How Ribbon changes the game for veterans and the home buying process
In a competitive housing market, veterans can encounter challenges when it comes to obtaining their dream house with a VA home loan. Navigating the home-buying and VA home loan process is tricky on its own, and coupled with a hot market and hungry buyers, it can feel like an uneven playing field. For the […]
How Ribbon helped reunite a family with a childhood home
North Carolina is one of the hottest markets in the United States. With historically low inventory (only two months available), an increase in out-of-state investors buying up properties, and interest rates rising three percent, it’s difficult for buyers who can’t pay all cash. Augusta Meyer of Call It Closed International Realty knows this firsthand. […]
It takes a community: Ribbon’s grassroots work with Black Women Invest is the first step to bridging the racial gap in home ownership.
For far too long, many Black Americans have felt left out of the conversation regarding homeownership — and it’s not hard to see why. For generations, Black Americans have been systematically and intentionally discriminated against at every step of the home buying process. The result? A 30% homeownership gap between Black and White Americans, […]
Case Study: Steve Robbins
Steve Robbins launched his real estate career almost 22 years ago after working as a home builder. With his two business partners, Steve built Highgarden Real Estate, which operates in thirteen markets across the country with company headquarters located in Indianapolis. With a combined experience of nearly 50 years, Highgarden Real Estate is committed […]
The History of Black Homeownership in America
As the US faces an affordable housing crisis, the gap in homeownership rates among Black Americans has been front and center in the storm. Since the 2008 financial crisis, Black homeownership rates have been on the decline. Today, the gap looks just like not dissimilar to the gap before the 1968 Fair Housing Act […]
How an agent helps his clients win in multiple offer situations
How this Nashville agent helped with multiple offers Andrew Dicker wasn’t always a real estate agent, but he has always had the strong people skills needed to thrive in the market. In 2012, while working in the restaurant industry, Andrew met Christy and John Blackwell who noticed that unique sparkle immediately and offered him a […]
How the Alabama Housing Market Is Looking: A Conversation With Huntsville Agent Zelda Friedman
The 2021 housing market has been historical to say the least. With low-interest rates, high demand for housing, low inventory, and bidding wars, the price of homes have gone up and up. “It’s a crazy industry,” says Zelda Friedman, Crye-Leike REALTOR® and managing broker in Huntsville, Alabama. Friedman has almost two decades of experience in […]
Addressing Buyer Fatigue with Agent Kendall Bonner
Dwindling inventory, fast-rising prices, ruthless bidding wars, properties listed and sold in the blink of an eye, oh my. It’s been quite a crazy housing market the last two years. Home shoppers aren’t the only ones feeling the fatigue, real estate agents are feeling it too. “It’s extremely frustrating and exhausting for agents,” explains Kendall […]
Case Study: Natalie Arthur
Atlanta-based agent, Natalie Arthur began her real estate career in 2017 but her experience with the industry started long ago, while she was a real estate investor. Working with so many agents, Natalie learned first hand what it was like to be a client and used those learnings to create an authentic style for her […]
How loan officer Terry Whitesell helps his clients get to the closing table
With over 14 years in the mortgage industry, loan officer Terry Whitesell loves a challenge. Originally from Virginia, Terry has called the Charlotte and Raleigh areas home for half his life. He is currently licensed to do mortgages in Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and California. While he started in education, Terry wanted a career […]