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Download these 9 real estate prospecting letter templates that actually work

Housing Wire

Definitely include a business card in the envelope, as your information won’t be printed on the letter itself. You can order preview postcards, letters and a more broad open house invitation postcard to send to your sphere of influence at Wise Pelican. I will be hosting an open house at (address) this upcoming (day and time).

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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. Having to be somebody’s confidant and advisor on the real estate part would be “tough.”

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

Housing Wire

Interest rates going up definitely cooled the market, but overall, that is not the problem.” When an agent sees this effort, they will be more likely to send buyers, refer the loan officer to other agents through word of mouth, and even pick up some clients at an open house.

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

Housing Wire

By definition, a lowball offer is an offer that is significantly below market value. Coming in lower than list price on a home that’s been on the market for 24 hours, has wall-to-wall showings, an open house planned this weekend and all the comparable sales sold for higher than the list price does not warrant a lowball price.

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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.

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Real estate agents wonder if inventory levels will ever return to ‘normal’

Housing Wire

Nationwide, pre-pandemic the first week of February typically marks the lowest point for housing inventory during the year, as sellers return to the market in time for spring, but since the onset of the pandemic this predictable trend has been thrown out the window. “

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How to Step up Your Safety Practices as a Real Estate Agent

McKissock

However, from every open house showing to every meeting you have, safety should be an important factor. RISMedia is the residential real estate industry’s definitive source for news and information. Safety should always be your priority! Jameson Doris is RISMedia’s blog and social media editor.