Housing Wire

JANUARY 4, 2024

After a 2023 of real estate brokers saying they feel “neutral” or “pessimistic” about the housing market, some 48% of those surveyed for the Q1 2024 HousingWire BrokerPulse survey are optimistic that the next three months will be positive. ” The value education was mentioned across the board.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Knock ’s Home Swap solution is now available in three new markets in Florida: Homeowners in Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach can buy their next home before selling their current one. Knock entered the Florida market in October. Now, the solution is available in 14 markets in the U.S.,

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

You might be ready to take on the luxury real estate market! I’ll show you what it takes to succeed as a luxury real estate agent in any market. 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+?

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Knock Home Swap has expanded into Orlando, Florida and Tampa, Florida, its first markets in the Sunshine State. Home Swap is offered exclusively through local real estate professionals who have been trained as Knock Certified Agents. The post Knock Home Swap solution enters the Florida market appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Ketchmark then discussed the agreements HomeServices franchisees have their clients sign. He also noted that he expects HomeServices agents to act as fiduciary to their clients and follow the NAR Code of Ethics. It’s a negotiation with the seller.” I was a successful agent. The value I add, I believe, is worth 6%.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Our market is popular with out-of-state buyers and agents relocating from other states. It’s very difficult to be an unaffiliated brokerage right now and compete with franchises who offer technology and training. Gene Boone will continue to run the firm with his business partner and grandson Owen Boone.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2024

Due to this, Edgerton and other industry leaders believe it is essential for agents to focus on training and education as the mid-July deadline looms just a few months away. He didn’t want himself and his agents in a place where the day came, and they didn’t know how to prove their value proposition or negotiate their worth with a client.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 3, 2023

This is a dramatic and peculiar stance, given that same company a couple of years ago launched a $1 million annual advertising campaign touting a 1% listing fee, but only if the seller turned into a buyer for them. Sadly, the understanding of the difference between a client and a customer is pitifully poor in our industry.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2024

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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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

As a real estate agent, you may think clients should care more about their next home than your life story. And while that may be true, well-crafted real estate agent bios can build trust and credibility and serve as a powerful tool in an agent’s marketing arsenal — giving prospective clients.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2023

In the deposition, Michael Ketchmark, the lead attorney for the plaintiffs, asked Warner to comment on a training script from HomeServices CEO Gino Blefari in which he said that when he was an agent, he was supremely confident and would tell prospective clients that while commissions are negotiable “they only go up from 6%.”

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Despite low inventory, the housing market is expected to remain strong in 2021 due to low mortgage rates. Real estate brokers need to be able to target these clients effectively, so they can close deals quickly. Many real estate professionals discount the seller lead. Many real estate professionals discount the seller lead.

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Housing Wire

MAY 3, 2024

While there are a lot of factors currently affecting the real estate market, one thing remains constant: RE/MAX agents leverage their skills, experience and competitive advantages to serve as many customers as they can,” said Erik Carlson , who was appointed as the firm’s CEO in November.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2024

I can also provide expert advice about renovations and the potential return on investment — where to get the biggest bang for your buck — or simply answer any questions you have about the market. 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.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 17, 2023

In agent training videos, Blefari said he pre-writes a 6% commission into all his listing agreements and that he only negotiates commissions if they go up. “I This artificial and severed market structure created by Defendants’ conduct deters price-cutting competition and innovation, resulting in inflated commissions,” the brief states.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

“ The company said the goal is to cut down on the “friction” that can be experienced by buyers, sellers, agents and LOs during the housing transaction process. In addition, the company wants to provide an ownership vehicle that allows parties to capture more revenue in the transaction.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 16, 2023

At the crux of the case is the allegation that commission rates are too high, it’s unfair that the seller pays the buyer’s agent’s commission, and that the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) Code of Conduct and MLS Handbook lead to set pricing. ” What’s at stake?

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 19, 2021

Bob takes a huge amount of pride in the presentation and marketing of a property, and he works with clients personally from the pre-listing stage all the way through to the closing. He keeps his clients fully informed on listing and market activity throughout the process. There’s at least one in every major market.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Even as the housing market slowed in 2022 and 2023, the fraudulent activity of bad actors did not let up. 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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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2024

While reverse mortgage volume in 2024 got off to a rocky start, new data that breaks out retail Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) endorsements versus wholesale production showed that it was the former that took the bigger hit in the first month of the year, based on new data compiled by Reverse Market Insight (RMI). to 358 loans).

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 3, 2023

They repeat the mantra “Home buyers and sellers will always need a real estate agent.” It is trained on text data and learns to identify patterns from that data to generate human-like text responses. Job functions most likely to be impacted include sales, marketing and software engineering. trillion to $7.9

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Housing Wire

MARCH 5, 2024

Raunaq Singh wanted to capitalize on that opportunity and founded Roam , a platform that helps buyers and sellers with the assumption process. Roam acts as a facilitator, synchronizing all stakeholders involved in the assumption process, including real estate, title and escrow agents, attorneys, and the buyer and seller themselves.

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Lamacchia Realty

JANUARY 12, 2024

Lamacchia Realty achieved multiple Number One Rankings for Market Share in 2023 in Worcester & Leominster. CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL PRESS RELEASE CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL PRESS RELEASE CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL PRESS RELEASE The company’s mission has become to guide REALTORS®, employees, and clients to their success.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

A housing market marked by relatively high interest rates and tight inventory — and punctuated by the practice of home inspection waivers to sweeten offers — are taking a bite out of business for home inspectors, who play a key role in the sales process by ensuring that buyers are not being sold a lemon of a house. and Canada.

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Lamacchia Realty

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Cervone is the winner of the 2021 Most Acquired Clients Award! The award, renamed in 2021, recognizes the REALTOR® who signed up the most buyers and / or sellers in the company in 202 1. Paul exceeded expectations and signed up an impressive 9 5 clients! . “It training ,? systems , and? technology ? technology ?along

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 1, 2022

While the vast majority of respondents did not report witness or experiencing instances of appraisal bias, only 33% of all respondents reported that the most competent appraisers are being selected in their markets some of the time, and only 20% said that this is the case most of the time.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler sat down with Tom Cronkright, co-founder and executive chairman of CertifID and CEO of Sun Title , to talk about battling the latest frauds and scams as bad actors leverage a new arsenal of tech tools to wreak havoc on buyers and sellers of real estate. And the seller net proceeds continue to be a target.

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Lamacchia Realty

APRIL 19, 2024

Along with being extremely motivated, Lynn is energetic, warm, and straight forward with her clients and never misses a detail. Needless to say, Lynn is highly experienced in her craft of working with buyers and sellers, and successfully helping them achieve their goals! I am thrilled that she has decided to join Lamacchia Realty.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 19, 2021

While 2021 volume is expected to slow somewhat, the purchase market appears to be on pace to surpass refinances, the MBA said. HousingWire: How has the shift from a refi to a purchase market changed the dynamics for lenders? HousingWire: How has the shift from a refi to a purchase market changed the dynamics for lenders?

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Lamacchia Realty

JANUARY 11, 2023

Lamacchia Realty achieved multiple Number One Rankings for Market Share in 2022 in Worcester County, Hudson, Woburn, & Leominster. The company’s mission has become to guide REALTORS®, employees, and clients to their success. Read the details of each ranking by clicking the corresponding image below!

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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. Then the second thing is with the prices of the market so high, there is this idea that you can be really successful in real estate.

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CA Realty Training

MARCH 29, 2021

It’s important to know how to set up and maintain a good foundation with your clients. Listening is fundamental in creating a good working client relationship. Many agents are not in the habit of really listening to their client. Practicing this skill of active listening will give you insight to your client’s needs.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The lawsuit, which was originally filed in 2019 and won class-action status in April, alleges that some NAR rules, including one that requires listing brokers to offer buyer brokers a commission to list a property in a Realtor-affiliated MLS, violate the Sherman Antitrust Act by inflating seller costs. in California.

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Lamacchia Realty

DECEMBER 18, 2023

To the everyday buyer and seller , they may not think there is much of a difference between the two. Whether you’re beginning the search for your next home, or considering putting a property on the market, working with a trusted and reliable real estate professional is the best way to ensure your success. What is NAR?

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CA Realty Training

MAY 18, 2021

How does a real estate agent help their client buy a home? The second qualification is that it is a property that your clients might be interested in. Once you have found around 5-6 properties, it’s time to showcase them to your client. After you and your client found the perfect home, you have to make an offer on it.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 21, 2020

According to Hanna Ibrahim, who specializes in the San Jose and Silicon Valley market, the MLS said the average listing price in San Francisco is $1.68 months worth of inventory and the median days on the market are 17. million, and the average sale price is $1.72 million, making the sale-to-list ratio more than 100%. ” No.

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McKissock

MARCH 28, 2023

In times like the present when the housing market is slow, you can help your appraisal business thrive by offering additional services beyond mortgage lending appraisals. I love working with clients face to face and helping them discover the fair value of their property, whatever that may entail!” We do that. We do that.

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