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

Housing Wire

“There’s a lot of homeschooling going on in this hybrid world, and it’s difficult,” Realtor Vesna Kanacki with Century 21 Full Service Realty in New City, New York, told HousingWire. There were nine new pending contracts for every 10 new listings, a slower rate than the 9.9

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5 activities real estate agents should do every morning

Housing Wire

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. Make sure you’re ready to share new listings and that potential clients can easily contact you through your platforms.

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An inside look at local housing markets across the country

Housing Wire

One of my agents has a client who is making an offer on a house that will probably end up going for over $250,000 over list price and most of what we are seeing is either all cash offers or eliminating contingencies.”. Right now, the market has low inventory and when something good comes on the market there is a flood of activity.”

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Median home prices, new listings move higher in Florida

Housing Wire

The hope is that a potential cooling of interest rates will contribute to a stronger market in 2024, according to Florida Realtors President Gia Arvin, a broker-owner with Matchmaker Realty in Gainesville. “New listings of single-family homes were up 16.7% ” Closed sales of single-family homes grew 0.6%

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November 2023 South Florida Housing Report

Lamacchia Realty

november 2023 south florida housing report Broward County In November of 2023, Broward County single-family homes as well as c ondos/townhomes saw decreases in closed sales and pending sales, but increases in average price and new listings. An increase in active inventory as well as new listings is great news for buyers!

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Rising insurance costs, ample inventory create a unique market in Southwest Florida

Housing Wire

Unlike many other metropolitan areas across the country , the housing market in Southwest Florida is comparably flush with for-sale inventory. “I We are seeing a healthy increase in inventory, which we really needed.” Smith attributes the uptick in inventory to a bump in new listings. It is very busy.

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2023 Fort Lauderdale Year in Review

Lamacchia Realty

Unlike Northern states, South Florida inventory is rising, with 2023 ending above 2021 and 2022 levels. This is in spite of a decrease in new listings, and overall homes listed were at their lowest level since 2008 in South Florida.