Housing Wire

MAY 13, 2024

Offer your database an annual real estate check up. “Hi Today’s call is about business you see NAME many of my clients and friends have been calling me and asking me what is happening in this real estate market. In fact I am even offering all my friends and clients an annual real estate check up.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2023

In the nearly two months since a Missouri jury found the real estate industry liable for colluding to artificially inflate real estate agent commissions, Jason Posnick has fielded a lot of questions about commissions and cooperative compensation from clients. It has been cool to hear that.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The last thing homebuyers and sellers expect to encounter on their real estate journey is discrimination. But until 1968, unethical practices in real estate prevented thousands of people from renting, buying or selling their homes. What is the Fair Housing Act? The Fair Housing Act was just one aspect of this law.

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Real Estate Agent Law Real Estate Agents 416

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. Brokers who rode the proverbial wave of real estate during the pandemic and have now had to reroute or pivot to figure out how to navigate a market that was once boasting the lowest rates in decades are disoriented.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agents Marketing 461

Housing Wire

JULY 28, 2023

Outsiders to the real estate industry may assume that the tight market has real estate agents hanging up their hats. In reality, today’s agents are seizing the market and feeling confident. Real estate agents are still confident in the industry and the market.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 8, 2024

Real estate agents in the leafy suburbs of Bergen County, New Jersey say the current housing market — with historically low inventory and record-high prices — is actually more challenging than the multiple offer chaos they sweated through during the pandemic. “At as of March 6, 2024.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2024

Those too young to remember the wild west of real estate believe that real estate commissions have always been evenly split between seller’s and buyer’s agents, with each receiving a portion of the sale price. This paradigm shift significantly benefited all parties involved.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

I am a big believer in developing a brand for your real estate business from Day One. To me, branding a company is a chance to define yourself for the market and build a recognizable and memorable identity. Imagine you establish a brand and later want to expand into a new geographical market.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agents Brokerage 416

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

You might have heard about AI in sci-fi movies or tech conferences, but do you know that it’s a game-changer for real estate agents too? Artificial Intelligence (AI) is your secret sauce to becoming the ultimate authority in the real estate world. That’s right! So, what are you waiting for?

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agents Clients 450

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

“Given the erosion of housing affordability due to higher home prices and mortgage rates , the household income for those who successfully purchased homes jumped by nearly $20,000 and topped six figures for only the second time in our records,” Jessica Lautz, NAR deputy chief economist and vice president of research, said in a statement. “In

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agents Sellers 350

Housing Wire

MARCH 29, 2024

It is nearly April, which means temperatures in the Austin metropolitan area are heating up — and so is the housing market. April and May of 2022 is when we felt the first slowdown ,” said Scott Michaels, an Austin-based Compass agent. Interest rates have come down a little bit and kind of settled.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Facing a challenging housing market can be daunting for agents and loan officers alike. As industry professionals grapple with uncertainties, market shifts and evolving dynamics, the key to thriving lies not only in adapting to change but also in embracing it as an opportunity for growth.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Although the Greater Boston area may still be plagued by persistently chilly temperatures, its housing market is still red-hot. According to data from Altos Research , the Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH metropolitan area was the hottest housing market nationwide as of Feb. We’ve got this total rate-lock event.”

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Housing Wire

APRIL 12, 2024

After heating up like the rest of the country, the Louisiana housing market has continued to cool since interest rates began to rise in the second half of 2022. We have an insurance problem,” said Charlotte Johnson , a Keller Williams agent based in Mandeville. “We Our insurance is pricing people out of their homes.”

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 10, 2023

We’ve all witnessed the housing market slowdown that has occurred over the last year. Across the country, homes are spending more days on the market as interest rates rise. The “same old listing presentation” and tired marketing tactics aren’t cutting it for agents looking to win listings in today’s competitive and tight market.

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Home Improvement Real Estate Agent Sellers Real Estate 442

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. 1] As a real estate broker in Illinois, it is not legal for you to work independently.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agents Brokerage 365

Housing Wire

JANUARY 18, 2021

That’s what real estate agents are here for. Almost 90% of buyers recently used a real estate agent or broker to purchase their home, according to the National Association of Realtors. A real estate agent is a licensed professional who can guide you through the homebuying process.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agents Buyers 545

Housing Wire

APRIL 5, 2024

As of March 29, the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont metropolitan area was the fourth-hottest housing market in the country. The Bay Area metro had a 90-day average Market Action Index score of 61.19, according to data from Altos Research. Altos considers anything above a Market Action Index of 30 to be a seller’s market.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The landscape of real estate is undergoing significant transformations in 2024, driven by a confluence of technological advancements, shifting market dynamics and evolving consumer behaviors. The housing market’s conditions, characterized by soaring prices and limited availability, have compounded these challenges.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Commit to two open houses per week Maximize the return on those open houses. Call other agents that you have a relationship with that may not want to or can’t hold their own open houses. Hold open houses on weekdays too if you don’t have enough. I know a lot of agents who hold open houses from 9 a.m.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agents Open Houses 371

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Despite multiple class-action antitrust commission lawsuits , increased uncertainty over mortgage rates and low housing inventory , Compass CEO and founder Robert Reffkin says “there has never been a better time to be in real estate than right now.” Bad times create good habits,” Reffkin said. This is nothing new.

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Housing Wire

MAY 29, 2024

In 2020, real estate industry veteran Rainy Hake Austin took her decades of experience to The Agency , where she currently serves as president of the Beverly Hills, California-based brokerage firm. Brooklee Han: The past four years have been a bit chaotic for the real estate industry.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Anywhere Real Estat e felt the brunt of slow home sales during the fourth quarter of 2023 as the company reported a loss of $107 million during the three-month period. The company produced these results amid “an incredibly difficult year for the housing market,” Schneider said during an earnings call on Thursday.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 2, 2023

Nationwide, pre-pandemic the first week of February typically marks the lowest point for housing inventory during the year, as sellers return to the market in time for spring, but since the onset of the pandemic this predictable trend has been thrown out the window. “ It is maybe $10,000 or $15,000 at most.”

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Housing Wire

MAY 12, 2021

cities determined that Seattle is the top market for real estate agents to currently work in, and Corpus Christi, Texas, was deemed the worst. In studying the cities, two factors were considered — job opportunity and competition, and real estate market health. A recent WalletHub study of 179 U.S.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agents Marketing 384

Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Beginning a career as a real estate agent is an exciting time. That’s why new agents shouldn’t miss these three panels at HW Annual that will set you up for a long, successful career. . Reaching homebuyers in a purchase market. Housing market super session. HousingWire Annual.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Housing market inventory is low right now. Low inventory means fewer choices for homebuyers, but for years enterprising real estate agents have worked around tight market conditions by searching for off-market homes that fit their clients’ specifications. Historically low. compared to a year prior.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agents Marketing 389

Sacramento Appraisal Blog

JULY 11, 2022

“The housing market is getting back to normal.” UPCOMING (PUBLIC) SPEAKING GIGS: 7/15/2022 Lunch & Learn Market Update (sign up (for real estate agents)) 7/20/2022 Beer & Stats at Out of Bounds (sign up (for real estate agents)) 7/26/2022 […]. Well, yes and no.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 17, 2023

A friend of mine is a successful real estate professional in a competitive market. We often discuss changing housing market conditions, and the pressure real estate agents are under to stay relevant in the wake of increased competition. Budget for success when building your marketing plan.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2024

These housing professionals have been gaming out the potential impact on buyers’ agents – a significant source of referrals. Loan officers and mortgage executives expect home sellers and homebuyers to negotiate more aggressively on commission paid to buyer agents, potentially bringing costs down.

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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.

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Real Estate Real Estate Agent Agents Brokerage 351

Housing Wire

MARCH 14, 2024

Like the Department of Justice , the Federal Reserve has decided to weigh in on the real estate agent commission debate. housing market. million houses were listed for sale, with 95.6% of them including an offer to pay 3% of the sales price to the buyer’s agent.

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Agents Legal Real Estate Agent Buyers 353

Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Real estate giant Anywhere has reached a settlement agreement in two of the major class action antitrust lawsuits facing the housing industry. Anywhere asked the court the firm be excused from the pretrial conference on the Sitzer/Burnett suit, scheduled for this coming Friday.

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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 1, 2023

For more than a decade, the HW Tech100 program has identified and recognized the most innovative technology companies serving the mortgage and real estate industries. These companies are leading the way toward a more innovative and efficient housing market and bringing to market solutions that we could have only imagined a decade ago.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 15, 2023

Gary Keller took to the stage at the 2023 Keller Williams Mega Agent Camp in Austin, Texas , Tuesday morning with his usual bravado: a black-and-white video featuring his favorite animal, the buffalo , in a thunderstorm, alongside a motivational message for agents. “We are the storm,” the text read.

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Agents Marketing Real Estate Housing Market 347

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

With the residential real estate pendulum swinging from blissful exuberance in the second half of 2020 to extreme consternation for many today, brokers have had to pivot like never before. The next level of OPEX to attack is marketing/advertising, technology, professional services, meetings/events, meals/entertainment, etc.

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