Happy Real Estate News

When Leon d’Ancona, President of IMS Incorporated, set up his company’s new Happy Real Estate News website last month, he had no idea that the response would be overwhelming. “I think we touched a nerve among the battered legions of residential real estate agents and brokers across America,” says d’Ancona. “Like them, I was weary of the doom and gloom stories in the media, so we decided to show people that there is positive, encouraging activity in a great many markets. I’m really gratified by their reaction.”

The website - www.HappyRENews.com - listed 2319 locations across the United States (with annual sales of 300 or more units) where home sales figures improved over the previous month. As soon as news about the site went out, hundreds, then thousands of people visited, viewing page after page.

“Of course, everyone was looking for their city or county,” says d’Ancona, “and if we didn’t have the information, we got it. We are now updating the site every day.”

This month, in response to visitor comments and requests, the Happy RE News web site has added graphs from major cities across America which show a significant decline in Days on Market over the last three months - where homes are selling faster!

The 73 cities featured (with annual home sales of 1000 or more), include: Atlanta, GA; Austin, TX; Chicago, IL; Mesa, AR; Cincinnati, OH; Kansas City, MO; Boston, MA; Charlotte, NC, East Bay, CA; and Las Vegas, NV.

“What many brokers and agents don’t realize,” says d’Ancona, “is that they can have access to this kind of market intelligence on their computers all the time.”