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How to become a luxury real estate agent

Housing Wire

If you’re known in your market as the expert who successfully sells properties between $1 to $3 million, how do you start getting clients looking for homes valued at $10 million+? Visit Coffee & Contracts 2. Go above and beyond to cater to the unique needs and desires of high-net-worth clients. Visit Agent Image 3.

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8 best places to buy real estate leads in 2023

Housing Wire

These providers offer a rapid and cost-effective means for real estate agents to gather a list of potential clients and ultimately boost sales. Market Leader’s unique approach focuses on nurturing leads for long-term client relationships, so it’s great for a solo agent who’s just starting to build their email list.

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

Housing Wire

As an added benefit, social media provides a space for client testimonials and reviews, which are invaluable for building an agent’s reputation and encouraging referrals. The content and consistency that Coffee & Contracts provides really makes it easy to have a good-looking Instagram grid!

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Opinion: Applying lessons learned to adapt to a competitive market

Housing Wire

But in combination with uncertainty about interest rates and the overall economy, the fact is that there will be industry contraction into 2023. That collapse was historic, and the contraction so severe that I remember checking, daily, a news source specifically designed to track lenders who had closed or gone insolvent.

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5 Appraisal Topics Every Agent Should Know

Empire Appraisal Group

Don’t tell the appraiser your client needs a certain value, for example. The appraiser has a scope of work for every lender client, which differs depending on the mortgage product, said Bradley. Be careful about waiving the appraisals and what that means in your marketplace pertaining specifically to your contract,” she added.

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Appraisers: How to Spend Less Time on Email

Appraisal Today

Excerpts: At a recent residential appraiser seminar, one of the topics was non-lender appraisals. For the last year, 40% of my legal work has been occupied by issues concerning alleged discrimination – balanced between representing parties in fair housing investigations and helping clients improve compliance and decrease risk.

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Fannie Mae Takes A Closer Look at Appraisals

Appraisal Today

I also think that now is the time to increase your appraisal skills by taking classes and seminars. The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances ($647,200 or less) decreased to 6.90 The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages backed by the FHA increased to 6.93