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How to make at least $100,000 in 100 days as a real estate agent

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Real estate agents: You can turn the next quarter into your best one yet by following this profitable and proactive plan. When you list two homes per month, you will automatically attract buyer business as well, so focus on listings. The average days on the market for re-listed expireds is always very low.

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No seasonal slowdown this year as real estate agents report a busier-than-usual fall

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“But if the pandemic surges up again, I think we’re just going to get busier and busier here, because we are definitely located in the correct position, outside of New York City, where parents can still commute to work and children can have space needed for homeschooling and things like that,” Kanacki said.

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Here’s what is happening in local housing markets across the country

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Local real estate agents, loan officers and appraisers share what characteristics are currently defining their housing markets. Single-family homebuyers who entered contract, meanwhile, slalomed to 12 total in July compared to 46 a year earlier, per the report. Aspen, Colorado.

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Buyers are getting cold feet as mortgage rates exceed 7%: Redfin

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of homes that went under contract that month, according to a new report from Redfin. I’ve seen more homebuyers cancel deals in the last six months than I’ve seen at any point during my 24 years of working in real estate. They’re getting cold feet,” said Jaime Moore, a Redfin Premier real estate agent in Reno, Nevada.

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The 22 must-have real estate marketing tools for 2024

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Real estate agents today need outstanding websites — or, at the very least, highly functional ones — to both attract and communicate with clients. That’s why SEO software is one of the most valuable real estate marketing tools out there. Unlike social media platforms, you aren’t at the mercy of an algorithm.

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When it comes to home sales, August is the new May, keeping agents busy into the fall

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Rather than a typically busy spring home-buying season , the COVID-19 pandemic pushed the bulk of home-buying this year into the summer months, and real estate agents are busier than ever. Since homebuying season was pushed back from this spring, realtor.com ’s Housing Market Recovery Index reported that August is the new May.

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Fed’s Beige Book shows recent moderation in mortgage rates propped up demand for homes

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Though mortgage rate lock-in continues to limit new listings, particularly in the New York City suburbs, listings have increased in upstate New York as people have continued to leave the area for warmer climates. Most expect their pipeline of contracts to keep construction busy through the year.

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