Zarita Senekal - Authors Articles

Home Buying And Selling Information: Sharing The Knowledge

Launched barely 100 days ago - Real Estate Wiki, a new independent wiki that exclusively covers and deals with the real estate industry - has doubled its impressive launch number of 7,000 entries to almost 14,000. This includes over 3,000 definitions for real estate terms, over 800 acronyms, almost 1,000... Read

By: Zarita Senekal | 09/05/2008 | Real Estate

Home Improvement and Home Moving Information

Moving Soon. How should you plan your day...and the two months before that. Get free tips and even a moving plan and chart from Real Estate Wiki. Read

By: Zarita Senekal | 30/04/2008 | Moving & Relocating

New Real Estate Trends Shape the Industry, Realtors, Prices and the Home Buying and Selling Process

As the residential real estate brokerage industry moves through the 10 - 15 year industry transition – one that is creating confusion, turmoil, retirement, regret and frustration - but above all huge opportunities in the industry - brokers and agents alike are in dire need of quality research and guidance concerning which trends will impact the business, show a strong tendency toward longer term growth and/or have a possible structural impact on the residential real estate industry. Read

By: Zarita Senekal | 09/11/2007 | Home & Family

Make Homes Sell Faster in a Down Market

Have you read the Wall Street Journal lately? “The WSJ’s quarterly survey of housing-market conditions in 28 major U.S. metropolitan areas shows that inventories of unsold homes continue to rise in most of them, short sales are the order of the day, and foreclosures on the rise as prices continue to slide. National supply of detached single-family homes is at 10.2 months, the highest since February 1988. “House prices are likely to fall about 7% in 2008” and immediate future is bleak. Read

By: Zarita Senekal | 09/11/2007 | Home & Family

Home Buyers And Sellers Come From All Different Generations: Agents Need To Master The Art Of Generational Housing

While the exact dates for categorizing each generation are often in debate, Stefan Swanepoel, author of the 2007 Swanepoel Trends Report, says there is no debate about their existence and the fact that each has very different characteristics, resulting from the events that shaped them. According to Swanepoel as the... Read

By: Zarita Senekal | 28/05/2007 | Advice

Real Estate: The Art Of Prospecting

At every phase of a real estate transaction, questions are keys in learning motivations, building rapport, and identifying needs that help the good associate create solutions. Effective (not manipulative or leading) questioning is an art form that requires practice, but there are some basics that almost always apply: Be sure to... Read

By: Zarita Senekal | 23/05/2007 | Real Estate

Real Estate Bubble: The Effects Of A Hangover

We all know that 2000 - 2005 comprised one of the hottest real estate markets on record in which the industry enjoyed tremendous growth. But are there any consequences to the industry? "Definitely" says Stefan Swanepoel, author the annual Swanepoel Trends Report in his latest 2007 edition. "During this period... Read