Derick D Brooks - Real Estate Professional

01/05/2026

01/04/2026

STOP EATING WHAT YOU DIDN'T ORDER 🍽️
You wouldn't accept the wrong meal at a restaurant.
So why are you accepting the wrong life?

Most of us are living on autopilot—
✗ Jobs we didn't choose
✗ Schedules we didn't design
✗ Goals someone else set for us

2026 is your year to look at the menu and ORDER WHAT YOU ACTUALLY WANT.
Not what looks good.
Not what's expected.
What YOU want.

My grandmother taught me: "A closed mouth don't get fed."

So what are you ordering this year?
Comment below 👇🏾

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11/11/2025

How are you enjoying your Thursday night in your state.

Start it off with this is how I am doing it in __________.

This is how i am doing it in, Little Rock, Arkansas

11/26/2021

11/26/2021

11/22/2021

Existing Home Sales
Slowed Down in October

Home sales rose at a much slower pace in October.

Existing home sales rose 0.8% to a seasonally adjusted 6.34 million units in October from a month earlier, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). The results were better than analysts' expectations of a 1.8% decline, according to Bloomberg consensus estimates.

"The housing market remains strong, resilient," said Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist, in a press conference announcing the results, attributing the strength in the market to "continued strong job additions, low interest rates in August, September."

He added: "The stock market being at all time highs is also helping and investors are beginning to come in higher than normal, attracted by recent rent increases."

In fact, investors represented 17% of transactions last month, while first-time homebuyers made up 29% of deals, down from 32% the same time a year ago.

“Among some of the workforce, there is an ongoing trend of flexibility to work anywhere, and this has contributed to an increase in sales in some parts of the country,” said Yun.

Regionally home sales were mixed. In the Northeast, sales fell 2.6%, in the Midwest (where homes are most affordable) sales increased 4.2% and in the South (where migration occurred) sales increased 0.4% in October.

Year-to-date existing home sales are up 11% from the same time a year ago and up 13% from 2019 (pre-COVID-19), according to the NAR. Yun said based on the current sales pace, existing home sales transactions are on track to reach, if not surpass, 6 million units — the best performance in 15 years.

The median existing-home price for all housing types in October was $353,900, up 13.1% from October 2020 ($313,000), as prices climbed in each region. This marks 116 straight months of year-over-year increases, the longest-running streak on record.

Total housing inventory at the end of October hit 1.25 million units, down 0.8% from September and down 12.0% from one year ago (1.42 million). Unsold inventory sits at a 2.4-month supply at the current sales pace, equal to September’s supply, and down from 2.5 months in October 2020. Days that homes remain on the market "remain swift" at 18 days, but the pace is losing steam, according to Yun, noting that in September homes were on the market.

11/12/2021

10/19/2021

Poor zillow...how do you feel about it?

Zillow will stop buying homes through Zillow Offers for the rest of the year, as the company's iBuying program goes from full speed to full stop.

10/05/2021

https://www.nar.realtor/blogs/economists-outlook/less-intense-multi-bidding-and-fewer-first-time-buyers-in-august-2021

10/05/2021

Be Real Estate INFORMED!

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10/01/2021

09/05/2021

https://magazine.realtor/daily-news/2021/08/25/economists-sales-momentum-will-carry-into-fall?AdobeAnalytics=ed_rid%3D3529777%26om_mid%3D5205%7CMembersEdgeNews_2021_09_02_Agents%26om_ntype%3DMEMBER%27S%20EDGE%20%28news%29

The housing market typically slows in autumn, but increased inventory could help to satisfy consumers still looking to buy.