Housing Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2023

As the real estate market continues to grapple with high interest rates and low inventory, agents entering the market are looking for affordable client relationship management (CRM) tools that offer a cost-effective means to automate and manage client interactions.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 29, 2024

That’s where real estate testimonials come into play. In this article, we’ll show how to procure top-notch client testimonials, where and how to share them, and how to leverage them to bolster your reputation and close more deals in 2024. Referral business is crucial to your bottom line as an agent.

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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. 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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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

OCTOBER 25, 2023

It has been an eventful and drama-filled 24 hours in Kansas City, Missouri, for the Sitzer/Burnett class-action antitrust buyer broker commission lawsuit. HomeServices’ lead attorney Robert MacGill called Ron Peltier, the former CEO of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices of America , to testify. Ketchmark knows better.”

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

I recently read editorials and articles by such esteemed publications as The Economist , Entrepreneur Magazine , and The Wall Street Journal concerning the antitrust real estate commission lawsuits. by 1% to 2% just by cutting the commission paid to buyer’s agents.”

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Sure, your real estate landing pages look great — but do they convert? A good real estate website includes more than just drool-worthy images of homes priced to sell. Because at the end of the day, you can judge a website’s effectiveness (and your ROI) on one thing: its ability to convert leads.

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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?

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

It’s been a while since I’ve written an article. So, first of all, thank you for being here to read articles from my blog! I know most of my readers are interested in appraisal and real estate-related topics. To lump them all together can lead to some misconceptions about value. I miss writing and I miss you!

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Perhaps the most significant news, made under the fanfare of “Come Together” by the Beatles, is that the nation’s largest mortgage lender pledged “to build bridges” for their brokers partners by connecting them with real estate agents. It could end up being a decent source of leads for brokers.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 3, 2022

Below, Sim answers questions about the housing industry: HousingWire: What is your current favorite HW+ article and why? Stuart Sim: Latest Market Trends + Real Trends lists — great information to keep me up to date to inform my customers and colleagues. The weirdest job I ever had was… Club Med GO.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2021

This article is part of our HousingWire 2022 forecast series. Some 15 years ago, real estate agents had only a few choices when deciding which real estate business model to choose. Because of that, and several other reasons, gross margins for real estate brokerage firms are declining with no real end in sight.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 10, 2022

Below, Esser answers questions about the housing industry: HousingWire: What is your current favorite HW+ article and why? His articles are always my favorite. His recent article, “Purchase apps are at 2009 level: where’s the inventory?” However, it’s the sellers and buyers that we are working with whom really matter.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 29, 2024

Ready to launch your real estate career in Utah? You’ll need to complete a 120-hour approved course and sit the state licensing exam to become a real estate agent in Utah. Choosing right school and program will help you ace the Utah real estate exam and provide the foundation for success in your new career.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 26, 2023

He testified that, in most cases, homebuyers would be unable to include buyer agent commission costs into their financing. “My concern is buyers who are cash-constrained,” Stevens said. ” But buyers are not the only ones who benefit from the current system, according to Stevens. .” The D.A.N.G.E.R.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Getting more involved in housing “School districts in Colorado’s pricey high country are leading such efforts, but at least one metro Denver district — the Douglas County School District — is eyeing a partnership with developers to turn district land into housing for its employees,” the story explained. Petersburg, Fla.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 2, 2024

Ready to get your real estate license in Pennsylvania? You’ll want to enroll in one of the best Pennsylvania real estate schools to gain the skills and knowledge you’ll need to ace the state exam and succeed in your new career. Vetted by HousingWire | Our editors independently review the products we recommend.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 12, 2020

HousingStack is a real estate technology landscape that provides a dynamic visual that reflects the rapid changes in the sector. I’ve been looking forward to talking about this segment for a while, especially since we released the lead generation segment of HousingStack. The HousingStack is exclusively for HW+ members.

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

MARCH 19, 2022

If you’re planning on selling your home, you’re probably going to have open houses so that you can let buyers see for themselves the wonderful features of your home. In this article, she shares some tips that you might find useful! It’s better for your real estate agent and safer for your animals.

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Housing Wire

MAY 18, 2021

While home-buying has been historically seen as difficult, the process is getting a rebrand as loan officers, real estate agents and industry experts answer the questions that Gen Z (and any generation that won’t willingly admit to using the app) have on TikTok’s platform. Not a member?

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2022

News just broke that private equity investor LLR Partners announced strategic investments in two mortgage technology companies — Mortgage Coach and Sales Boomerang ( click here for article ). This isn’t a new story in mortgage lending or real estate brokerage. Real estate is local. In 2016 LLR led a $26.5

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

JULY 20, 2022

It states that the buyer will still purchase the home at the contract price, even if the appraised value is lower than the contract price by a certain amount. Typically, it’s the one buyer that is willing to pay the most. What about the other bids from buyers who were willing to pay less? But not always. Okay, maybe not.

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

AUGUST 11, 2022

I hope you find her article to be helpful! Talking to your real estate agent or appraiser is also helpful to get a professional’s point of view. In that case, potential buyers will lay down an ‘as-is’ offer, which means they will acquire the home in its current condition. No repairs, no costs.

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

As a Home Measurement Specialist, this article is close to my heart! I hope you find some helpful information in this article! Just in case you weren’t aware, real estate brokers in some states, like Ohio, are now required by law to show you the home’s interior living space. Have a great weekend!

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

If you’re looking for the best real estate schools in Illinois to complete the required 75 hours of class time you’ll need to get a broker’s license, we’re here to help. In Illinois, real estate agents are called brokers. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. out of 5.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 13, 2023

New York City, New York In many ways the spring of 2022 marked the full return of New York City and for a real estate agent like Johnson Tsai, a lead agent at REAL, this meant a massive up-tick in rental demand. “We There are always flocks of buyers from out of state and out of county.”

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Housing Wire

MARCH 25, 2022

Dhingra has over 20 years of experience helping homebuyers and real estate agents and is an expert when it comes to harnessing the power of social media to help educate and inform people on the home-buying process. Most importantly, it supports our industries of housing, technology, real estate and lending.

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2021

If the appraiser is reporting the width, this can lead to other questions. It really depends on the neighborhood and what the typical buyer in that neighborhood is looking for. It depends on the area and the type of home, and what buyers expect. Hey, that may add value for some buyers, or at least their children.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 7, 2022

Local real estate agents, loan officers and appraisers share what characteristics are currently defining their housing markets. There’s been a real surge in life sciences and biotech,” said Ross Clark, a Compass agent based in San Diego’s tony La Jolla neighborhood. San Diego, California. But overall demand is on the rise.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 9, 2023

What if he could help other people find personal fulfillment and reduce stress while providing something of value that might lead them to work with Guaranteed Rate in the future? The app features general financial and budgeting education, videos and articles. The result would be a win-win for the business and for customers, he said.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

And in 2017, I decided to go on full-time as a lead agent.”. But what makes Redfin different – what makes it radically, transformatively different – is that it classifies real estate agents as employees. They are also more diligently responsive to leads – and perhaps to each other. “We

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

A combination of elevated mortgage rates, sluggish home sales and inflation continue to plague the housing market workforce, with numerous mortgage lenders and real estate startups shedding employees. These trends have exacerbated industry overcapacity, leading to continual layoffs. Cutting hundreds of jobs.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 10, 2024

Between leveraging your personal network, filming YouTube videos and even the unpleasant task of cold prospecting, real estate professionals today wear all the hats. Yet, in a competitive real estate market, agents don’t always have the luxury of investing months into long-term brand-building.

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

JUNE 18, 2022

I normally don’t post more than one article per week. This week I have a bonus article for my appraisal colleagues who are interested in becoming expert appraisal witnesses in eminent domain cases. This article was written by Leslie Fields, the Executive Director, Owner’s Counsel of America. Too many appraisers?

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Housing Wire

MAY 9, 2022

Over the weekend, I tweeted several charts, showing people the big divergence between home price growth and real disposable income in the two countries. To persuade people of this, probably one of the most important articles I have ever written in my life was in 2019, titled: Housing Bubble 2019? wasn’t in a second housing bubble.

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

In most parts of the country, real estate appraiser’s main source of data is the multiple listing service. MLS) We use it to find homes that are comparable to the ones we are valuing, to determine what buyers are paying for similar homes. Real estate agents are typically the individuals who provide information in the MLS.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 14, 2020

This article was written for FinLedger, HW Media’s new fintech focused news brand designed specifically for financial services professionals in banking, payments, insurance and proptech. Bulfer said StreamLoan is “becoming the digital fabric for real estate and mortgage transactions, which hasn’t existed up to this point.”.

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