Appraisal Buzz

JUNE 7, 2021

Certain states require AMC staff to receive training to ensure they understand valuation independence regulations as well as other statutory requirements. Our free webinar, “ Components of AMC Training ” will be held on June 10th at 2 pm with Josh Walitt as the host. Buzz : Why do AMCs need the training?

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 10, 2024

Most agents seldom sell homes, according to a new study published by the Consumer Federation of America last week. The study, CFA’s third of three on this topic, suggests that a significant portion of agents in the U.S. sell at most five homes in a year. On this, NAR has previously reached the same conclusion.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

As a real estate agent, you may think clients should care more about their next home than your life story. And while that may be true, well-crafted real estate agent bios can build trust and credibility and serve as a powerful tool in an agent’s marketing arsenal — giving prospective clients.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Real estate agents, in particular, deal with extensive personal details during transactions, ranging from financial records to identification documents. A breach not only leads to financial losses, but it also damages trust between agents and clients, tarnishing hard-earned reputations.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 13, 2023

It’s a weird time to be a real estate agent , and I see it all around me here in the Denver metro. But what happens to real estate agents when the market shifts and goes down? In fact, some of the most successful real estate agents have thrived even more when times are tough. When people are less apt to buy and sell property?

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Inman

JANUARY 23, 2024

Phil Stringer of AI Agent Academy told ICNY attendees to provide the AI chatbot with specific prompts that reflect the perceived value of their clients to gain back time in 2024.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

One of the passions that has spanned my career in its entirety is creating exceptional experiences — for agents and their clients, our brokerage staff and anyone who interacts with our brand. It not only makes The Agency a better place to work by amplifying our unique culture, but it also brings that magic into client interactions.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 3, 2023

Too many real estate agents are watching artificial intelligence (AI) from the sidelines, assuming technology will never replace them. They repeat the mantra “Home buyers and sellers will always need a real estate agent.” So how can real estate agents be so cavalier about their job? These are large language models (LLMs).

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 19, 2021

I saw a social media post recently by our local ‘mega-agent’ entitled: “Breaking News: Individual Real Estate agents added to Endangered Professions List!”. This post compares the individual real estate agent to “a tennis player using a wooden racket” or “a football player with a leather helmet.” The individual agent.

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Housing Wire

JULY 1, 2022

On the other hand, they’re often worried it may be difficult to learn how to broker non-QM,” said Shelly Griffin, Senior Vice President of Client Development. Deephaven offers great, hands-on training that quickly gets brokers comfortable with the process and submitting loans. Shelly Griffin, Senior Vice President, Client Development.

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Appraisal Buzz

JANUARY 24, 2022

RemoteVal training will help appraisers spend more time on professional analyses while maintaining overall control of the inspection process,” said Renee Altier, President, Valuation and Property Services, Colibri Group, whose businesses include McKissock Learning. Additional webinars will be scheduled on an ongoing basis.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 8, 2024

In addition to the monetary award, Real has also agreed to implement business policy changes as part of the settlement, including “clarifications about the negotiability of commissions, prohibitions on claims that buyer agent services are free, and the inclusion of listing broker compensation offers in communications with clients.”

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Housing Wire

APRIL 11, 2024

I shared the need for innovative models that allow brokers to focus on their strengths while providing comprehensive support to all their agents. Such a platform would empower agents to have more time to build relationships and serve more clients, taking a lot of pressure off their brokers.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2024

According to the announcement, Lever is a platform that helps agents with marketing , supplemental lead generation , database management and transaction management, and it supplies agents with training and accountability solutions.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

The National Association of Real Estate Brokers has announced the creation of its “Black Real Estate Agent” program to provide financial, educational, and career support for aspiring Black real estate agents. “Agents are the frontline and introduce homeownership to prospective clients,” Pope said.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2024

To convert these leads into business, the brokerage developed teams — also called units — headed by captains who are successful agents with high lead conversion rates. Djon said these leaders are “at the top,“ with the ability to recruit other agents and override what the unit does, which is a way to retain these top-performing employees.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 21, 2022

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. Hunt is just one among thousands of agents who has ventured into the field of real estate during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 3, 2023

It seems a small share of the agent population even knows about this issue, and even fewer can loosely tell you what the potential outcomes are. Meaning, they were counting on buyer agent compensation to pay their bills. How, then, will a buyer agent get paid? This falls into the category of “things that make you go hmmm.”

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2024

In the 24 hours after news broke of the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) settlement agreement in the commission lawsuits , Doug Danzey, the leader of the eXp Realty -brokered teamerage The Cobalt Group , said the most pervasive emotion among his agents has been panic. “I

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Let your client talk more than you do and listen to what they’re saying. Train yourself to be fascinated by them. Be careful to not overreact or be emotional in front of your client. If you hear ‘no’, lose a deal, or have a conflict with another agent, don’t lose your composure.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Regardless of the outcome, real estate brokers are doing all they can to prepare their brokerages and their agents for more transparency, education on the value real estate agents bring to the transaction, and more, according to the 2023 Q4 BrokerPulse survey , a forward-looking housing market sentiment survey by HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 13, 2024

As a way to deal with this, many agents and brokers seek out professional mentorship as a means to gain insight and level up their performance. Across the country, the best real estate coaches serve as valuable mentors who can help agents and brokers achieve the success they deserve. “It’s Who’s it Best For? is the way to go.

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Housing Wire

JULY 17, 2023

This transformative technology has opened up a new world of possibilities, empowering agents and captivating potential buyers like never before. According to Matterport, 360 interactive virtual tour integration in real estate listings increases the likelihood of homebuyers reaching out to agents by a significant 95%.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Our market is popular with out-of-state buyers and agents relocating from other states. Aligning with RE/MAX gives us the best of both worlds – an international brand with local roots.” “It’s very difficult to be an unaffiliated brokerage right now and compete with franchises who offer technology and training.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 31, 2024

After months of plaintiffs’ lawyers in commission lawsuits claiming that the National Association of Realtors sets real estate agent commissions, the trade group finally decided to, in its words, “set the record straight.” The internet can be a tool, but it is not a replacement for the essential services agents who are Realtors provide.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

In their filing, the plaintiffs highlight HomeServices’ franchise agreements, training videos, as well as the now infamous Allan Dalton video, as evidence of HomeServices enforcing the National Association of Realtors’ Clear Cooperation policy.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 9, 2023

If you’re interested in becoming a real estate agent in Illinois, you’ll be happy to hear that the path to getting your real estate license in the Prairie State doesn’t require as much of a time commitment as other states. The actual professionals who many states call “brokers,” however, are called “managing brokers” in Illinois.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 4, 2024

Brokers turn to robust agent training According to our survey, brokerage leaders aren’t sitting around waiting for change to occur. They are boosting their agent training programs to provide more transparency around compensation and how to have those discussions with buyers and sellers.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2024

Access to a hyper-local agent is more important now than ever. Check out Wise Pelican Typically, you’d mail the just sold letter to homeowners who live around a property you just helped your client to sell. Better yet, get permission from the listing agent to do a mailer around their sold listing, if possible.

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Inman

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The real estate market is always changing, so it's up to you to stay smart, educated and informed so that you can help your clients. Coach Darryl Davis offers five reasons you should lean into back-to-school time to reboot your training plan.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Most importantly, your website should be designed with prospective clients in mind, giving them the exact information they need and steps to get in touch. Remember — your prospective clients are glancing through dozens of agents’ websites. Then acknowledge their pain points by showing exactly how you can help them.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2023

During her deposition, Warner agreed that HomeServices’ franchise agreements stipulate that the independent contractors need to abide by the NAR Code of Ethics, but that agents don’t necessarily have to belong to NAR. Warner claimed that Blefari’s statements were not a rule for agents to follow, but an example of what Blefari would do.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2023

According to Ketchmark, the home sellers paid an average of $6,700 to the buyer’s agent in the transactions, adding up to $1.78 Ketchmark also brought up Keller’s book “The Millionaire Real Estate Agent,” which discusses the ‘co-opetition’ model that has evolved among rival brokerages. billion in damages.

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Inman

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

According to CEO Dan Stewart, the way you communicate with clients and agents right now will set you up for success as buyer commission litigation continues to unwind.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 21, 2020

Although many in the real estate industry say that San Franciscans are relocating to places more inland , some Century 21 agents in the San Francisco and Bay Area beg to differ. Based on the agents that we have and the escrows that we have, [the market] is still going strong, despite the news and negativity we hear about the exodus.”

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Consumers have flipped the script on lenders and real estate agents when it comes to the home-buying process. Ninety percent of consumers start their home search online and many get prequalified for financing before they even reach out to a real estate agent. Our goal is not to simply be a distribution warehouse.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The merger expands United Real Estate’s agent count to 830 in North Texas and 1,810 statewide. The merged firm, which will operate under the United Real Estate | DFW Properties name, will have agents based out of both United Real Estate’s Fort Worth office and the former Insight Realty office in Grapevine.

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