Aliso Viejo 1/1/2009 4:47:56 AM
News / Business

Real Estate Trends Report 2009 Sneak Peek

Swanepoel Authors Another Winner

Every year the Swanepoel TRENDS Report identifies, analyzes and then details the imminent changes that are expected to impact the real estate industry over the coming 12 – 18 months. Writing of the 2009 edition of the Swanepoel TRENDS Report closed today, ending over 1,000 hours of research and writing with The Report going off to the printer next week.

 

Already everyone is wondering what trends will be outlined in the 2009 edition of this highly regarded Report and what wisdom will the message for 2009 contain.

 

With the most incredible year mired in financial disasters, the energy crisis, the housing collapse, the stock market collapse and foreclosure catastrophe, 2008 is going down in the history books as the worst year in real estate and financial history. There certainly wasn’t a shortage of news grabbing headlines.

 

In an early interview a spokesperson for the publishers shared that the following topics were covered in the 2009 Report:

  • The Real Energy Crisis
  • Impact of the Green Movement
  • Understanding Eco-Friendly Urbanism
  • Managing Information Highway Overload
  • Future of a National MLS
  • International Real Estate Players
  • Impact of Global IDX
  • Concerns over E&O Insurance
  • Collapse of the Financial Markets
  • Path to Real Estate Recovery
  • Organized Real Estate Reorganizes
  • Engaging the Consumer More Extensively
  • Extensive Changes with Social Media
  • Power of Online Communities
  • Shifting Ahead of the Paradigm
  • Thriving in a Down Market

According to Ron Seigel, President of Napa Consultants International, “Stefan’s genius is his ability to save us all time, energy and money by sorting through a vast amount perspectives and deciphering the most relevant information about the direction of change in our industry.”

 

Weighing in at around 160 pages, the Swanepoel TRENDS Report is the most thorough and complete report of its kind in the real estate industry. “His annual Report empowers real estate executives and agents alike to ride the wave of change, to thrive not just survive,” Seigel said.

 

Reports ordered before the publication date of February 1st are given a special pre-publication discount of 30% off the cover price. For more information visit www.ReTrends.com