by Brian Pate | Dec 2, 2024
Analysts from Apollo Global Management have forecasted a significant 10.8% increase in U.S. home prices for 2025, marking the most optimistic prediction among 16 different models, which average a 3.5% rise. This bullish outlook contrasts with historical data showing...
by Brian Pate | Dec 2, 2024
The real estate market continues to evolve, as highlighted in the National Association of Realtors (NAR) 2024 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers. This annual report, which has been published since 1981, offers a snapshot of home-buying and selling trends based on...
by Brian Pate | Dec 2, 2024
For consumers buying a home in the U.S. housing market, there’s been a big shift recently: the difference in price between newly built homes and older homes is getting smaller. In the past, buyers often paid more for a brand-new home. Now, that extra cost is starting...
by Brian Pate | Oct 2, 2024
The NC Real Estate Commission has approved a new ethics course titled Ethics in Real Estate Advertising. Brian Pate wrote this course, which will be offered for the first time via Zoom beginning October 22, 2024. There are online and in-person courses available for...
by Brian Pate | Sep 27, 2024
In my years in the DJ business which crossed over with my early real estate career, I learned many things about business that I still apply today. One of the people I looked up to is a guy named Rick Rubin. If you are music fan, you will recognize his name from being...
