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

Housing Wire

Real estate agent safety has been a concern for years, as the job requires showing empty homes or homes occupied by others, and meeting new people, often alone. As September is Realtor Safety Month, the National Association of Realtors has released its 2020 Member Safety Report. Those fears are not unfounded.

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Why there are so few real estate agents of color

Housing Wire

Amy Kong of Trust Real Estate hosts open houses where people ask, “Where is the agent?”. These are instances of racism experienced by Hispanic, Black and Asian real estate agents. population that is 13% Black, 18% Hispanic and 6% Asian, according to the Census Bureau’s 2020 numbers.

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Four ways real estate agents and brokers can leverage artificial intelligence

Housing Wire

This piece will explore some of the key domains where AI is having the greatest impact for real estate agents, brokers and the innovative companies leading the charge. Since 2020, Addressable has facilitated nearly $2 Billion in home sales across 44 states.

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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. But Megan Fox, a Compass agent based in Bergen County, New Jersey, said that isn’t quite the case in her market. “We

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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.

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How Real Estate Agents Can Help Home Buyers Navigate Emotional Decisions

McKissock

As of 2020, a whopping 88% of home buyers relied on the help of a real estate agent to get them through the process. This trend has been on the rise since 2001 when only 69% of buyers used a real estate agent. . As the real estate agent, it’s your job to assuage these fears.

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How rookie agents are faring during the pandemic

Housing Wire

When the restaurant Tom Hunt worked at as a server temporarily shut down during the spring of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he decided it was the right time to pursue his longtime desire of becoming a real estate agent. By the end of 2020 the organization’s membership had soared to 1.48 million members.

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