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So what if the housing market takes another turn for the worse? Markets go up, markets go down. Unless you’re ready to quit selling real estate, what matters isn’t the market but your strategy. Here’s why.
Posted by: Matthew Ferrara •
on Tuesday, August 17, 2010 at 1:02 pm
Filed under: Blog, Featured, rssfeed
Tagged with: brokers, Consumers, economics, housing crisis, leadership, Management, standards of performance, Strategic Thinking

Video entry from Matthew's blog titled "Home Buyers Need to Get Over It"
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Home buyers need to get over the fact that they might lose some money. So what? They do it all the time.
Posted by: Matthew Ferrara •
on Tuesday, August 3, 2010 at 9:38 am
Filed under: Blog, Featured, Opinion, Strategic Thinking, Video Blogs, rssfeed
Tagged with: agents, buyers, consumer, Consumers, economics, housing crisis, Strategic Thinking

Matthew's video entry from his blog titled "Removing the Fear of Buying"
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With record low mortgage rates and record high affordability, it’s clearly not the economic fundamentals that are holding back buyers from the marketplace. Now it’s time for creative REALTORS to address the buyers’ sense of fear.
Posted by: Matthew Ferrara •
on Monday, July 19, 2010 at 7:33 am
Filed under: Blog, Featured, Management, Opinion, REALTORS, Sales, Strategic Thinking, Video Blogs, rssfeed
Tagged with: agents, consumer, economics, housing crisis, pricing, sellers, Strategic Thinking

A video blog entry from Matthew's blog titled "If It Didn’t Sell with Tax Credits, Now What?"
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Bold – maybe crazy – ideas for selling inventory left-over (and over-priced) from the tax-credit era. Are real estate agents brave enough to consider them?
Posted by: Matthew Ferrara •
on Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at 11:41 pm
Filed under: Blog, Featured, Video Blogs, rssfeed
Tagged with: agents, buyers, consumer, economics, housing crisis, Strategic Thinking

Matthew's blog entry titled "NAR's RPR should RIP ASAP"
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Posted by: Learning Network •
Filed under: MattTV, Videos
Tagged with: consumer, Gen X, Gen Y, leadership, MLS, N.A.R., real estate the next generation, REALTORS, strategic planning, Strategic Thinking, technology

9 out of 10 Americans still have jobs. So why are consumer still struggling to take advantage of the sales of the century? Matthew discusses why.
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Matthew compares changes needed in the real estate industry to the changes made by Virgin Airlines.
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Matthew investigates a strategic change in Starbuck's business model and relates it to the real estate industry.
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Steve Harvey discusses recent surveys and national media stories supporting the signs of a returning market and the importance for agents to drive their business now.
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Steve Harney discusses the agents' role for helping homeowners understand the average sales prices and trends in their market.
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Steve Harney discusses the importance of an agent's ability to analyze and interpret data for their customers.
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Posted by: Learning Network •
Filed under: MattTV, Videos
Tagged with: agents, buyers, Consumers, Gen X, Gen Y, leadership, pricing, research, sellers, Strategic Thinking

The real estate industry’s message remains that housing is a good “investment.” The question is: to whom?
Posted by: Matthew Ferrara •
on Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at 8:28 am
Filed under: Blog, Featured, Opinion, Real Estate, rssfeed
Tagged with: consumer, economics, Gen X, Gen Y, housing crisis, real estate the next generation, Strategic Thinking