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THANK YOU, LAURA RUBINFELD
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LAURA RUBINFELD CAE, CIPS, RCE
After eight years of loyal service, Laura Rubinfeld's last day as CEO of the Eastern Bergen County Board of Realtors® was December 30, 2016. Her leadership has been greatly appreciated and the Board thanks Laura for her commitment and dedication to EBCBOR.
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N.J. Supreme Court: Towns must have affordable housing
The Fair Share Housing Center, a nonprofit that argued on behalf of poor and middle-class families, said towns would have been able to avoid up to 60 percent of their affordable housing obligations over the next decade if the court had ruled the other way, leading to more racially and economically segregated communities.
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Hackensack Building to be Redeveloped as Apartments
A 19th-century warehouse in downtown Hackensack has been sold to a developer that plans to turn the building into about 30 loft-style apartments.
The 20,000-square-foot, four-story property is in Hackensack's rehabilitation area, which town officials created as part of an effort to encourage redevelopment of a tired downtown that was once a commercial center for Bergen County.
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10 Tips to Apply before Your Next Open House
Have you ever left your open house feeling like something wasn't right? Perhaps you wondered if one of your open house visitors wasn't there for the right reasons. Maybe you simply felt that something was off. Trouble is the last thing you want at an open house or showing, so we've compiled the following tips to prevent it from ever appearing.
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Ask the Expert: Why Should Homeowners Take a Proactive Approach to Radon Testing?
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has declared January National Radon Action Month. Occurring when we're likely to spend most of our time indoors, January is the perfect time of year to consider the importance of a proactive approach to radon testing.
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Housing Starts Spring 11.3 Percent, Ending 2016 on High Note
Housing starts ended 2016 on a high note, beating expectations and springing 11.3 percent above the prior month's figure. Privately-owned housing starts came in at 1,226,000, according to the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), while single-family starts came in 4.0 percent below the prior month's figure.
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Trump Administration Overturns Obama's FHA Mortgage-Fee Cut
Soon after Donald Trump was sworn in as president, his administration undid one of Barack Obama's last-minute economic-policy actions: a mortgage-fee cut under a government program that's popular with first-time home buyers and low-income borrowers.
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Foreign Investment in U.S. Property to Remain Strong in 2017, China Top Investor
Real Estate Capital Markets in U.S. to Stay Positive in 2017 according to CBRE Group, the outlook in 2017 for U.S. commercial real estate capital markets encompassing debt and equity investment activity, pricing and performance, as well as investment strategy continues to be favorable.
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Where Are the Top Real Estate Markets in the World?
Mitch Roschelle, PricewaterhouseCoopers partner, discusses the state of the global real estate market.
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3 Ways Robots Can Rock the World of Real Estate Agents
If real estate is all about relationships, empathy and connecting with people, is there any room in the industry for robots? The overwhelming evidence from the Inman Connect conference in New York says "yes."
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The Wrong Way to Share on Facebook (and How to Do It Right)
The fault is with Facebook, which, after introducing "the Wall," has added a head-spinning number of options to connect with friends, friends of friends, and followers. Chat, comments, Messenger, messages, shares, updates, visitor posts...not to mention, a constantly changing algorithm that makes even the savviest Facebookers scratch their heads. Still wondering how you could get it wrong?
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