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Download these 9 real estate prospecting letter templates that actually work

Housing Wire

Check out Wise Pelican Typically, you’d mail the just sold letter to homeowners who live around a property you just helped your client to sell. Buyer’s agents who can find their clients a home that’s not even on the market are instant heroes. The same quantity of printed, inserted, stamped and mailed letters are $1.38

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What to do when your buyer wants to make a lowball property offer

Housing Wire

What constitutes a “lowball” offer, when is it appropriate or not appropriate and how can you encourage your buyer clients to stop insisting on offering a price that’s unlikely to result in an offer? By definition, a lowball offer is an offer that is significantly below market value. See the difference?

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8 Things You’re Doing to Drive Away Real Estate Clients

McKissock

When a real estate client defects, it might not be something you are doing to drive away real estate clients. There could be any number of reasons why the client decides to look elsewhere. However, you must consider, at least a little, that something you did along the way caused the client to walk away.

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Mortgage rates are the highest they’ve been this year. Did loan officers expect this?

Housing Wire

Saghafi has clients who recently decided to pull the trigger and move to a bigger house by selling their home that had a 2.375% mortgage rate. Interest rates going up definitely cooled the market, but overall, that is not the problem.”

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‘Find buyers before agents!’ Mortgage industry reacts to the NAR settlement

Housing Wire

These efforts include having open house programs to help seller agents and co-marketing home listings with these professionals, using social media to reach borrowers, and sometimes buying leads, according to Kortas. He has been focused on getting referrals from prior clients and online.

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3 mortgage industry trends that will define the rest of 2021

Housing Wire

But there are definitely a few main things to looks out for — many of which are carrying over from a turbulent 2020 and early 2021 — when it comes to the upcoming landscape for the rest of 2021: Lack of inventory Fluctuating interest rates Increased adoption of technology. Eric Levin is EVP of Client Development at Model Match.

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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.