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Download these 9 real estate prospecting letter templates that actually work

Housing Wire

We negotiated to get the sellers the highest price possible. Even if you’re months or even years away from moving, a seller’s prep session is one of the services I offer homeowners. Many of us are in sellers’ markets with very low inventory. The goal in prospecting FSBO sellers is to be that agent.

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Altos: Sellers are coming back to the housing market, can buyers keep up?

Housing Wire

New listings each week, which were record few last year, are growing now. There are still notably not a lot of sellers. But home sellers are gradually easing back into this housing market. There were 66,000 new listings this week, of which 14,000 are already in contract. It’s not a ton of sellers.

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Altos: More sellers and price reductions, but fewer homebuyers

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We still see more sellers than last year. Each week, there are more new listings than a year ago, allowing inventory to build and eventually leading to more home sales this year than last. Home prices aren’t falling but the growth signals are definitely softening. More sellers with price cuts than a year ago.

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Prices for pending home sales reach record high

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We’re watching sales volumes , which are definitely up over past year but remain slow. Housing inventory When we look at the active inventory of unsold homes on the market, we can definitely see the impact of higher mortgage rates in the past month. New listings Growing inventory is not just about slowing demand.

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No seasonal slowdown this year as real estate agents report a busier-than-usual fall

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But if the pandemic surges up again, I think we’re just going to get busier and busier here, because we are definitely located in the correct position, outside of New York City, where parents can still commute to work and children can have space needed for homeschooling and things like that,” Kanacki said.

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Home price signals point to flat growth

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New listings There were 71,000 new, unsold listings of single-family homes across the country this week. More home sellers are coming back to the market each week. These are new listings that are already under contract, so they’re not counted in the active inventory.

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Agents harness the power of social media to generate leads

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Her Facebook is mostly made up of local Michigan homebuyers and sellers, while her LinkedIn has a lot of other agents and real estate professionals and her Instagram is a mix of both. It is definitely where I can bring more of my personality out. But I would say our lead generation is probably highest when we post a new listing.”.

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