Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Snatching up first-time homebuyers is akin to striking gold — since developing a relationship with them can mean a loyal client for life. Regular communication keeps you top-of-mind when clients are ready to make a move. It’s packed with stylish templates for social media, events and more. LCA’s standout feature?

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Housing Wire

JULY 28, 2023

Demonstrate your values to customers Buyers and sellers want more than just transactional relationships with their agents. Participating in community service events can allow agents to showcase their commitments. Displaying involvement often resonates with clients who prioritize social responsibility.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agents Clients 328

Housing Wire

MAY 8, 2024

Reffkin added that he also believes agents will have to sell their brokerage firm’s value proposition to prospective clients if they want to gain their business. Reffkin also sees Compass’ soon-to-launch client portal as another value add being provided to both consumers and agents.

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Agents Brokerage Real Estate Clients 359

Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2024

You work hard to serve clients and grow your business. Your home sellers and buyers research you online. Robust search functionality and optimization: RealTrends Verified elevates your brand in the places homebuyers and sellers look first. Your brand stands for something you are proud of and passionate about.

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Housing Wire

JULY 20, 2023

Set the appointment To make a strong first impression with potential sellers, avoid overwhelming them with too many questions upfront. A trustworthy Client Relationship Management (CRM) system is an important asset, allowing agents to effectively manage and track interactions with clients.

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Housing Market Marketing Real Estate Client Relationships 365

Inman

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Offerpad's agent partnership program gives agents another tool when making listing presentations, and pays them a 3 percent referral fee when their client accepts an offer from the iBuyer.

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Tools Agents Sellers Clients 176

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

If you’re known in your market as the expert who successfully sells properties between $1 to $3 million, how do you start getting clients looking for homes valued at $10 million+? How do you convince the sellers of $15 million homes to work with you? Visit Coffee & Contracts 2. Visit Agent Image 3.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agents Luxury Properties 391

Lamacchia Realty

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The Award for Most Acquired Clients goes to the REALTOR who signed up the most buyers and/or sellers in the company during a given year. Cyndi achieved this feat by signing up an astounding 83 clients in 2022! Congratulations Cyndi on acquiring the Most Clients in 2022. In 2022, the award went to Cyndi Deshaies !

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Housing Wire

MAY 25, 2023

The platform grants authorized parties secure access to order status, documents, and milestones, catering to the demands of clients and all transaction participants. “ClosingsLIVE is a gamechanger app for SoftPro customers and the clients they serve,” Patrick Hempen , SoftPro’s chief customer officer, said.

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Realtors Agents Clients Real Estate 321

Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2024

Check out Wise Pelican Typically, you’d mail the just sold letter to homeowners who live around a property you just helped your client to sell. We negotiated to get the sellers the highest price possible. Even if you’re months or even years away from moving, a seller’s prep session is one of the services I offer homeowners.

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Real Estate Open Houses Brokerage Real Estate Agent 357

Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2024

1 With over 12,000 Americans turning 65 every day in 2024, this burgeoning market will undoubtedly continue to bring more buyers and sellers to the table over the next decade. Recently, Interested Party Contributions (or seller concessions) have been allowed with HECM for Purchase loans.

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Finance Real Estate Agent Real Estate Insurance 436

Inman

AUGUST 7, 2023

Luxury agents can earn points for authenticity by giving clients a clear picture of prices today's housing market will bear as long as it's backed by data, experts said Monday at Inman Luxury Connect.

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Sellers Marketing Clients Housing Market 146

Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2021

Sudi Hernandez of Cloud 9 Real Estate Group loses leads when a client hears her Cuban accent. James Dunn of eXp Realty surprised a client with his answer to their question, “You’re white, right?”. But they point to something more specific – homebuyers and sellers surprised to interact with a non-white real estate agent.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agents Open Houses 388

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

As a real estate agent, you may think clients should care more about their next home than your life story. And while that may be true, well-crafted real estate agent bios can build trust and credibility and serve as a powerful tool in an agent’s marketing arsenal — giving prospective clients.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agents Clients 385

Housing Wire

MAY 3, 2024

The key difference between our business model and that of many of our peers is that our model incentivizes agents to help buyers and sellers reach their housing goals, while some other models have incentivized their agents to recruit other agents, many of whom are not productive.” In addition to a decline in agent count, RE/MAX reported an 8.3%

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Agents Real Estate Training Buyers 348

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2023

According to Ketchmark, the home sellers paid an average of $6,700 to the buyer’s agent in the transactions, adding up to $1.78 Gary Keller questioned about commissions During Keller’s deposition, which had been conducted by Ketchmark, Keller would not say that he had talked about commissions at Keller Williams events.

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Agents Training Real Estate Real Estate Agent 419

Housing Wire

APRIL 15, 2024

HW: Value is a word that’s been thrown around a lot based on current industry events, what does that mean to you? The real estate professionals we serve count on us to provide holistic property data to power their tools, give them insights they can use to advise their clients, and help them do business.

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Real Estate Business Agents Tools 397

Inman

AUGUST 8, 2023

But sellers should know the other side of the coin too, agents argued at Inman Connect. Homeowners feel locked in and for good reason.

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Agents Clients Sellers Inventory 103

Housing Wire

JANUARY 31, 2024

It obviously doesn’t prevent the event from occurring, but it at least gives you a safety net if the worst-case scenario were to occur.” But not all carriers cover all types of events, and some may put price caps on how much they are willing to cover for certain types of events.

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Mortgage Insurance Tools Business 405

Housing Wire

JANUARY 12, 2023

By taking a look at Altos Research Data and HW Media‘s most recent event, The HousingWire December Forecast, which was exclusive to HW+ members and clients of HW Media, we can help our clients understand the constantly changing market and look at what we can expect in 2023.

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Marketing Inventory Real Estate Clients 330

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

These providers offer a rapid and cost-effective means for real estate agents to gather a list of potential clients and ultimately boost sales. Market Leader’s unique approach focuses on nurturing leads for long-term client relationships, so it’s great for a solo agent who’s just starting to build their email list.

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Real Estate Real Estate Agent Tools Agents 371

McKissock

APRIL 14, 2021

How many of your real estate clients have used you before in a home sale? Unfortunately, that number is much higher than clients who actually did use the same agent again. This incredible gap is ultimately caused by lack of follow-up, not staying in touch, and poor client tracking on the part of real estate agents.

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CA Realty Training

MARCH 29, 2021

It’s important to know how to set up and maintain a good foundation with your clients. Listening is fundamental in creating a good working client relationship. Many agents are not in the habit of really listening to their client. Practicing this skill of active listening will give you insight to your client’s needs.

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Client Relationships Clients Real Estate Real Estate Agent 59

Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2022

In October, Freddie Mac issued Bulletin 2021-31 , updating its Seller/Servicer and Third Party risk mitigation requirements. The cost to manage these reviews, compliance and agent approvals is bound to increase over time, alongside demand for technology to help manage such. “We

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Insurance Agents Technology Sellers 311

Listing Spark

JUNE 21, 2022

The good news for sellers is that the Texas median list price is up over 18% YOY. They may have sold a property recently, but let’s be honest – this is such an uncommon event in their life that their experience will likely not apply in the same way as yours! Make sure agents are properly incentivized to bring their clients.

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Sellers Housing Market Marketing Inventory 69

Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2024

We will also have a concessions field that will be a multi-layered field that will allow for a checkbox if the seller is willing to consider concessions as part of the offer. “We Our aim is to make certain they know what we know, as quickly as possible, so they can focus on helping their clients achieve their homebuying and selling goals.”

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Realtors Agents Real Estate Logistics 378

Appraisal Buzz

AUGUST 16, 2021

Trying to meet deadlines, keep my clients informed, and put out a quality product in this busy market is enough to make my head spin. But what offer will the seller accept $400,000. Many will say, we have a willing buyer and seller, so we have an indication of value. The motivation of the seller is obvious.

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Market Value Buyers Appraisal Sellers 448

Raleigh Realty

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

What is Dual Agency in Real Estate and Should you Avoid it Most buyers and sellers are familiar with how listing agents and buyer’s agents work which leads us to the question of what is dual agency in real estate? My first transaction as a Real Estate Agent was as a dual agent representing both the buyer and the seller.

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Real Estate Real Estate Agent Sellers Agents 148

Housing Wire

JANUARY 8, 2021

The country was paralyzed amid the current health crisis and many borrowers and sellers alike are frightened to enter purchase contracts and move forward with transactions already in progress. Many have established a presence within their markets by hosting local happy hours, attending networking events, and attending their closings.

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Lending Mortgage Inventory Business 440

Lamacchia Realty

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

To round out the year, Eileen took home the award for Most Acquired Clients companywide. Now servicing buyers and sellers in Worcester County, Colin’s clients describe him as helpful, energetic, and goal-oriented. He strives to be consistently learning and becoming a better professional for his clients.

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Realtors Realty Real Estate Clients 74

Birmingham Appraisal

JUNE 21, 2023

Real estate agents, as trusted guides for their clients, must possess a good understanding of the factors that influence property appraisals. Importance of Accurate Pricing Accurate pricing is vital for both sellers and buyers. This knowledge equips clients with realistic expectations and empowers them to make informed decisions.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agents Appraisal 75

GoForrmz

OCTOBER 26, 2022

From virtual tours to real estate apps, it now takes less time and effort to communicate between sellers and buyers. With GoFormz, you can automate manual work to be more productive, meet client expectations, and stay ahead of your competitors. Example of a DataSource table containing client information for auto-fill.

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Real Estate Contracts Clients Real Estate Agent 78

Simonson Real Estate

JUNE 10, 2020

This is good for the buyer, the seller, the lender, and the appraiser. Sure, you’ll probably find that most appraisal firms produce adequate appraisal reports during times of stability, but throw a significant event like COVID-19 and economic uncertainty into the equation, and suddenly your average appraisals aren’t up to par.

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Real Estate Appraisal Clients Valuation 148

Housing Wire

JULY 25, 2022

While Nourmand said most of his clients have been local Californians, he has worked with a few Floridians and New Yorkers. “We We were having like 20 to 30 offers every time we had a listing on the market and the offers would come in from day one until the seller said enough is enough.

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Housing Market Marketing Real Estate Real Estate Agent 340

Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2024

It is an extremely broad term that encompasses many types of activities — from attending speed networking events (think: speed dating but for entrepreneurs) to stopping by your friend’s summer barbecue. What’s your goal in attending the event? Introverts can still successfully network to find clients. Provide value.

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Real Estate Real Estate Agent Clients Agents 382

Lamacchia Realty

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

After over a decade of serving buyers and sellers in New Hampshire, Lamacchia Realty is in the process of opening their first branch office in The Granite State! We are very excited to serve dramatically more homebuyers and sellers in the Southern New Hampshire market and in time grow all the way up the state with additional offices.”

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Realty Realtors Renovations Sellers 74

Lamacchia Realty

OCTOBER 11, 2023

It is crucial to her that she builds trust with her clients and that they feel comfortable throughout the entire buying or selling process. Amy values the relationships she builds with her clients and genuinely enjoys truly getting to know them! In 2019 , 2020 , 2021 and 2022 AJ made it to the Lamacchia Realty President’s Club!

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Realtors Realty Real Estate Clients 74