November 5th, 2009 at 2:24pm |
ULI panelist: Peter Rummell, Diana Permar, Michael Shannon and Dr. Jim Taylor
Heres the main highlights from todays ULI Resorts and Leisure session:
Disproportionate impact on the wealthy
Buyers have adopted new due diligence in all shopping categories
Focus on needs not wants
Can live without 5 star stuff
Price, Price, Price
Buyers mindset from 06-07 will never return [...]
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June 30th, 2009 at 10:54am |
As part of our continued effort to better understand the real estate environment and share knowledge during these challenging times, we asked a group of trusted advisors, industry leaders and overall smart real estate folks to share their observations about what’s happening in the marketplace.
There are some notable changes from Q1:
Lack of management experience is [...]
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June 26th, 2009 at 9:58pm |
As developers and builders consider their sales and marketing options with the recovery underway, there are many factors in play. Do you invest in new branding inititives with a marketing agency? What’s the right social marketing strategy? How can I effectively use my public website to generate qualified leads? Is print dead?
All good questions. [...]
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April 1st, 2009 at 4:26pm |
I have to admit… I can sometimes join the crowd of pessimistic naysayers that revel in how bad the economy is today and how hopeless it looks for the future. Unfortunately, that attitude causes us to completely overlook the blooming buds of optimism that appear during the Spring of Recession.
Here’s just a few of them [...]
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March 24th, 2009 at 4:04pm |
As we have predicted for months, there’s a new array of mobile applications streaming into the marketplace and many can be modified for real estate buyers.
Looks like Apple will have an advantage! (and I use a Blackberry Bold).
The iPhone now accounts for 50 percent of mobile Web traffic from smartphones in the U.S., according [...]
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