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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Hank Miller Team

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Here’s a fun fact, real estate agents in GA have no fiduciary responsibility to their client or customer. Are Real Estate Agents in GA Fiduciaries? In some states, but in Georgia real estate agents are not fiduciaries. There is no reason for an agent to volunteer this.

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McKissock

APRIL 5, 2022

As a real estate agent, safety isn’t something that’s discussed nearly enough. Although this is one of the easiest precautions to take as an agent, it’s also one of the most commonly overlooked. Our Real Estate Safety continuing education course will help protect you and your clients.

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Housing Wire

JULY 19, 2023

Over the past year or so, we have seen an uptick in questions relating to commission disputes between brokers and their clients. 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.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2024

I think things have definitely picked up,” said Tane Cabe, a broker with C2 Financial Corp., I’ve talked to some leaders in this space recently and they’re telling me they’ve definitely seen an increase in volume. said in a recent interview. That seems to be the general feeling.

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Retail Mortgage Real Estate Agent Business 388

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Real estate agents are always looking for vetted, high-quality leads — and especially so during 2023 market conditions. These providers offer a rapid and cost-effective means for real estate agents to gather a list of potential clients and ultimately boost sales.

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Real Estate Real Estate Agent Tools Agents 393

Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2024

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. While some agents choose to handwrite these, it can be time-consuming.

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Real Estate Open Houses Brokerage Real Estate Agent 381

McKissock

APRIL 20, 2021

Becoming a real estate agent requires a giant leap of faith and an investment of time and money. That’s why some agents may choose to test the waters with a part-time real estate position while hanging onto a steady income from another job. Finding time for part-time real estate.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2024

You should be finding buyers before real estate agents anyway.” NEXA has always been focused on purchase loans , which means some of its LOs do significant business with buyers’ agents. Kortas believes that good buy-side agents will remain highly relevant and garner more business as competitors wash out.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

“A lot of Nashville locals have been priced out of homeownership, but when you’re coming from somewhere like California or New York, housing prices here still seem reasonable,” Redfin Premier real estate agent Kristin Sanchez said in a statement.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The lawsuit accuses its 29 defendants of colluding to artificially inflate real estate agent commissions. In the absence of NAR’s Mandatory Offer of Compensation Rule, the expense of buyer broker commissions would be incurred by the clients (homebuyers),” the filing states. 13, 2019, to the present.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2023

Brian Parkinson, a loan originator at Alerus Mortgage , says that niche loans – including bridge loans, construction loans, doctor loans and professional series loans for CPAs and attorneys – are a great way to grab an agent’s attention in a market where referrals are critical. Niche loans consist of about 5% of Parkinson’s business. “It’s

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Appraisal Today

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

What Appraisers Wish Real Estate Agents Understood McKissock Survey Question: “What’s one thing you wish real estate agents knew about the appraisal process? I will always remember when, many years ago, a top local real estate agent asked me why I was driving around taking photos of homes.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Appraisal Agents 52

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Becca Summers does not typically include Wells Fargo on the lender recommendation list she gives to clients. However, when mortgage rates started rising in the spring, Summers encouraged her clients to take advantage of the bank’s mortgage rate lock product. Looking back, Summers is glad she encouraged her buyers to swap lenders.

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Real Estate Real Estate Agent Clients Agents 367

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

We’ve definitely seen a movement in the last few years to be more ‘end-consumer friendly’ if you will — making sure that they are protected, not only in knowing their rights, but that they are protected from all the cost that is associated with the real estate transaction,” Braga said.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 3, 2024

Whether you’re presenting to a good friend, a referral client or a colder lead, there are some universal mistakes you must avoid if you want to take the listing. Don’t make the appointment all about you Always make it all about the client: their needs, motivation, time frame and priorities. Don’t invite conflict!

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Real Estate Inspection Clients Contracts 386

Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2024

They could look at a listing and know what they were going to get paid if their client’s deal closed, and now that is not going to be how it works.” While Danzey said the NAR’s decision to settle was not surprising, the quick turnaround for a July implementation date of the new rules definitely gave him a start — and he was not the only one.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 3, 2023

This means the lazy real estate agents who provide very little value to their client can no longer just show up and know they will automatically get paid a percentage of the sales price just for writing a contract. The listing agent can, and should, help write an offer if the buyer wishes assistance. Imagine that.

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McKissock

MARCH 10, 2021

When a real estate client defects, it might not be something you are doing to drive away real estate clients. Others feel they can find a better match with another agent. There could be any number of reasons why the client decides to look elsewhere. Sending clients to open houses—without you.

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Clients Real Estate Real Estate Agent Agents 94

Housing Wire

AUGUST 9, 2022

Prior to the co-op program, did you know anything about title or had you considered a career in the world of real estate ? Luna: I definitely stumbled into it. BH: We are hearing a lot about real estate agents leveraging their social media to generate leads. It sounds like you stumbled into title!

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Insurance Business 381

Housing Wire

APRIL 20, 2022

Bonnie Williamson never intended to be a real estate agent. The agents who spoke with RealTrends all viewed any time spent developing leads and cultivating relationships that will help them grow their client base as productive. Real estate agents are busier than ever. Record Breaking Years.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agents Brokerage 408

Housing Wire

JANUARY 24, 2024

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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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2020

And while real estate agents repping luxury homes aren’t seeing as many bidding wars as they did this summer , their respective housing markets are still crazy right now. I’ve had many conversations with clients of mine from late April through early July, the market was total pandemonium. Presented by: NAMB.

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The Appraiser Coach

MARCH 19, 2024

We try to set up appointments while we’re stumbling around getting specs on a property and we play phone tag with potential clients because we’re not always able to pick up. Your clients need to feel important enough to have a live person to talk to so they can walk away having had a stellar experience.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Low inventory means fewer choices for homebuyers, but for years enterprising real estate agents have worked around tight market conditions by searching for off-market homes that fit their clients’ specifications. Agents and brokers can then search the database for houses that fit their client’s specifications.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agents Marketing 423

Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Find your audience Not every real estate transaction is the same because not all buyers and sellers are the same. Before you plan your workshop, consider who your target clients are. Do you specialize in helping first-time buyers and sellers, or are you leaning towards working with real estate investors ?

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The LOs and brokers who are truly passionate, who are great at what they do, will use this time to double down, hone their craft and become even better advisors to their clients. They can work through loan scenarios with LOs helping them find the best product to meet their clients’ needs. It’s like having your own operations team!

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Clients Technology Real Estate Agent Business 392

Housing Wire

APRIL 6, 2021

But not everybody has the ability to tap friends and family or investments when the appraisal and the final sale price don’t match – many deals have fallen apart as a result, loan originators and real estate agents said. It was definitely a rush job! He wasted my client’s money. Wow, since when?

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Appraisal Reconsideration of Value Real Estate Agent Sellers 540

Lamacchia Realty

DECEMBER 18, 2023

AGENT VS. REALTOR: WHY THE DIFFERENCE MATTERS Often, we hear the terms “real estate agent” and “REALTOR ®” being used synonymously. What many consumers don’t realize is there are some key distinctions of a REALTOR® that will benefit them in their real estate endeavors.

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Housing Wire

JULY 25, 2023

A lot of my clients will get insurance quotes three months into the project and then about a year later they are getting their final quote. I don’t think we will see a flood of people leaving or anything like that,” Anne Marie Würzel, an Orlando-based Mainframe Real Estate agent, said.

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Housing Wire

JULY 25, 2022

Local real estate agents, loan officers and appraisers from each city share what characteristics are currently defining their housing markets. While Nourmand said most of his clients have been local Californians, he has worked with a few Floridians and New Yorkers. “We Rapid City, South Dakota. Rapid City, South Dakota.

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Housing Market Marketing Real Estate Real Estate Agent 351

McKissock

MAY 11, 2022

Here are some good indications that your clients are truly ready to buy. #1: If clients are merely interested in browsing properties, they likely aren’t serious about buying right now. So it’s definitely not a sure thing. If clients don’t meet the above criteria, should you decline to work with them? Not necessarily.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 16, 2024

The company recently launched a mortgage brokerage firm that offers a plug-and-play program for real estate agents to become mortgage loan officers, a practice called dual licensing. of the loan amount, with a $5,000 cap, which adds to the typical buyer-side agent commission of up to 3%. according to the company.

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Real Estate Agent Loan Officers Real Estate Agents 446

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The rule change will prohibit listing brokers from paying buyer’s agents and will instead require sellers to pay them directly if they choose to pay them at all. Other Multiple Listing Services (MLSs) around the country have preemptively changed the definition of required cooperation by eliminating any stated dollar amount.

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Real Estate Realtors Agents Buyers 415

Birmingham Appraisal

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Whether you’re a seasoned real estate agent or a curious homeowner, understanding the dangers of outlier sales can help ensure a more accurate and fair representation of property values. Inconsistent Results Outlier sales are, by definition, inconsistent with the majority of transactions in a market.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Clients Agents 86

Raleigh Realty

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

and in order to answer that question, you need to understand how Real Estate Agents make money. If you could go back to your first year as a Real Estate Agent, what advice would you give yourself? If you want that client to be loyal and supportive to you, you will need to find the time to care about them.

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Real Estate Realtors Real Estate Agent Agents 158

McKissock

AUGUST 3, 2022

In real estate, when it comes to building your business, converting leads is the name of the game. One of the top ways of convincing those potential clients that you’re the right agent for them is by creating a pristine listing presentation. Email Jameson your real estate news ideas at jdoris@rismedia.com.

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