125 Ideas for Your Real Estate Blog

Sometimes it can be difficult to break through our writer’s block and come up with new things to write about.  Now, there are NO EXCUSES!

Ideas for Your Real Estate Blog

1. Metro Area Quarterly Market reports
2. Neighborhood Market Reports / Sales Data
3. How’s the Market in XYZ Neighborhood?
4. Local Adsorption Rates
5. Most expensive recent sales in XYZ neighborhood or town
6. “Dream” homes for sale in XYZ neighborhood or city
7. Celebrity home sales
8. Home buyer incentives
9. Interest rate changes (or forecasted changes)
10. Changes in current legislation (that would be important to home buyers or home owners)
11. Case Schiller monthly affordability index (i.e. “Is it a good time to buy or invest?”)
12. Why Buyers and Sellers need a real estate professional
13. Just Listed home
14. Just Sold home
15. Under Contract home
16. Success Stories (i.e. Toot your own horn!)
17. Marketing Tips – Promoting your business and listings on Facebook
18. Marketing Tips – Using new technology to promote your listing… or your business
19. Deal of the Week (highlight best buys in your area)
20. Subdivision of the Week (use lots of photos and/or video!)
21. Neighborhood of the Week
22. Condominium Complex of the Week
23. Townhome Community of the Week
24. Loft of the Week
25. Thursday (or Tuesday) Townhome Tours
26. Freebie Friday
27. Weekend Festivals and Events
28. Weekend FREE Events & Things to Do
29. 10 Things to Consider When Buying a Condo
30. 10 Things to Consider When Buying Your First Home
31. 10 Things to Consider When Buying a Short Sale
32. 10 Things to Consider When Buying a Foreclosure Home
33. For Buyers – 10 Reasons Why to Buy a Home this Year
34. For Buyers – 5 Mistakes that First-Time Home Buyers Make
35. For Buyers – What Expenses to Expect When Purchasing your Home or Condo
36. For Buyers – Tips for Interviewing a REALTOR
37. For Buyers – The importance of hiring a home inspector
38. For Buyers – Improving your credit score / preparing for homeownership
39. For Buyers – Checklist for home ownership
40. For Buyers – Find the best deal on a home (not just the foreclosed home)
41. For Buyers – Financing options (Conventional Loans, FHA, 403b Streamline, HomePath, etc)
42. For Buyers – Minimum credit score requirements for Conventional and FHA Loans
43. For Buyers – Investing in your first property
44. For Sellers – Tips for Interviewing a REALTOR
45. For Sellers – Avoiding foreclosure
46. For Sellers – Staging your home to sell
47. For Sellers – Pricing your home to sell
48. For Sellers – What NOT to do when selling your home
49. For Sellers – Removing pets and pet supplies when showing your home
50. For Sellers – Preparing the FRONT of your home for sale (clean windows, doors, lights, etc)
51. For Sellers – 10 Most important marketing tools when selling your home
52. For Sellers – De-personalize your home before putting it on the market
53. For Sellers – Home improvements that will increase the value of your property
54. For Sellers – The benefit of a pre-inspection
55. For Sellers – Is this the right time to sell your home?
56. For Sellers – Why isn’t my home selling?
57. For Sellers – Before and After Staging Photos
58. For Sellers / Listing Agents – The importance of using a professional photographer
59. For Homeowners – Reminders to apply for Homestead Exemption (in Georgia)
60. For Homeowners – Updates on County or City Property Taxes and Milage Rates
61. For Homeowners – Going Green
62. For Homeowners – Rebates on energy-efficient items for the home
63. For Homeowners – Landscaping tips and tricks
64. For Homeowners – Household repair tips, tricks and reminders
65. For Homeowners – Resources for home owners in distress (i.e. short sales, foreclosure, deed in lieu of foreclosure, etc)
66. Going Green – 10 Ways to green your home interior
67. Going Green – 10 Ways to be green at the office
68. Going Green – 10 ways to green your home’s exteriors
69. Going Green – 10 ways to save energy
70. Going Green – Local green companies
71. Going Green – Area green events (i.e. document shredding, fundrasing)
72. Going Green – Places you can recycle electronics, computers, light bulbs in your community
73. Going Green – Where to get the best green stuff for your home
74. Personal Finance – New credit card rules
75. Personal Finance – Check your credit score for free!
76. Personal Finance – 529 College Plans
77. Personal Finance – Tips to Improve your credit score
78. Hyper-Local – 101 Reasons Why I Love My Town or Neighborhood
79. Hyper-Local – Neighborhood of the Week
80. Hyper-Local – Suburb of the Week
81. Hyper-Local – Things to do in your neighborhood (parks, playgrounds, etc)
82. Hyper-Local -Highlight a local business in your neighborhood
83. Hyper-Local -Promote a special event in your neighborhood
84. Hyper-Local -Promote a special person in your neighborhood who is committed to helping others
85. Hyper-Local – A tour of your neighborhood (using photos or video)
86. Hyper-Local – Restaurant Reviews (with food photos)
87. Hyper-Local – New locally-owned restaurants or shops
88. Hyper-Local – Local farmer’s markets
89. Hyper-Local – New companies moving to your town / employment opportunities
90. Hyper-Local – Animal Shelters & Rescues (highlight a special pup!)
91. Hyper-Local – Heliports and small landing fields for jets (great for the luxury market!)
92. Hyper-Local – Consignment / Yard Sales
93. Hyper-Local – Get outside!  Hiking trails, bike paths, and parks
94. Hyper-Local – Volunteer opportunities
95. Hyper-Local – Offerings at the local library
96. Hyper-Local – Best Happy Hour
97. Hyper-Local – Best Golf Courses (and rates!)
98. Hyper-Local – Best BBQ / Ice Cream / Steaks / Margaritas
99. Hyper-Local – Local Businesses I Love – feature one a week (i.e. favorite parks, charities, city leaders, restaurants, etc)
100. Schools – Sporting events
101. Schools – Sports – Game Scores
102. Schools – School supply lists
103. Schools – Accolades (top schools, recent awards)
104. Schools – Top Elementary Schools in XYZ
105. Schools – Top Middle Schools in XYZ
106. Schools – Top High Schools in XYZ County
107. Schools – Top Private Schools in XYZ
108. About Me – Interesting Real Estate Experiences (i.e. whining, complaining, ranting – LOL)
109. About Me – Personal hobby updates
110. About Me – 10 Things that set me apart from the competition
111. About Me – 10 Things about me that most people don’t know
112. About Me – Book recommendations
113. About Me – Family updates (birth announcements, 50^th Birthday, new puppy, etc)
114. About Me / Personal — Tribute after loss of a co-worker, client or colleague
115. Contests – Monthly photo contests
116. Contests – Best garden or yard in XYZ neighborhood or subdivision
117. Contests – Partner with a local restaurant and offer monthly coupons on your blog post
118. Seniors – Things to do
119. Seniors – Local Resources
120. Seniors – Popular communities, condos, townhomes
121. Coupons / Discounts – Offer a weekly or monthly coupon to a local business
122. New in town?  10 things you MUST do in your first 30 days
123. New in town?  Important phone numbers and service providers
124. New in town?  Popular neighborhoods and/or schools
125. New in town?  Hot spots for dining and night life

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