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Opinion: Unleashing AI real estate marketing magic

Housing Wire

When we contemplate the potential of AI and Web3 technologies in real estate , it goes beyond simply revolutionizing how consumers search for homes and take ownership of assets. The stakes in real estate are higher, and the cost of making a mistake is substantial.

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How Real Estate Agents Can Help Home Buyers Navigate Emotional Decisions

McKissock

It makes sense, but it can make the real estate process even tougher for buyers. That means it’s often the real estate agent’s job to ease their minds and lighten the situation. As of 2020, a whopping 88% of home buyers relied on the help of a real estate agent to get them through the process.

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

Housing Wire

Rates last month surged to 7.23%—the highest since 2001 – sending the typical homebuyer’s monthly payment up significantly from last year. 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.

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The evolution of the more productive real estate agent 

Housing Wire

Bonnie Williamson never intended to be a real estate agent. As more and more people enter the real estate industry – membership at the National Association of Realtors has ballooned to a record 1.6 Gault and Wexler both came from real estate families and have been in the industry for over 20 years.

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A look behind this year’s Tech100 winners

Housing Wire

This isn’t a new story in mortgage lending or real estate brokerage. But ultimately, efficient mortgage lending and real estate sales is what is most important to a healthy housing market. Real estate is local. Tech100 Real Estate Winners. This could be read through a negative lens.

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Guaranteed Rate’s Larry Steinway makes the jump to Revolution Mortgage

Housing Wire

He then transitioned to PHH Home Loans in 2001 for an in-house lending stint, a role he stayed in for about nine years. We hire locals so they can work with the local real estate agents, CPAs, financial planners and attorneys,” Covey said in December. It’s the local relationships.

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Cardinals of a different feather: Inside Samson Properties’ unique model

Housing Wire

Donny Samson is quite aware of this particular moment in residential real estate history. “I I try to kill them with kindness,” Samson said, giving agents “the resources to build that relationship” with Cardinal Title. real estate agent is in peril. Wait, do Samson agents like this? I can’t make them.

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