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Real estate agents, are you a text offender?

Housing Wire

with real estate night sweats and want to alleviate your stress by banging out a text does not mean the other agent, your buyer prospect, your seller client, or the appraiser wants to share your insomnia. Just because you have E & O insurance doesn’t mean you should have to use it!

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5 ways to provide overwhelming value to buyer clients

Housing Wire

Though this seems like a whole new stress-inducing worry for many real estate agents , the fact is that commissions have never been a set amount, just an expectation or a tradition in many markets. So how do you provide overwhelming value to your buyer clients? Repeat, referral, lather, rinse and repeat. Be a matchmaker.

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Insurance carrier exodus rattles California and Florida housing markets

Housing Wire

In late June, Susan Gregory received an estimate for a new homeowner’s insurance policy on her 120-year-old St. Augustine, Florida property, after her previous insurer, United Property and Casualty, went insolvent earlier in the year. This is one of the easiest parts of Florida to insure and costs have gone up over 40%.”

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Consumer education at the center of wire fraud mitigation efforts

Housing Wire

home buyers and sellers it survey were targeted with suspicious or potentially fraudulent activities, while 10% were targeted for real estate fraud and 5% suffered losses during their real estate transaction due to fraudster.

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How 2020 exposed a greater need for collaboration between real estate agents and LOs

Housing Wire

Successful agents, brokerages and loan officers of the future are going to rely significantly on technology to find, nurture and engage with buyers and sellers while also playing an expanding role as personal advisors in all things related to mortgage, insurance, moving, renovating and new home transitioning.

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Reverse purchase financing: The financing option no one is talking about

Housing Wire

1 With over 12,000 Americans turning 65 every day in 2024, this burgeoning market will undoubtedly continue to bring more buyers and sellers to the table over the next decade. Recently, Interested Party Contributions (or seller concessions) have been allowed with HECM for Purchase loans.

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What agents need to know about the impact of interest rates on the real estate market

Housing Wire

As a real estate agent , it’s essential to stay aware of significant changes in interest rates and how they may affect market conditions so you’re better equipped to advise your buyers and sellers on everything from housing affordability to availability.