:
The new layout styles include the following options:
Only display the listing’s website:
Show the Enhanced Lead Capture Service Phone Number for buyers to call:
Show both the Website Address AND the Enhanced Lead Capture Service Phone number:
Show the Enhanced Lead Capture Service Phone number on the rider and your own custom text:
Show instructions to get property details by SMS text message:
You also have the option to select from a wide array of color combinations on the new Real Estate Sign Riders, with a few examples visible below (there are many more available than those displayed below!):
Click here to learn more about how Real Estate Sign Riders will boost your property marketing!
Be very careful about upgrading to Windows 8 or simply buying a new PC with Windows 8 on it. I thought moving to Windows 8 would be like a better version of Windows 7 – how wrong I was.
2 weeks after getting my new PC I took it back to the store as I had not had 1 hour of productivity on it.
Microsoft created Windows 8 for mobile devices and if you have a desktop and use regular desktop applications for business I guarantee you will end up in a state of extreme frustration.
There are some folks out there that have created tools to help – like “Classic Shell” – but at the end of the day Microsoft is essentially ignoring all the business users of Windows that rely on desktop applications, keyboard and a mouse.
Maybe in 1-2 years they will have corrected this almighty blunder – but for now I won’t be touching Windows 8 even if you paid me.
You have been warned.
Yet another added benefit of the property marketing system is the ability to AUTOMATICALLY syndicate your property listings to over 40 of the most important real estate sites including Trulia, Zillow, and more!
There’s absolutely nothing for you to do! It all happens automatically as soon as you turn ON a listing site. Each of your listings will be syndicated to the appropriate partner sites across the web.
For example, Residential Real Estate may be treated differently from Commercial Real Estate or Vacation rental Property, but the marketing system ensures that each property type goes to the correct syndicated websites. For most of our customers, Realtor.com is included, but if you do not have that in your account, it is simply an extra $24 to cover their fees.
Posting to Craigslist
Posting your listings to Craigslist is a great way to gain more exposure and generate interest for your properties. There are a couple of way to access the Craigslist post option from your user account. You can get there by clicking the “Craigslist Posting Manager” link on your Manage Sites page under Marketing Tools, or you can navigate to “My Sites” list at the bottom of the Manage Sites page, click on the “Edit and Promote” link to the right of an active property, and click “Post to Craigslist”.
Click on the Auto Post button to begin the process of automatically generating and posting the HTML flyer code to the Craigslist account, which will then be available for others to see. (NOTE: You must create a free account through Craigslist and be logged in to auto post). Simply follow the instructions on each screen to set your preferences and design options.
If for any reason you experience difficulties with the auto post feature, or just prefer to manually post the HTML flyers yourself, simply click the blue manual post link instead of the green auto post button. There are two options at the top of the popup window that allow you to post the HTML flyer in either plain HTML or rich HTML. Simply follow the on screen instructions to successfully post the HTML flyer manually, or watch the above video for a full tutorial.
Posting to Craigslist is tricky! If you attempt to circumvent their posting policies and rules then you will be blacklisted, or worse still – your listings will Ghosted which means you with “think” they are posted – but Craigslist will be just ignoring them.
