Whats Happened this week in the housing market

In testimony to Congress, Fed Chair Janet Yellen signaled that the Fed would likely raise policy rates later this year. The first hike is expected in September. Retail sales slipped slightly in June, raising some concerns that the economy could be slowing down. Slow economic growth is good for mortgage rates. Greece has finally agreed to terms for financial bailout in Europe. The recent turmoil supporting rates will likely no longer be a factor. The NAHB reports builder confidence at the highest level since 2005. More builders are optimistic about current and future sales conditions for new homes. Foreclosure activity was at the lowest level in a decade during the first half of 2015. Foreclosure starts are below pre-crisis levels, signaling housing market strength. First-time buyers are gaining confidence and continue to join the housing market. Their participation has increased from 27% to 32% of the market year-over-year. A young businessman had just started his own firm. He rented a beautiful office and had it furnished with antiques. Sitting there, he saw a man come into the outer office. Hoping to look like a hot shot, the businessman picked up the phone and started to pretend he was working on a big, important business deal. He threw huge figures around and made giant commitments. Finally, he hung up and asked the visitor, "Can I help you?" The man said, "Yeah, I've come to activate your phone lines." Shared with me By Shannon Martinez  Mortgage Banker NMLS 267394 (626) 255-7605 smartinez@envoymortgage.com ShannonMartinezLender.com Envoy Mortgage, NMLS #6666

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Video Marketing Tips

Real Estate Video Marketing – As you may have heard in one of our most recent posts, this is one of the most overlooked niches still today, as only 4% of agents are actually taking advantage of this tactic  and 74% of sellers want an agent that uses video to market listing (according to Realtor.com).

Video can draw a multitude of visitors, can be reproduced multiple times without duplicate content issues, gets ranked very well in Google and can totally go viral with social sharing. If you are not currently using this, then you must integrate this into your real estate marketing plan  today!

Video Share Sites


1. YouTube YouTube isn't just an American favorite; it’s popular throughout the world. For More on YouTube Reviews.


2. Break The majority of the videos on Break are humorous, whether they are bloopers and

blunders caught on video or scripted clips created by users. More on Break


3. Vimeo Vimeo is quickly becoming both a popular video share website and a social

networking site. More on Vimeo


4. LiveStream This site is basically an all in one broadcast solution for video. You can create,

edit, and add things similar to broadcast companies could add.


5. Operator11 Go live with your camera and create your own channels. You can also send

video comments and remix your videos.


Recording Your Video Tips

~ Your Smart Phone or standard digital camera to take short video segments of each room or feature of the property. Keep the video segments to 10-15 seconds, just enough to describe what the viewer is watching. The goal is to create a video that is about 2-3 minutes long.

~ Have someone hold the camera or take along a tripod to do it yourself.

~ Feature yourself in the opening scene to introduce the property, and at the end to thank viewers for taking the video tour.

~ Consider creating permanent opening and closing video segments that you can

use with every video. In this way, you can have a polished, consistent opening

scene and closing scene. Then when you take the video segments at each

location, you need only take the segments for that property.

~ Inside the property, make sure to turn on all the lights, ceiling fans, fireplaces,

etc. so that you can capture these features in motion. As you’re shooting your

individual video segments, be sure to pan slowly so that you don’t create a blurry

video.

~ When taking each video segment, don’t start speaking until 1-2 seconds after

hitting record, and leave 1-2 seconds after speaking before stopping the

recording. ( you don’t want to cut your voice off!)





Have fun and remember to smile for the camera!

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