NYC Real Estate Just Got 25% Cheaper for Swiss Buyers
U.S. investors turned their focus to the Swiss franc after the currency soared by 25 percent in value against the U.S. dollar this morning. Although the news came as a bad surprise for most investors in both Europe and the U.S., Swiss franc owners were able to buy NYC real estate 25% cheaper than yesterday. A few…
8 Must-Have Online Tools for Real Estate Agents
Technology and the internet have changed the way consumers think and act in nearly every industry imaginable and the real estate sector is no exception. More than 90% of home searches start online and 50% of buyers use a mobile website or application in their home search according to a recent report released by the…
Help Us Find a Motto for PropertyShark!
Help us find the perfect motto for PropertyShark and we’ll reward the best entries with a $1,000 Amazon Gift Card, and two yearly subscriptions to our services! Contest on Facebook: Go to our Facebook page and submit your entry by leaving a caption under any contest photo with your motto suggestion. Contest on Twitter: Simply…
Official Rules for #1000$Motto Contest
Contest Official Rules PropertyShark will protect your privacy. We do not sell, trade, or rent personal information such as your name or email address under any circumstance. Email: We use our customers’ email addresses to confirm their subscriptions and to send out newsletters with updates on our products or on special offers. The choice of…
Are You Keeping up with the Property Management Industry? Take Our Quiz to Find Out
Gone are the days when property owners only turned to the classified ads section in the local newspaper to market their properties. Now most of the activity happens online, from attracting leads to securing good tenants and handling maintenance requests, which eventually translates into increased productivity. To stay on top of the game, property managers…
How to Find All Liens On a Property in Just 1 Minute
Want to know how to find liens on a property? Quickly discover any property lien, including mechanic’s liens, tax liens, mortgage liens and more.
The Unofficial Top 10 Most Beloved NYC Buildings
The playground of some of the world’s most notable architects, New York City flaunts an impressive collection of buildings: some innovative, others grand or imposing, modern structures or historic landmarks, high-rise or low-rise, glassy, zany, or green… and the list could go on. But which among them cater best to New Yorkers and their thirst…
Top 20 U.S. Cities for Culture: Cultural Venues Density per City Population
While cities all around the U.S. are constantly adding new venues and attractions, we started wondering: just how many properties are actually destined for cultural and recreational activities? An in-depth look at the biggest cities in the U.S. shows that they all have a generous amount of cultural attractions – ranging from museums, libraries and…
Top 50 U.S. Home Owner Names: Did Your Name Make the List?
What are the most common home owner names in the U.S. — and is yours one of them? Or maybe yours is listed among the names of luxury property buyers? In a rather unique attempt to paint a picture of home ownership throughout the U.S., sister website Point2 Homes tapped into our property owners database…
Of Realtors and Home Buyers: 7 Real-Life Stories [Infographic]
Finding that perfect home is never an easy task; and it’s not only the home buyers that feel the weight of the search. With this in mind, we wanted to see what stories realtors have to tell, so we took it to Reddit, asking them upfront: What’s the worst experience you’ve ever had with a…
Top 10 Most Expensive Cities in North America
With the average home price at a staggering $733,335, Vancouver tops the list of the 10 most expensive cities in North America by average home prices. The list, compiled by the Financial Post, also features 2 other Canadian cities, Toronto and Calgary, while the remaining 7 cities are all from the USA. 3 of the…
Real Estate Agents: Why Use Branded Property Reports?
In an increasingly competitive market, staying ahead of the game is not always an easy task; home buyers and sellers try to identify skilled professionals with a good grasp of the local market – but with so many resources at their immediate disposal, standing out from a pool of candidates might present itself as quite…
Point2 Agent Review: Online Marketing Tools for Every Real Estate Agent
Today we’re taking a peek under the hood at Point2 Agent, an online marketing toolkit used by thousands of agents worldwide. Point2 Agent is a web-based solution that will help you boost your exposure and bring in more real estate leads via easy-to-use tools, including listing syndication and automated prospecting functionalities. Point2 is well known…
Pierce-Eislen now part of the Yardi team
PropertyShark’s parent company, Yardi Systems, has recently welcomed apartment market research expert Pierce-Eislen to its growing family of companies. Currently providing extensive data on 58 markets around the U.S., Pierce-Eislen has long been looking for a partner to support its aggressive growth, and teaming up with one of the real estate industry’s top player seems…
Finding a Home in El Paso, TX Just Got Easier
It’s no secret that searching for a home on a Multiple-Listing Service (MLS) website is often hindered by the lack of user-friendly features, especially when taking into account the experience of the average home buyer or seller. This is why more and more MLSs have lately been thinking about adopting a consumer-facing portal which can…
Mobile Property Reports Are Here!
From the feedback we’ve been constantly receiving from our users (thanks so much, by the way!), we know that many of you have been facing the challenge of solving more client requests while on the go. In the light of this, we’re excited to let you know that we’ve just launched a product that’s meant…
Selling Homes? These Are the Most Popular Keywords NYC Agents Use to Sell Fast
Selling a property can take a long time, and in NYC the average selling time can last even longer than in many other parts of the nation. One of the things that agents can do to speed up a sale is to work on the listing description carefully. And if you ever wondered what those…
Public Records Are NOT Error Free! But There’s a Way Around
Everyone in real estate knows that public records are not error free. Some more than others claim this happens too often. We won’t go into that debate. What’s undeniable, however, is the growing need for ways to validate data found in public records and to quickly determine whether the information provided is true or false….
NYC Flood Zone Map and Hurricane Evacuation Zones
With hurricane Sandy looming over New York ‘s coastal lines, you are probably wondering how safe you and your property are from being hit. PropertyShark would like to help you determine if you live in a high flood-risk area by making available to everyone the NYC FEMA Flood Zone map and Hurricane Evacuation Zones map….
Apartment Building and Townhouse Developments Kicking into High Gear?
Our friends from Rent Cafe, one cool online apartment renting place, are letting us know that work on 260,000 apartment buildings and townhouse developments might be set to start this year. They’ve created a nifty infographic which illustrates how the new generation of Echo Boomers (the children of Baby Boomers) might be about to rattle…
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