by Mark Rogo | May 1, 2025 | 2025 Blogs by Mark Rogo
It’s no secret that the downward spiral of existing home sales is continuing beyond Q1 2025. In fact, just this past Friday, the Wall Street Journal front-page headline reported, “Home Sales See Steepest Decline in 2 Years,” and in another article, “Home Sales in...
by Mark Rogo | Aug 2, 2024 | Latest Monthly Blog by Mark Rogo
There is so much flux in the marketplace and so many things we are unsure about. What we know is that NO ONE is buying or selling real estate unless they have to for these reasons: “Honey, I’ve been transferred to Westwood, CA. It’s a suburb of Los Angeles.” “Darling,...
by Mark Rogo | Mar 26, 2024 | Latest Monthly Blog by Mark Rogo
It’s been a busy few weeks in the world of real estate. Buyers are calling to ask when interest rates are rising, so they know how to time the trigger on a prospective loan. Sellers are calling to ask ask when to put their property on the market. I’m calling my...
by Mark Rogo | Jan 9, 2024 | 2024 Blogs By Mark Rogo, Latest Monthly Blog by Mark Rogo
The year 2023 was an exceptional year for a couple of reasons. First, my daughter got married to a wonderful man. Second, it was a recessionary year for real estate with a huge drop in units sold across the United States and volume (total dollar transactions). In...
by Mark Rogo | Oct 10, 2023 | Latest Monthly Blog by Mark Rogo
There are so many topics to discuss and confusing messages being sent that I’m going to try and tackle some of them in short form here. First, let’s start with some good news. There is light at the end of the tunnel. Lynn and I are experiencing the largest...
by Mark Rogo | Aug 7, 2023 | Latest Monthly Blog by Mark Rogo
Inventory, Measuring Wealth and the Racial Wealth Gap Two common themes concern many people I talk to about real estate. First, there is the question of why prices have not come down, and the answer is the low inventory on the market. Second, I find it surprising,...
by Mark Rogo | May 25, 2023 | Latest Monthly Blog by Mark Rogo
The government has ended the emergency mandates covering the COVID-19 virus, and slowly, we are returning to normalcy. But our new normal will never be the same as the old one. Offices remain empty with remote employment becoming more acceptable, the fallacy behind...
by Mark Rogo | Mar 8, 2023 | Latest Monthly Blog by Mark Rogo
Ah, the month of February. The 2023 year. So much to say, so much to be proud of, and so much to hope for will fade away in my memory. I’ve never seen a year like 2022, and 2023 is shaping up to be much of the same, with one big glaring exception; the upcoming wedding...
by Mark Rogo | Dec 13, 2022 | Latest Monthly Blog by Mark Rogo
So, are we having fun yet? We are rip-roaring knee-deep in correction territory, with the Federal Reserve’s commitment to taming inflation stifling the economy with higher interest rates. Rates permeate all segments of the economy, including car leases,...
by Mark Rogo | Sep 20, 2022 | Latest Monthly Blog by Mark Rogo
Do you want to know something about me? I’ll confess now that I’m a closet addict to Excel, spending numerous evenings just poking around the numbers, comparing data from one area to another, one period to another. I’m just trying to understand how...
by Mark Rogo | Jul 26, 2022 | Latest Monthly Blog by Mark Rogo
Real estate is a game of psychology. If you want to be a successful real estate agent and perform your best for clients, you need to master the art of negotiation and the mental prep required. Unfortunately, most agents are not the most excellent negotiators… So...
by Mark Rogo | Jun 28, 2022 | Latest Monthly Blog by Mark Rogo
Real estate is a hot topic right now. I know this because my phone has been the busiest it’s ever been over the last six months. We saw a surge in real estate transactions in January as buyers came forward to accelerate their plans before the future mortgage...
