by Bill Cresenzo of Brokers Weekly. Although she no longer owns The Corcoran Group, Barbara Corcoran is still considered the “empress” of New York real estate, as she was called during her introduction at the Real Estate Board of New York’s Residential Management Council Leadership breakfast at the Yale Club. And the “empress” gave her subjects some advice on the New York City real estate business, from what makes a good building, to how to keep your sales force happy. Here are some highlights: A bad doorman and a poorly decorated lobby can break a sale. Corcoran recalls that when [...]

It looks like home sales are starting to rebound, and it’s looking like a buyer’s market. Incredible homes are available at prices lower than ever, and people across the country are starting to snap them up. We’ve put together a list of 5 amazing homes from coast to coast to give you an idea of what you can get right now for under $500,000. #1 – Kennesaw, Georgia. $394,000. Just 20 miles from Atlanta, this 4 bedroom, 3.5 bath in a cozy suburb has it all. The town was incorporated in 1887, but the area has history dating back [...]

Repost from HamptonRoads.com. By Tom Sheahan Prospective homebuyers are checking Internet sales listings more frequently and attending open houses in greater numbers, the founder and former owner of a major Manhattan brokerage firm said Tuesday. Both are signs that the nation’s residential real estate market is on the mend, said Barbara Corcoran, who launched her real estate business in 1973 with a $1,000 loan from her then-boyfriend. “I believe the bottom of the market was last year,” she said in an interview. Corcoran, who sold her firm for a reported $70 million, was at Regent University to deliver one of [...]

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