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Majority of recent homebuyers have regrets: survey

Housing Wire

The respondents included 420 people who bought a home in 2023 or 2024, and another 500 who plan to do so in 2024 or 2025. “We We found that buyers stepping into the 2024 housing market have much to learn from previous shoppers,” the report stated. More than 80% of recent buyers asked for at least one seller concession.

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Midwest housing markets good for first-time homebuyers: Zillow

Housing Wire

The number of first-time homebuyers made up 32% of all buyers in 2023, according to a report released by the National Association of Realtors. Millennials comprised 75% of this demographic, with older millennials and Generation X (ages 44 to 58) accounting for 44% and 24% of first-time buyers.

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Compass misses free cash-flow goal but remains optimistic

Housing Wire

Although Compass failed to achieve its much publicized goal of being free cash-flow positive in 2023, brokerage executives were still positive about the company’s performance over the past year. Compass attributed some of these struggles to the slower housing market of 2023, which saw Compass close 178,848 transactions, down 15.5%

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Buydowns become key for buyers to beat the market

Housing Wire

The seller, who struggled to find a buyer in a cooled down housing market, agreed to deposit a lump sum payment into an escrow account at closing – ultimately saving Davis $6,900 in monthly payments in the first two years. It gives the buyer and seller the feeling of beating the mutual enemy, ‘the market,’ and gaming the system.”.

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RE/MAX to lean on high agent productivity during turbulent times

Housing Wire

“The key difference between our business model and that of many of our peers is that our model incentivizes agents to help buyers and sellers reach their housing goals, while some other models have incentivized their agents to recruit other agents, many of whom are not productive.” million in Q1 2023. annual decline in revenue to $78.3

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Q4 BrokerPulse: Commission lawsuits spur proactive changes for real estate brokers

Housing Wire

As the commission lawsuits heat up, real estate brokers are gearing up to add buyer representation agreements and training, cut costs and hone value propositions, according to RealTrends Q4 2023 BrokerPulse survey. Another 10% are honing their value proposition , particularly as it relates to buyers’ agents.

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Q1 2024 BrokerPulse: Leaders predict flat home prices, lower interest rates

Housing Wire

After a 2023 of real estate brokers saying they feel “neutral” or “pessimistic” about the housing market, some 48% of those surveyed for the Q1 2024 HousingWire BrokerPulse survey are optimistic that the next three months will be positive. The defendants have been ordered to pay damages of $1.78

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