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Download these 9 real estate prospecting letter templates that actually work

Housing Wire

There are still plenty of buyers interested in this area. In fact, we had (number) offers, which means there are still ready, willing, and qualified buyers eager to make an offer! Buyer’s agents who can find their clients a home that’s not even on the market are instant heroes. Are you considering selling your property?

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Guaranteed Rate’s new mobile app allows LOs to provide 24/7 service

Housing Wire

It’s now entirely possible for us to qualify buyers for their dream home by the time they leave the open house. Production volume in the first half of this year was down about 47% from the same period in 2022. Agents submitting an offer at 8:30pm? The lender originated $10.6 As of June 2023, Guaranteed Rate had a 2.5%

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Zillow’s new AI feature can talk to home shoppers like it’s a friend

Housing Wire

.” “Beyond easy-to-filter criteria like bedrooms and bathrooms, buyers are considering many other specific features that match their unique lifestyle,” Jenny Arden, Zillow’s chief design officer, said in a statement. “The future of real estate will be powered through AI,” Arden said.

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2022 Home Design Trends to Keep an Eye On

McKissock

Showcase Comfort and Versatility at Your Next Open House. Typically, open house staging implies stark, neutral furnishings and decor that are often moved from one open house to the next. The post 2022 Home Design Trends to Keep an Eye On appeared first on McKissock Learning. Even better?

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The ‘double-edged sword’ of dual licensing

Housing Wire

As the engines of the housing and mortgage markets continue to sputter due to higher interest rates and fewer buyers, industry innovators are looking for ways to get their company’s wheels off the ground. of the loan amount, with a $5,000 cap, which adds to the typical buyer-side agent commission of up to 3%.

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Real estate agents wonder if inventory levels will ever return to ‘normal’

Housing Wire

“Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was normal for inventory to rise in February as the spring home sellers began listing their homes and buyers weren’t yet out in force,” Simonsen wrote in his February 13 housing market update. We are seeing some modest increases, but the pressure is still there for the buyers,” Redding said.

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How LOs, mortgage execs are preparing for 2024

Housing Wire

You have all these buyers that have been waiting for rates to come back and now they’re back and all this becomes really competitive again.” So to me, it’s still a big first-time buyer market in 2024. and they can get a rate at 5%, that’s a refi boom for all of those buyers. If people got rates of 7% and 7.5%

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