The agents on this list just delivered a better quarter than anyone would have the right to hope for in the current market. Sure, changes in the real estate landscape are nothing new to our seasoned agents. But even acknowledging this, we’ve stepped into a new market, one unlike anything we’ve seen before. The world […]
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Tariffs and Immigration Keep the Average Home Price in California Rising. Here’s What You Can Do as a Real Estate Agent.
I’m a firm believer that politics has no place in our role as service providers to our community. But when political changes impact our industry, we as professionals can’t simply ignore them. This isn’t a political opinion, nor an attempt to sway political perspectives. It’s a call to do what’s needed to best serve our […]
Absorption Rate Analysis – March 2025: Course-Correcting from February’s Surge
It almost feels like March is an apology to the prospective homebuyers of the Greater Los Angeles area for February’s unanimous surge into the seller’s market. It was mostly a kinder month for the buyers, showing drops closer to the buyer’s market in all except four of these communities. And two of those just treaded […]
How Could AI in Real Estate Transform the Industry? 6 Ways Revealed
In just a few very short years, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has infiltrated virtually every sector of business across the world. Real estate is not exempt. However, real estate agents concerned about being replaced by an AI agent shouldn’t be losing any sleep. If anything, the growing use of AI in real estate will make their […]
Absorption Rate Analysis – February 2025: Things Are Looking Up for Home Sellers. Way Up.
It seems that in the Greater Los Angeles area’s absorption rate stats, what goes down must come up. January’s month of down-the-line decreases in absorption rates were countered in February with increases across the board. We had a similar surge in every neighborhood in March 2023. So, while it’s rare, it happens. And it was […]
Absorption Rate Analysis – January 2025: We’ve Never Seen a Month Like This Before
We’ve never seen a month like January 2025 in the history of publishing our absorption rates. And with so many monumental factors at play, it’s tough to pin these results on one thing. New presidential administration? Citywide fires? The Grind to Greatness Realtor Race? In short, we expected a drop in absorption rates in January. […]
Bing Crosby House in Palm Desert Could Be Among the County’s Most Expensive Sales
Featured image credit: Paramount Pictures Before Mariah Carey wrapped her mittened hands around the holiday music charts, December was the season of Bing. Legendary actor and crooner Bing Crosby recognized the value of a well-timed Christmas tune… or ten. When the holidays rolled around, so did Crosby’s latest carol… or maybe a golden oldie. It […]
Top 25 Agents of Q4 2024
It almost seems insulting at this point to call 2024 a challenging year for the real estate industry. With all of the obstacles real estate professionals needed to worry about outside of their transactions, waking up each morning and grinding onward felt more like trying to administer aid on an active battlefield. We got into […]
Vote for JohnHart’s Person of the Year 2024!
You’ve already met our Agent of the Year. Now it’s time for you to select our Person of the Year for 2024! Just a reminder, the JohnHart Person of the Year is not Agent of the Year Part 2. It’s a distinct honor unto itself, highlighting the professional who best exemplified JohnHart’s principles. These nominees […]
Absorption Rate Analysis: December 2024 – Things Are Looking Up. Very Up.
A December surge toward the seller’s favor is a holiday tradition in its own right when it comes to our monthly absorption rate analysis. It’s just how the “off-season” works in real estate. A lower volume of homes hitting the market typically tips the scales in the sellers’ favor. In December 2022, only one of […]