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NAR: 31% of Realtors say they feel unsafe at open houses

Housing Wire

As September is Realtor Safety Month, the National Association of Realtors has released its 2020 Member Safety Report. According to the report, 31% of Realtors said they feel unsafe during an open house or showings, and 27% said they feel unsafe when meeting a new client for the first time at a scheduled location or property.

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14 real estate trends Gen Z buyers are looking for

Housing Wire

Baby boomers and millennials have dominated the home-buying conversation in recent decades, but a new generation of homeowners is browsing online listings, heading to open houses and planning their home-buying budget. Here are 14 real estate trends Gen Z buyers won’t pass up. Gen Z values diversity and inclusivity.

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3 mortgage industry trends that will define the rest of 2021

Housing Wire

But there are definitely a few main things to looks out for — many of which are carrying over from a turbulent 2020 and early 2021 — when it comes to the upcoming landscape for the rest of 2021: Lack of inventory Fluctuating interest rates Increased adoption of technology. Inventory issues.

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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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Four ways real estate agents and brokers can leverage artificial intelligence

Housing Wire

Maintaining a consistent pipeline of potential buyers and sellers ensures the business’s sustainability and growth, but it requires an immense amount of work and marketing expertise, which is often outside an agent’s core competencies. Since 2020, Addressable has facilitated nearly $2 Billion in home sales across 44 states.

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Flattening The Curve And Seeing The Shift From Greed To Fear

Miller Samuel

Since the 2020 DJIA peak of February 12, 2020, of 29,551.42, the market has fallen 28.13% to 21,237.88 However, all of these housing-related workers such as appraisers and agents, are starting to see that market conditions do not include the gift that it will be "business as usual." The outbreak is clearly expanding.

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Real estate agents wonder if inventory levels will ever return to ‘normal’

Housing Wire

“Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was normal for inventory to rise in February as the spring home sellers began listing their homes and buyers weren’t yet out in force,” Simonsen wrote in his February 13 housing market update. We are seeing some modest increases, but the pressure is still there for the buyers,” Redding said.