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The LO edge in 2022? Realtors, Realtors, Realtors

Housing Wire

The key to winning purchase business in 2022 remains as it was in 2021, the year before that, and the year before that – building and maintaining relationships with real estate agents. But in the most competitive purchase market in years, they’ll have to scrap, leverage social media and add a personal touch. trillion in 2021.

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2021 Market Leaders: Compass, flat-fee brokers make noise

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RealTrends Market Leaders report ranks the top residential real estate firms in over 160 different metropolitan areas based on 2021 RealTrends 500 brokerage rankings. When it comes to movers and shakers in the Market Leaders report, it can be boiled down to Compass and flat-fee brokerages. Compass’s growth trajectory.

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Red-hot US housing market begins to cool

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Though the demand for homes remained strong across the United States in August, there are clear signs that the housing market is past its peak. Still, the 69,563 homes that went into contract represented a 9% decrease from the high point set in May 2021. from 55% in early July 2021, according to Redfin.

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Pending home sales shock 2021 housing crash bears

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in October — and since we are days away from December, we can officially label the 2021 housing crash bears as even worse than the 2020 housing crash bears. From the National Association of Realtors : “The Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI), a forward-looking indicator of home sales based on contract signings, rose 7.5% in October.

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What’s next for the overheated housing market?

Housing Wire

According to the National Association of Realtors, March’s existing-home sales came in at 6.01 Because March 2020 sales were slightly weaker due to the start of COVID-19, the year-over-year growth in sales for March 2021 came in at 12.3%. We now have what I would consider to be the unhealthiest housing market in the last 10 years.

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Pending home sales down nearly 25% from 2021 in August

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according to data released Wednesday by the National Association of Realtors. How to make digital marketing easy and effective for mortgage professionals. This white paper explains what collaborative marketing is and how forward-thinking lenders are already using it to drive growth. In July , the index fell 1.0% from a year ago.

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Pending home sales continue to slip as 2021 approaches

Housing Wire

year-over-year, according to a report from the National Association of Realtors. As 2021 approaches, Yun predicts that there will be a slight uptick in mortgage rates to around 3%, existing-home sales to increase by roughly 10% and new home sales to increase by 20%. Year-over-year, contract signings increased by 16.4%. year over year.

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