December, 2023

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Mortgage rates — not commission lawsuits — will be the story in 2024 for publicly traded brokerages

Housing Wire

There is no question that the headline of the year in 2023 for many publicly traded brokerages was the commission lawsuits. With mortgage rates trending downward in recent weeks and economists expecting them to further recede in 2024, analysts are feeling guardedly optimistic about how the publicly traded brokerages will perform in 2024. “I

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How scammers are using AI to commit new fraud in real estate

Housing Wire

Thomas Cronkright : Fraud continues to be one of the biggest challenge in real estate, along with the macroeconomic challenges — interest rates and low inventory — and the current litigation around commissions. And they solicit a listing to a brokerage: the real estate agent takes the listing and asks for an ID, which checks out.

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The best free real estate CRMs for 2024 (+4 low-cost alternatives)

Housing Wire

As the real estate market continues to grapple with high interest rates and low inventory, agents entering the market are looking for affordable client relationship management (CRM) tools that offer a cost-effective means to automate and manage client interactions.

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Bess Freedman says agents must ‘be present’ to succeed in 2024

Inman

Ahead of Inman Connect New York in January, the Brown Harris Stevens CEO shared with Inman her tips for navigating challenging economic terrain and what she's looking forward to at ICNY.

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Hallelujah! Finally, some good news about the real estate market

Inman

You loved last week's good news on mortgage rates, and this week brought even more smiles to real estate agents and brokers.

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NAR enrollment fell in 2023. Here’s where membership rose — and why

Inman

NAR membership declined by 1.4 percent in the 12-month period that ended in October, with state-level enrollment hewing closely to local housing metrics, according to a state-by-state analysis by Intel.

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Expectations for 2024 in Seattle/King County Real Estate

Will Springer Realtor

We experienced yet another unusual year for residential real estate – high interest rates, leading to affordability challenges amid low inventory. That is a significant amount of pent-up demand, some of which is waiting for a drop in rates and more inventory. Depleted inventory and weaker sales volumes make for difficult forecasting.