Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Additionally, Zurple’s automated pipeline management helps identify the most promising leads, notifying agents when they become hot leads. Learn more Use this tool: Lab Coat Agents Lab Coat Agents (LCA) is a big deal in the real estate world, starting from a Facebook group and now boasting over 162,000 members. ProspectsPLUS!

Real Estate 410

Real Estate Buyers Tools Real Estate Agent 410

Eppraisal

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Finding a real estate agent who specializes in working with buyers is critical. A sellers agent's job is to market and sell a client's home. A buyers agent's job requires many more key skills. As a buyer, you can gain so much if you work with an ABR® as these agents have elevated skills and knowledge about working with buyers.

Buyers 36

Buyers Agents Real Estate Agent Real Estate 36

Birmingham Appraisal

JUNE 1, 2022

Because real estate agents and appraisers are striving for similar results (estimating accurate value) we can all gain valuable insight from the same market data. Granted, the job of a real estate agent is to get the highest price for their client, but they must still live in the real world by studying historical sales trends.

Agents 52

Agents Marketing Contracts Inventory 52

Housing Wire

AUGUST 18, 2023

Or, are sellers in the subject neighborhood typically settling at about 95% of the list price? If you’re showing your new listing versus its competition, do you look priced right , overpriced or priced so well you’d be dying to write an offer and snap it up? Are they listing and buying or just listing?

Sellers 370

Sellers Construction Real Estate Finance 370

Eppraisal

JANUARY 10, 2023

It is imperative to find a buyer's agent who will work hard for you, understanding both your desires and financial realities in securing the ideal home. It is highly recommended to interview several real estate agents before you hire your "buyer's agent" While interviewing agents, there are five key questions to ask.

Agents 36

Agents Buyers Real Estate Agent Brokerage 36

Eppraisal

OCTOBER 2, 2021

It's imperative, now more than ever, to have an experienced real estate agent who has your best interests at heart. There are key skills you should look for in your listing agent or selling agent. The demand for homes has been and is still high, as eager buyers rush to new listings and submit offers quickly.

Agents 36

Agents Real Estate Agent Marketing Real Estate 36

PennyMac

JULY 20, 2021

Whether you are buying or selling a home, your real estate agent will be your partner through one of the most significant transactions of your life. Finding the right agent should involve careful planning and research, but many of us just don’t know where to start. How long have you been working as a real estate agent?

Real Estate Agent 69

Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agents Sellers 69

Miller Samuel

JUNE 28, 2020

Then a startup agent trade group (NYRAC), made up of some of the most productive agents in the market and includes many of my long-time industry friends, pushed to hide the days on market metric from the public for what turned out to be a self-serving reason. NYRAC pressured various platforms to hide DOM information from listings.

Housing Market 221

Housing Market Marketing Real Estate Sellers 221

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Real estate agents: You can turn the next quarter into your best one yet by following this profitable and proactive plan. When you list two homes per month, you will automatically attract buyer business as well, so focus on listings. Don’t get mad when another agent lists your past client if you’re not making the effort.

Real Estate Agent 410

Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agents Open Houses 410

Housing Wire

JANUARY 10, 2024

In one moment, you may be a content creator, and in the next, a customer service agent, administrative assistant, marketing strategist, copywriter and editor — all in one. Yet, in a competitive real estate market, agents don’t always have the luxury of investing months into long-term brand-building.

Real Estate 420

Real Estate Real Estate Agent Tools Agents 420

GoForrmz

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Buyers and sellers can be in completely different parts of the world and still access their contracts at any time! With GoFormz, you can instantly populate information into rental applications, contracts, and other documents. Email Automation Real estate agents can now use email automation to take tedious tasks off their plates.

Real Estate 78

Real Estate Contracts Clients Real Estate Agent 78

CA Realty Training

JULY 20, 2021

Let’s face it, real estate transactions can be extremely complicated and take up a lot of an agent’s time. But, dealing with contracts and disclosures comes with the territory when you’re in escrow. When you’re an agent, you represent your clients. A transaction coordinator’s goal is to handle contracts and disclosures.

Real Estate Agent 69

Real Estate Agent Contracts Agents Real Estate 69

Hank Miller Team

JANUARY 9, 2024

The high water marks of late spring '22 are visible Rate shocks bottomed in late '22 and over'23 prices climbed back ending up in all categories Peaks to current see about even list prices with 5-5.5 Number of Homes in Greater Atlanta Listings typically trail contracts and closings, that's clear as listings ballooned as rates jumped.

Real Estate 40

Real Estate Marketing Contracts Sellers 40

Housing Wire

AUGUST 10, 2020

Rather than a typically busy spring home-buying season , the COVID-19 pandemic pushed the bulk of home-buying this year into the summer months, and real estate agents are busier than ever. Since homebuying season was pushed back from this spring, realtor.com ’s Housing Market Recovery Index reported that August is the new May.

Agents 544

Agents Business Inventory Real Estate Agent 544

McKissock

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

If you don’t respond quickly enough for their tastes, they’ll move on to the next agent quickly. Takeaway: If you aren’t prepared to respond to all the new client inquiries, incoming showing requests, and current client communication, your real estate business will be in serious trouble. Over-reliance often leads to big problems.

Real Estate 81

Real Estate Technology Business Clients 81

Hank Miller Team

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Key points about a backup offer: Negotiated the same way as any other offer There is a set expiration date, usually a couple of weeks Becomes primary with written notice from the seller to the buyer All time frames begin upon that notification All conditions in the contract apply. Remember - this is a legal, binding contract once accepted.

Sellers 52

Sellers Contracts Buyers New Listings 52

Hank Miller Team

APRIL 6, 2022

Traditionally, the months of May and June see the most new listings as the school cycle hits – graduating families sell and rising families buy. The charts below focus on key indicators; number of listings, number of sales, days on market and sale to list ratio. We see the slight bounce and then the glide down.

Inventory 94

Inventory Contracts Buyers Sellers 94

Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2024

In the nearby metro area of Cape Coral-Fort Myers , active single-family inventory over the previous 90 days averaged 6,500 listings as of March 15, above its March 2020 level of 5,044 listings and approaching its March 2019 level of 7,243 listings. Smith attributes the uptick in inventory to a bump in new listings.

Insurance 421

Insurance Inventory Marketing Real Estate 421

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

While you were pulling your hair out trying to come up with the perfect post idea, other agents in your farm area just…did it. That’s a lot of pressure for one phone call and where most new real estate agents fail. Visit Coffee & Contracts 3. All created by Realtors, for Realtors. Guess what?

Real Estate 458

Real Estate Marketing Tools Contracts 458

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Texas residents interested in becoming a real estate agent must first complete 180 hours of approved coursework to be eligible to sit the state licensure exam. We estimate that it’ll take three to six months to get up and running as a licensed real estate agent in the Lone Star State. That’s a longer program than in most states.

Real Estate 410

Real Estate Real Estate Agent Agents Brokerage 410

Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2024

New listings Last week, 59,000 new single-family listings came to market. New listings volume continues to run ahead of last year and we see more sellers than last year. In fact, last week, after including the 16,000 immediate sales, there were 24% more new listings than the same week a year ago.

Inventory 441

Inventory New Listings Sellers Contracts 441

Appraisal Today

MARCH 8, 2024

What does it do for its members now that it’s no longer required for most real estate agents? Other sources of housing data are showing increases in new listings, which is a real positive for the spring buying season given the lack of for-sale inventory.” The average contract interest rate for 5/1 ARMs increased to 6.38

Appraisal 82

Appraisal Contracts Real Estate Housing Market 82

Housing Wire

AUGUST 7, 2023

It was at this point in 2022 when new listings started plummeting each week. In September, even though new sellers were few, buyers were even fewer, so inventory rose. Through July, new listings volume each week was in the normal range as in previous years. Suddenly new listings volume dropped each week.

Inventory 369

Inventory New Listings Contracts Buyers 369

Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

There are only 358,000 single family homes in contract pending now. We saw 64,000 newly pending contracts last week for single family home sales which is 7% fewer than last year. This week is a holiday week so new sales will tick down win next week’s data. So we have 11% fewer total contracts but only 7% fewer new contracts.

Contracts 441

Contracts Inventory Buyers New Listings 441

Housing Wire

MARCH 6, 2024

Though mortgage rate lock-in continues to limit new listings, particularly in the New York City suburbs, listings have increased in upstate New York as people have continued to leave the area for warmer climates. Most expect their pipeline of contracts to keep construction busy through the year.

Mortgage 421

Mortgage Real Estate Inventory Construction 421

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Local real estate agents, loan officers and appraisers share what characteristics are currently defining their housing markets. Single-family homebuyers who entered contract, meanwhile, slalomed to 12 total in July compared to 46 a year earlier, per the report. Aspen, Colorado. Of those 12 homes purchased, 10 cost at least $5 million.

Housing Market 450

Housing Market Marketing Real Estate Agent Contracts 450

Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

There are no signs of any surge in listings, and as a result we’ve seen a floor on home prices. New contracts dipped as affordability is out of reach for so many. There are 348,000 single-family homes in contract right now, with only 54,000 new contracts pending in the last week.

Contracts 410

Contracts Inventory Housing Market Buyers 410

Listing Spark

OCTOBER 13, 2022

How the housing market affects the rest of the economy How to approach the current housing market as a seller Final advice for buyers in the current housing market Are buyers pulling out of contracts at the last minute? How to vet real estate agents as a seller. Nationally active listings are up 26.9%. Key takeaways. [00:02:50]

Housing Market 36

Housing Market Real Estate Marketing Buyers 36

Housing Wire

AUGUST 21, 2023

There are 365,000 single-family homes in contract now. New pending sales of single-family homes going into contract this week came in at 63,000 vs 70,000 last year. In this chart, the height of each bar is the total number of homes in contract that week. The light red portion of the bar represents those newly in contract.

Inventory 370

Inventory Contracts Buyers Sellers 370

Housing Wire

JUNE 21, 2021

“I never know how my day is going to go, because when a new listing comes on the market in Knoxville, the race is on. You set your appointments the night before, and when you get there that morning, they might already be under contract.” Generally, they go under contract in a day or two.”

Housing Market 432

Housing Market Marketing Realtors Inventory 432

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Brokerages and individual agents alike need to understand the market and adapt their strategies to showcase creativity, become memorable and lead with empathy. Demonstrating you have a keen understanding of the whole client journey — from staging and listing to settling into a brand-new home — will give you a competitive advantage.

Real Estate 410

Real Estate Marketing Real Estate Agent Tools 410

Housing Wire

JULY 24, 2023

Pending Sales There are now 378,000 single-family homes in contract. There were 68,000 new contracts for single-family homes this week. In the chart below, the light portion of each bar represents the new contracts each week. But, there were another 15,000 condos and townhomes that went into contract this week.

Inventory 370

Inventory Contracts New Listings Buyers 370

Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2023

The median price of the new listings this week is $399,900. As the summer progresses, each subsequent week of new listings gets priced at a slight discount to the previous weeks. The median price of the homes in contract is $385,000. There are now 376,000 single-family homes in contract.

Inventory 370

Inventory Contracts Buyers Mortgage 370

Appraisal Today

AUGUST 25, 2023

Appraisal Business Tips Humor for Appraisers Click here to subscribe to our FREE weekly appraiser email newsletter and get the latest appraisal news!! In Bakersfield, for example, Golden Empire MLS participants can submit a form to post new listings, open houses and price changes.

Appraisal 76

Appraisal Real Estate Agent Agents Real Estate 76

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Real estate agents today need outstanding websites — or, at the very least, highly functional ones — to both attract and communicate with clients. Zurple Zurple is a marketing tool for real estate agents that helps them grow their database with high-quality leads.

Tools 450

Tools Real Estate Marketing Real Estate Agent 450

Housing Wire

AUGUST 14, 2023

If we look at the transaction rate each week — the total number of new contracts for homes — you can see that in the first half of the year, the pace of sales was steadily returning to normal. The median price of all the homes that went into contract this week is $371,483. At Altos , we don’t predict mortgage rates.

Housing Market 370

Housing Market Inventory Marketing Buyers 370

Listing Spark

JANUARY 15, 2024

Many real estate investors who don’t want to pay an agent to represent them deal with even more issues, ranging from lack of access to industry resources to paying for services they don’t really need. It affects your cash flow when dealing with brokerages that have delays, slow-moving agents, or disconnected title services.

Brokerage 36

Brokerage Investors Investing Real Estate 36