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9 innovative strategies to get more real estate seller leads in 2024

Housing Wire

With low housing inventory nationwide, agents are using innovative ways to find real estate seller leads and convert them into listings. To help you snag more listings, we updated our list of proven strategies to win more real estate seller leads in 2024. If you want a shot at generating seller leads online, you need one, too.

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As rising mortgage rates push buyers to the brink, sellers are starting to cut prices

Housing Wire

Even with demand buoyed by a sparse housing inventory, growing financial challenges for buyers are forcing home sellers to cut prices to close deals, a new Redfin research report found. According to the brokerage, 6.5% homes for sale posted a price cut during the four weeks ending September 24, up from 5.8% the month prior.

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Side’s Hilary Saunders: An inside look at the alternative brokerage model

Housing Wire

Our mission is to elevate the entire real estate industry and really provide the consumer at the end of the day with an amazing experience, whether they’re a buyer or seller. Your HW+ Membership includes: Unlimited access to HW+ articles and analysis. Our partners are the ones who are on the ground and are providing that experience.

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Recruiting real estate agents: A complete roadmap for 2024

Housing Wire

The data are sobering: The Agent Movement Index , the number of experienced Realtors switching brokerages each month, was at its lowest level since 2016. The number of agents switching brokerages is ticking upward and markets are stabilizing across the country. If you want to learn how to recruit agents, now is the time.

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

Housing Wire

“We are doubling down that all fiduciary relationships with buyers and sellers be in writing and that sellers understand their rights regarding commissions,” said a Keller Williams Real Estate leader in the Northeast. Another 10% are honing their value proposition , particularly as it relates to buyers’ agents.

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Real estate commission dispute? Do this.

Housing Wire

A typical commission dispute arises when, after signing a listing agreement or buyer-broker agreement: A seller-client “cancels” a valid purchase contract. A seller-client cancels a listing. A seller-client permits the property to be foreclosed upon. A seller-client refuses to pay the full amount of the agreed upon commission.

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Overblown rumors of demise? NAR has lost only 45K members since December

Housing Wire

In that article, NAR said its April membership figures “allayed fears that membership would decline more than expected as a result of organizational changes or the pending class-action litigation settlement. “NAR will continue to report its membership rates directly to our members on a regular basis,“ a spokesman told HousingWire.

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