Housing Wire

JULY 25, 2023

There is no greater problem for a motivated seller than figuring out why their home didn’t sell! Let’s break down the numbers: When you have 10 conversations per week with expired sellers, two to three will relist the property immediately. They’re now open to listing with someone they don’t already know.

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Housing Wire

JULY 20, 2023

By embracing different opportunities, agents can expand their chances of securing more listings and growing their business. Set the appointment To make a strong first impression with potential sellers, avoid overwhelming them with too many questions upfront. Here are five strategies I consider highly valuable for securing listings.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

On Wednesday, real estate tech company Zigzy launched beta testing of Townify, a solution that enables real estate agents to host virtual open houses , which has become a necessity in a time when we are told to remain socially distant, the company said in a release.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Share your insights about it on your stories or your statuses, offer tips for buyers and sellers and showcase your expertise. Regularly updated profiles on platforms like LinkedIn, Instagram and Twitter can serve as a digital business card, making it easier for potential clients to find you. Read about what’s going on in the market.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 12, 2023

Incentives in the Market In a higher-rate environment, temporary rate buydowns funded by sellers, lenders or builders were widely offered as an incentive for buyers. The majority of the 155 respondents – about 70% of the total – noted temporary rate buydowns funded by the seller, builder or lender are offered as incentives to buyers.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 9, 2023

Maintaining a consistent pipeline of potential buyers and sellers ensures the business’s sustainability and growth, but it requires an immense amount of work and marketing expertise, which is often outside an agent’s core competencies. One example of a company looking to crack the lead gen code is Addressable.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 2, 2023

And just like the bears who are starting to wake up from their long winter naps, homebuyers and sellers are coming out of hibernation… or at least they normally do. According to Mike Simonsen, the president of Altos Research , to see housing inventory fall throughout February, as it has this year, is pretty unusual.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

They don’t just cater to new agents: lead generation companies can also complement traditional lead generation methods — open houses, home buying seminars and referrals, to name a few — thereby helping to build your pipeline of leads.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 10, 2024

John Ruhlin’s book Giftology sheds light on creating a strategic and thoughtful approach to gift-giving, offering real estate professionals a unique perspective on how to create positive impressions that last beyond the closing table and set you up for return and referral business. Don’t limit yourself to gifting at the closing table.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

If you’re into real estate marketing, it’s a go-to for everything from business cards to eye-catching online ads. It’s not just postcards, though – think business cards, magazines, door hangers, and more. This approach demonstrates a commitment to the local area beyond just business interests. LCA’s standout feature?

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 21, 2022

These rookies were thrust into the most extreme seller’s markets in history, where they had to learn on the fly how to write an offer, pitch a potential seller, and generate leads. I have two kids at home and I was still running my own small business when I started the classes. Using social media to get business.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 28, 2020

The first is listing tools – the products designed for you to convert potential sellers into listing contracts. And the last area is seller tools or companies that help to convert lookers to buyers (I could probably have thought of a better name here). Then there are ToolkitCMA (in business since 1990!)

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McKissock

JUNE 26, 2022

Without accounting for your real estate clients’ common needs and expectations , you might be underperforming and risk losing their business. Schedule Multiple Open House Appointments and Follow-Up Meetings. If you’re not frequently getting your clients into open houses, how do you expect them to purchase one anytime soon?

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

A question I love to ask potential sellers is “By when would you like your home sold to the right buyer?” 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.

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Listing Spark

APRIL 17, 2024

Selling a house traditionally has always been an arduous process, and right now, it’s even more turbulent. With the current NAR settlement shaking up commission processes and costs for buyers and sellers, investors have even more reason to operate without an agent holding up their processes.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Ahead, we list the best real estate marketing companies to help you grow your business. Visit RealGeeks Related Articles 8 best places to buy real estate leads in 2024 Innovative strategies to get more real estate seller leads in 2024 7 ways to expand your sphere of influence in real estate in 2024 iNCOM Starting price: $249.95

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Miller Samuel

MARCH 18, 2020

However, all of these housing-related workers such as appraisers and agents, are starting to see that market conditions do not include the gift that it will be "business as usual." Since the 2020 DJIA peak of February 12, 2020, of 29,551.42, the market has fallen 28.13% to 21,237.88 as of the late afternoon, an insanely large decline.

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Listing Spark

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Sellers can expect to spend up to 8.7% of the home’s value on closing costs—putting the cost of doing business at $26,850 based on the median home value. A hefty 69% of that is for real estate commission fees alone, as the seller is traditionally responsible for paying the buyer’s agent (3%) and your agent (3%).

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Listing Spark

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

If you adopt a flat fee listing service to get your property on the MLS at a much lower expense, you get to keep the difference in your business to fund more investments. As a seller, you handle every aspect of the transaction without professional services.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Student Support & Engagement: Experienced instructors are available via phone during normal business hours. Visit Website Overview The Lee Institute School of Real Estate combines professional instruction and video format training to make the concepts of the real estate business more digestible and engaging. Mon – Sun access.

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McKissock

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Social media marketing for real estate has become a bonafide way to market your business and build your personal brand. This is another one that seems too basic to mention, but you’d be surprised by how many agents—and business owners, in general—fail to do it. Want to know why? And Millennials love their social media.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 25, 2024

In 2024, agents have two choices; learn how to run your entire business from the apps on your phone or tablet, or find a new career. These tools can help you cut your speed to lead time in half, market your business, generate and nurture leads, and even leverage bleeding-edge AI tools to 10x your productivity.

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McKissock

APRIL 5, 2022

However, from every open house showing to every meeting you have, safety should be an important factor. If you’re a very busy agent, creating a shared Google Calendar with the location and time of all your appointments may be an easy solution. Safety should always be your priority! Want more safety tips?

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McKissock

JULY 6, 2022

And I highly advise that you do that overview at the outset of the business relationship. Sellers and buyers need to have a clear understanding of who can and will have access to the property in question. For sellers, they need a clear understanding of what showings, open houses, and inspections could entail.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

When you list two homes per month, you will automatically attract buyer business as well, so focus on listings. Know where your business came from last year, plus this year to date, and keep doing what has worked Consider doing more of what worked. People you don’t know are everyone else. It’s your job to let them know.

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McKissock

MARCH 10, 2021

If you are working with sellers, regularly update them, and provide feedback from showings. If buyers aren’t qualified to cover the asking price, you have no business showing them a property. Sending clients to open houses—without you. Showing buyers homes above their budget. Overpricing a property.

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Listing Spark

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Real estate investors operate differently than conventional buyers and sellers, especially to get the 26.9% All agents must work under a brokerage in order to practice real estate, and every brokerage has a slightly different business model depending on their size, specialties, areas of focus, and business goals.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

If you’re struggling to market your business on social media, or worse, haven’t even started yet, you might be in for a rude awakening in 2024. So if you want to actually generate leads from social media, focus on telling stories that resonate with local buyers and sellers. Having an open house? Touring a new listing?

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 29, 2023

HousingWire interviewed a dozen loan officers and mortgage executives about their strategies for 2024, which mortgage products they expect to be in demand, and the magic rate needed to get sellers and buyers back in the market. This way I can help them grow their business. Whatever I have for me, I will do it for them as well.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 20, 2023

With its potential to reach new clients and gain tremendous ROI, social media has become one of the most effective marketing tools for businesses big and small. Advertise open houses Post about open houses to both your grid and stories multiple times leading up to the event, as this ensures that it will reach the most people.

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Zillow

JULY 16, 2018

While sellers in most states have a duty to disclose issues to potential buyers , not all areas require this. Do your new neighbor-to-be a favor and alert the seller’s agent to anything the buyer needs to know about your neighbor’s property. Making the Most of an Open House Visit. See things differently.

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Eppraisal

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Real estate agents are using videos and virtual tours to serve as online open houses. Advantages of Videos and Virtual Tours for Home Buyers In short, people are busy. Advantages for Home Sellers Home sellers who hire real estate agents who invest their time and energy in videos and virtual tours may benefit monetarily.

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Appraisal Today

JANUARY 20, 2023

Appraisal Business Tips Click here to subscribe to our FREE weekly appraiser email newsletter and get the latest appraisal news!! NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on AMC fees, Real estate forecast, Google Business Profile, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. a year earlier (-4.8

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Lamacchia Realty

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Furthermore, potential sellers with covid-era mortgage rates of around 3% aren’t actually listing because it means they’d have to give up that historic rate and trade it in for one that is two to three times higher. Fewer sellers need to adjust their price because, again, it’s a seller’s market. It means they’re down.

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McKissock

OCTOBER 13, 2020

We took a poll of some recent sellers and found the following questions to be the most frequent. A: There are a number of factors that can affect the market value of a property, ranging from home improvements to the mood of the seller. An open house. What are some other common questions your seller has?

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Lamacchia Realty

JUNE 21, 2022

For the past few years, with inventory at historically low levels , sellers were coming pretty close to naming their price and buyers were paying. The low rates made it possible to offer more on a home as the cost of borrowing was lower and therefore, sellers weren’t the ones competing, buyers were. The same will be true for sellers.

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CA Realty Training

MARCH 29, 2021

They lead to deep and meaningful connections that create better friendships, stronger family ties, and can even help in business. At its core, real estate is the business of working with people. This may also be the case when working with sellers. If your seller still insists, then listen and respect their decision.

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