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Mortgage rates are the highest they’ve been this year. Did loan officers expect this?

Housing Wire

Rather, their priorities are buyer education and the nurturing and building of more referral relationships to expand their market share, loan originators who spoke to HousingWire said. Many of his buyers are still waiting for rates to come down before seeking preapproval for a mortgage. Market their listings; go to their listings.

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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. Here’s how to handle emotional buyers like the pro that you are. As of 2020, a whopping 88% of home buyers relied on the help of a real estate agent to get them through the process. Know Their Problems — and Solve Them.

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HousingStack Phase 4: Lead conversion

Housing Wire

The products I’ve put into this category primarily help in converting leads, prospects and opportunities into contracts. Specifically, I’m talking about listing agreements and sales contracts. The first is listing tools – the products designed for you to convert potential sellers into listing contracts. Listing tools.

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Price Adjustments in this New Housing Market

Lamacchia Realty

Now, months later, with rates up nearly 100% from the start of the year- January mortgage rates were hovering in the low to mid 3’s and this week reached 6.28%- diminished buyer affordability is causing a big downshift in demand. Rising prices weren’t favorable but with historically low mortgage rates , they were still affordable for buyers.

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17 Realtors® Go Back in Time: First Year Real Estate Advice

Raleigh Realty

The skills required to help home buyers and sellers successfully buy and sell real estate have nothing to do with networking all day. I worked open houses, made daily calls to my database, and focused on my “sphere”. Be careful with marketing programs that need 6 months or even one-year contracts.

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Houston Housing Market Forecast: Current Data & 2021 Predictions

Houston Properties

This highlights the importance of Avoiding the 9 Most Common Mistakes Buyers Make. Buyers Beware? From March to November of 2020, Americans made $1 trillion more than they did from March to November of 2019. Properties are still going under contract. Remember: real estate is hyper-local! There’s No Free Lunch.

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Weird Real Estate Agent Photos for Appraisers

Appraisal Today

From horror movie-esque semi-abandoned homes for rent to home decor that overshot “unique”, the owners and agents behind these funny ads thought things were perfect just as they were for their photos and open houses. Spiking housing supply & fewer buyers. Four things about Today’s Housing Market.