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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.

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Working with buyers in the nation’s hottest housing market

Housing Wire

1 city in population growth for the last eight years and it was the hottest job market in 2019 and 2020, according to the Wall Street Journal. year-over-year increase in home values. Even clients with homes priced over $1 million have seen up to five offers this year, she said. Austin has ranked as the No.

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Gaining a Competitive Edge Buying a Home

Eppraisal

It's a sizzling, fast-paced seller's real estate market right now. Due in part to the inventory of available homes for sale being historically low, it was low at the end of 2019 and continues to drop. According to a homebuyinginstitute.com article, in February of 2021, there were fewer home for sale than in February 2020.

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Getting Your Price and Terms in a Hot Market

Eppraisal

It's a "super seller's market" right now. Home values are increasing as buyers are competing for homes. According to the National Association of Realtors (NAR), the inventory of homes is at it's lowest since 1999. The NAR cites that in December of 2020 the inventory was down 23% compared to December of 2019.

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That Zestimate is NOT Accurate

Lamacchia Realty

Essentially, this means that half the time, Zillow’s home value estimates are within 7.49% of the actual value. In a world where buyers and sellers are already skeptical of real estate agents, Zillow only makes things harder for them, therefore causing conflict and distrust.

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Appraisals derail sales in the tight Chicago market!

Chicagoland Appraisal Blog

You can employ his strategy which is to offer to make up any shortfall in the appraisal with cash from the buyer to pay the seller, go with a new lender, appeal the appraisal which hardly ever works unless there factual errors as suggested by Mr. Goldberg or might I suggest an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure as quoted by….

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What’s an appraisal gap? Here’s what buyers and sellers should know

Cornerstone

Home values are climbing at nearly historic levels. As a result, hurdles related to home appraisals have also started to arise. In the past few months, it’s become commonplace for an appraisal to come back under a home’s contract price. This is precisely what we’re seeing in today’s real estate market.

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