Average Home Prices Up for January LITTLE ROCK (March 5, 2012) – The average price of existing-homes in Arkansas rose by 7.7 percent over a year ago to $147,260 in January in the 42 county area surveyed by the Arkansas REALTORS® Association.  The Association also reported that the number of homes sold decreased by 1.1 percent...

By John Boe, Special to the Arkansas REALTORS Association As a professional sales trainer, I have the opportunity to talk with salespeople, from a wide range of industries, representing a variety of products and services. Based on their feedback, I find that while most sales reps are challenged in this difficult economy, some are doing...

  Home sales are expected to stay on an uptrend through 2012, although the performance will be uneven with mortgage constraints weighing on the market, according to experts at a recent NAR residential real estate forum. Lawrence  Yun, NAR chief economist, said existing-home sales have been underperforming by historical standards and will rise gradually but...