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How to get listings in real estate: 11 proven strategies for 2024

Housing Wire

Listings are the life-blood of all successful real estate businesses, but making the leap from working primarily with buyers to working with sellers can be a challenge for many agents early in their careers. Start with your sphere Direct business and referrals from people you already know is by far the best way to up your listings game.

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11 Tips for hosting real estate workshops for buyers and sellersĀ 

Housing Wire

Buying and selling a home can be a confusing, intimidating process. From fine-tuning the initial listing to completing the mountains of paperwork needed for closing , homebuyers and sellers can find themselves juggling a wide range of issues. Here are 11 tips to make these workshops more effective.

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Fannie Mae economists offer housing market outlook, potential timeline for interest rate cuts

Housing Wire

But you also project that the decline in rates won’t be enough to incentivize existing homeowners to move. If mortgage rates get down to 5%, then I think there is a nonlinear piece to it. Could they possibly move it up to March and May to get it out of the way of the election? But it depends on what happens with income.

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5 Ways Homeowners Can Save Money

Birmingham Appraisal

How Can Homeowners Save Money With Today’s High Inflation? So what can we do about it? In this week’s post, I’m sharing 5 ways homeowners can save money so that inflation may not have such a devastating effect on their bank accounts. Over the past 2.5

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How to Appeal Your High Property Tax Assessment: A Homeownerā€™s Guide

Birmingham Appraisal

I thought I would take some time in this week’s blog post to explain the process you can take to appeal your high real property tax assessment if you think they are too high. Letā€™s walk through the steps you can take to appeal your assessment and potentially lower your property taxes.

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15 Reasons Your Home May Not Appraise for the Expected Value: Tips for Homeowners

Birmingham Appraisal

However, it’s not uncommon for homeowners to be disappointed when the appraisal value doesn’t match their expectations. In this blog post, I’ll discuss 15 reasons your home may not appraise for the value you anticipated, and I’ll share valuable tips for homeowners to help your home appraise for top dollar.

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Refi Sugar High: How to balance your lending diet

Housing Wire

In light of rampant uncertainty and economic hardship, homeowners are leaping at the opportunity to save thousands in annual payments , and the refi market is booming. Tip #1: Balance your diet. Unlike refis, home purchases remain fairly steady on an annual basis, always hovering around 5 million per year.

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