Housing Wire

AUGUST 3, 2023

Too many real estate agents are watching artificial intelligence (AI) from the sidelines, assuming technology will never replace them. They repeat the mantra “Home buyers and sellers will always need a real estate agent.” So how can real estate agents be so cavalier about their job?

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Housing Wire

MARCH 13, 2024

In a world enamored with all things digital and AI , one would think that real estate agents don’t serve any purpose, but it’s totally untrue. Moreover, the concept remains a central theme of some arguments contained in the plethora of lawsuits that are now carpet bombing the real estate industry.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 4, 2023

Achieving success as a real estate agent requires more than simply understanding the mechanics of the job. Here are 10 essential skills every real estate agent should possess. Here are 10 essential skills every real estate agent should possess. And why is this so important?

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agents Clients 340

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Three researchers believe a first-of-its-kind dataset has enabled them to definitively answer a long-debated question: why have buyer agent commission rates been so stable historically? So how is the uniformity and permanence of buyer agents’ 2-3% rate possible in a free market?

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2023

In the nearly two months since a Missouri jury found the real estate industry liable for colluding to artificially inflate real estate agent commissions, Jason Posnick has fielded a lot of questions about commissions and cooperative compensation from clients. It has been cool to hear that.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agents Clients 416

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

It’s a fact: Buyer-side commissions are no longer a guarantee and no longer an entitlement. Though this seems like a whole new stress-inducing worry for many real estate agents , the fact is that commissions have never been a set amount, just an expectation or a tradition in many markets. Be a matchmaker.

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Housing Wire

JULY 28, 2023

Outsiders to the real estate industry may assume that the tight market has real estate agents hanging up their hats. In reality, today’s agents are seizing the market and feeling confident. Real estate agents are still confident in the industry and the market.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Event marketing can be key to success in building relationships and meeting new potential buyers and sellers. February: Use Red Hot candies for a pop-by gift with the message, ‘It might be cold outside but the market is red hot!’ March: Think tax time, free CMAs, and closing statements that you can send to last year’s clients.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 10, 2023

We’ve all witnessed the housing market slowdown that has occurred over the last year. Across the country, homes are spending more days on the market as interest rates rise. Many sellers have returned to offering concessions and dropping prices to entice buyers.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 14, 2023

Though this would typically signal a time for panic across the residential real estate profession, those who can focus on servicing their clients with a mind for the future will be well positioned for whenever the economics for home buying become more favorable. Provide clients with market updates.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Housing market inventory is low right now. Low inventory means fewer choices for homebuyers, but for years enterprising real estate agents have worked around tight market conditions by searching for off-market homes that fit their clients’ specifications. Historically low. compared to a year prior.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2024

The past year and a half, with its rising mortgage rates , low inventory, and economic uncertainty, has been a challenge for real estate pros, not to mention the buyers and sellers they serve. Regularly update content, share valuable insights about the local market, and interact with potential clients.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Let’s start at the top —the analysts at KBW believe that a court-ordered injunction could “unbundle” commissions nationally by early 2024, eliminating the longstanding practice of listing agents and sellers setting and paying buyer agent commissions. Relatedly, the commission rates could decline by 200 bps or more.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 9, 2023

This piece will explore some of the key domains where AI is having the greatest impact for real estate agents, brokers and the innovative companies leading the charge. Their all-in-one platform allows agents to send out mailers to leads at scale, with personalized copy developed by AI and hand-written notes produced by robots.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agents Clients 357

Housing Wire

JANUARY 18, 2021

That’s what real estate agents are here for. Almost 90% of buyers recently used a real estate agent or broker to purchase their home, according to the National Association of Realtors. A real estate agent is a licensed professional who can guide you through the homebuying process.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 25, 2024

The number of agents switching brokerages is ticking upward and markets are stabilizing across the country. If you want to learn how to recruit agents, now is the time. To help, we put together this guide to walk you through our nine-step system to recruit, nurture, and retain producing agents in 2024. More on this later.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agents Brokerage 370

Housing Wire

JULY 28, 2023

Real estate agents and business leaders play a pivotal role in improving the cities in which they operate, making community service an essential value to their professions. Demonstrate your values to customers Buyers and sellers want more than just transactional relationships with their agents.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agents Clients 303

Housing Wire

MARCH 8, 2024

Real estate agents in the leafy suburbs of Bergen County, New Jersey say the current housing market — with historically low inventory and record-high prices — is actually more challenging than the multiple offer chaos they sweated through during the pandemic. “At Altos considers any score above 30 to be a seller’s market.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 16, 2024

with real estate night sweats and want to alleviate your stress by banging out a text does not mean the other agent, your buyer prospect, your seller client, or the appraiser wants to share your insomnia. 1 podcast for real estate professionals in the US. This also applies to time zones.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agents Business 344

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

In today’s red-hot market, you need a real estate agent who can get creative, play hardball in negotiations, and help you stand out from the pack in a bidding war. And not everyone — even an agent recommended to you by a friend or loved one — is up to the task. How many other clients are you representing right now?

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agents Contracts 545

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Real estate agents: You can turn the next quarter into your best one yet by following this profitable and proactive plan. The only question is whether you will be the one to list (or sell) the next homes in your market. Don’t get mad when another agent lists your past client if you’re not making the effort.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agents Open Houses 361

Housing Wire

JANUARY 29, 2024

Referral business is crucial to your bottom line as an agent. Imagine if you could bottle the enthusiasm your clients have for working with you and use it to capture new business in 2024. That’s where real estate testimonials come into play. If you find success through Zillow, then that should be your primary focus.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 29, 2024

2023 was the weirdest real estate market on record. Make the decision today that this is your year It’s your year in spite of mortgage rates, inventory levels, who your broker is, who gets elected and what you hear on TikTok about the market. Tim and Julie Harris host a podcast for real estate professionals.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2024

These housing professionals have been gaming out the potential impact on buyers’ agents – a significant source of referrals. Loan officers and mortgage executives expect home sellers and homebuyers to negotiate more aggressively on commission paid to buyer agents, potentially bringing costs down.

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Housing Wire

MAY 10, 2021

The severe lack of inventory in today’s housing market has been a source of stress for home buyers and real estate agents alike. HousingWire sat down with Realtor.com CEO David Doctorow to learn how agents and brokers can alleviate some of the frustrations their clients are facing.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agents Marketing 395

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Don’t look at the names in your past client and sphere list and assume they would not do something. A question I love to ask potential sellers is “By when would you like your home sold to the right buyer?” Call other agents that you have a relationship with that may not want to or can’t hold their own open houses.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agents Open Houses 371

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

In the ever-competitive real estate market, creating a consistent flow of real estate buyer leads is strategy for success. Snatching up first-time homebuyers is akin to striking gold — since developing a relationship with them can mean a loyal client for life.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 13, 2021

Austin, Texas might be the hottest housing market in the country. 1 city in population growth for the last eight years and it was the hottest job market in 2019 and 2020, according to the Wall Street Journal. Garrett said aside from cash buyers, he also has clients who have money to offset any appraisal gap.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Our comprehensive guide to the best real estate marketing tools provides you with a helpful assortment of easy-to-use, effective marketing products to turn your business into a revenue engine in 2024. We know — you didn’t get into real estate for the love of marketing or tech.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 9, 2023

If you’re interested in becoming a real estate agent in Illinois, you’ll be happy to hear that the path to getting your real estate license in the Prairie State doesn’t require as much of a time commitment as other states. 1] As a real estate broker in Illinois, it is not legal for you to work independently.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agents Brokerage 365

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

The seller, who struggled to find a buyer in a cooled down housing market, agreed to deposit a lump sum payment into an escrow account at closing – ultimately saving Davis $6,900 in monthly payments in the first two years. It gives the buyer and seller the feeling of beating the mutual enemy, ‘the market,’ and gaming the system.”.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 20, 2022

Bonnie Williamson never intended to be a real estate agent. In their place are slick videos, glossy Instagram marketing photos and digital business cards. “I Then also if I am using Command to do something and my assistant gets on to build a marketing campaign, we can’t do things at the same time, it just won’t work.”.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agents Brokerage 371

Housing Wire

AUGUST 28, 2020

In the age of COVID-19, Peck Barham knew that prospective home buyers would pepper him with questions about home offices as they decamped downtown Birmingham for the spacious suburbs. But the agent with TeamBarham, Keller Williams Homewood didn’t expect the grub question. Across large swaths of the U.S.,

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agents Buyers 471

Housing Wire

MAY 14, 2024

Last month, Clever surveyed a total of 920 Americans about their views of the home purchase process and real estate agents. We found that buyers stepping into the 2024 housing market have much to learn from previous shoppers,” the report stated. The survey also delved into the use of real estate agents.

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Real Estate Agent Agents Real Estate Buyers 453

Housing Wire

MARCH 14, 2024

No matter where you are in the state, real estate agents in Virginia are facing low inventory conditions that are creating frustrating scenarios for their buyers. “I I have buyers that are looking, but to find a house that you love enough to pay a high price for — and to be at over a 6.5%

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 5, 2024

Few things affect the real estate market more than the rise and fall of interest rates , which has a ripple effect that directly influences everything from buyer behavior to market trends. The Fed’s primary objective is to promote a strong U.S. The Fed’s primary objective is to promote a strong U.S.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

New findings from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) show a fresh picture of who’s buying and selling homes, with more first-time buyers entering the market and families looking for homes that fit multiple generations. For real estate professionals, the changing landscape is a call to action.

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