Your inside source for real estate, development and construction information serving the counties of Mecklenburg, Union & Iredell VOLUME 106 NUMBER 15 ■ MECKTIMES.COM
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Realtor.com®’s avail survey finds renter confidence is on the rise Page 2
75% of recent home buyers have regrets about their new home Page 3
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Study shows Wednesdays most popular for real estate photos A new study of real estate photography data from HomeJab finds that Wednesday is the most popular day of the week for real estate photographers to take photos for a new property listing. HomeJab, which provides real estate agents on-demand professional real estate photography and other visual production services in every major US market and all 50 states, studied nearly 60,000 real estate
photography assignments over the last four years. The HomeJab study found: • The most popular day of the week for real estate photography was Wednesday. 20% of all listing photos are shot on Wednesday. • Tuesday and Thursday are tied for the second most popular day of the week for shooting real estate listing photos with
18% each. • The least popular day of the week for real estate photos? Sunday. Just 4% of real estate listing photos are shot on a Sunday. “Most professional real estate photography shoots don’t happen on weekends, even though home sellers are typically more available,” said Joe Jesuele, founder and CEO of HomeJab. “Our
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Tech stocks lead indexes lower on Wall Street; eyes on Fed Page 5
“With home prices skyrocketing in recent years, it’s become even more challenging to break into the housing market for first-time buyers.” Clare Trapasso, Realtor.com
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