Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

A well-designed visual identity — either through the distinct font and colors you choose for your brand, through a logo, or through a combination of both — offers you an even more important opportunity. It gives you the chance to make your brand stand out from a distance on a real estate sign or quickly during a social media scroll.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

And at The Agency, we’re lucky to have an incredible in-house design and creative agency that impacts nearly every aspect of our business and brand. Make sure marketing is in your wheelhouse Of course, marketing is an essential part of most great brand experiences.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

million agents who were part-time and not as experienced, but no brokerage has ever been created and designed specifically to address the needs of those agents who are high volume. When we looked at the industry, every brokerage that existed served the 1.3

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agents Brokerage 397

Eppraisal

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Not many people know that all real estate agents can not call themselves Realtors® In order for real estate agents to call themselves Realtors® they must belong to the National Association of Realtors® (NAR), their state Realtor® associations and their local Realtor® associations.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Keller Williams Realty has partnered exclusively with the online learning platform Coursera to offer a comprehensive introduction to the business of real estate. Dubbed the KW Real Estate Agent Professional certificate, the program will give participants a head start in the real estate industry.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Your real estate website should serve multiple functions, almost like a digital business card with an MLS listing storefront, a booking platform, a home valuation page, and even your background story and biography. Remember — your prospective clients are glancing through dozens of agents’ websites.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 11, 2024

Broker Edition is designed to provide an intuitive loan management portal for borrowers while making loan management simpler at an accessible price point. Floify Lender Edition is a counterpart to Broker Edition , which was rolled out in December.

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Housing Wire

JULY 17, 2023

Moreover, properties featuring 3D tours spend less time on the market — typically around one-third less time — and agents can secure higher selling prices. By leveraging VR, real estate agents can enhance their understanding of the market, optimize their strategies and ultimately improve their overall success in the industry.

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McKissock

JUNE 21, 2022

Being a real estate agent can be really hard. Finding a client the perfect home or selling a property for a family desperate to move—not to mention the financial rewards that come with being a great agent—all feel wonderful. As a real estate agent, you are in the service industry. Shut up and listen!

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agents Architecture 94

Housing Wire

APRIL 23, 2024

Real estate coach Tom Ferry is launching a new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered chatbot that is specifically designed for real estate professionals. The most important thing is for real estate agents to provide value and demonstrate it at scale,” Ferry said in a statement.

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Tools Real Estate Training Real Estate Agent 406

McKissock

JULY 26, 2021

Ever wondered what it takes to work in real estate with celebrities? Being a celebrity real estate agent isn’t too different from working with clients who aren’t famous — but there are a few notable takeaways to focus on each time you have a celebrity client. Privacy is always the best policy.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agents Clients 94

Inman

JANUARY 28, 2024

Jimmy Burgess shares 10 specific prompts designed for real estate agents that will help you generate leads, grow your business and serve your clients at the highest level possible.

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Real Estate Agent Design Real Estate Clients 187

McKissock

APRIL 25, 2022

Want your real estate career to make an impact on your local community? There are ways real estate agents can give back and serve people in need. Through real estate charities and some creative thinking you can use your career to help others—you might meet some like-minded real estate agents while doing it, too.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agents Clients 75

Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2024

Roomvu , a Canadian-based video marketing platform for residential real estate agents, is partnering with Leading Real Estate Companies of the World (LeadingRE) and Realty One to mark Roomvu’s expansion into the U.S. And social video generates 1,200% more shares than text and images combined, according to Forbes.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

One measure is targeted specifically for the island of Maui — which endured a devastating wildfire last year that destroyed the town of Lahaina — while the other is designed to expand rental assistance for Native Hawaiians residing on the islands. HUD awarded $6.9

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Inman

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The real estate agent and interior design pro said he was making the move because of The Agency's boutique culture. He has closed more than $300 million in sales volume during his career.

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Real Estate Agent Design Real Estate Agents 187

Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2024

Djon said these leaders are “at the top,“ with the ability to recruit other agents and override what the unit does, which is a way to retain these top-performing employees. Meanwhile, a customer relationship management system, along with experts in marketing, sales and other areas, are designed to support these teams, he said. “If

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2022

Mangus then worked to build the dedicated reverse mortgage department at his new company from scratch and has found a notable degree of success by building Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) for Purchase (H4P) business through the use of continuing education (CE) classes designed for licensed real estate agents.

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Real Estate Real Estate Agent Mortgage Agents 520

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Florfy Broker Edition is designed to provide an intuitive loan management portal for borrowers and make managing loans simpler at an accessible price point while boosting operational efficiency, the company said. The Colorado-headquartered firm was acquired by publicly traded proptech company Porch Group, Inc.

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Lending Mortgage Real Estate Agent Design 441

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2023

It’s not specialized for real estate, but rather was designed for marketing purposes. Why we picked it Wise Agent is celebrated for its user-friendly interface, comprehensive features, and exceptional customer support, making it a top choice for real estate professionals.

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Real Estate Real Estate Agent Tools Agents 441

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 431

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

homegenius Real Estate understands the need to deliver differentiated value in a very congested market. The homegenius Platform reimagines the entire real estate experience, giving consumers more access, deeper insights and better service, all available on a co-branded website with their financial institution.

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McKissock

JANUARY 5, 2021

Real Estate Career Goals For 2021. ” A lot of real estate agents stated that they wanted to “earn more” in the new year than they did in the previous year. “To full-time draftsman to full-time real estate agent/investor by the end of 2021.”

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agents Clients 79

Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2024

Generate seller leads using AI Artificial Intelligence (or AI) is changing the way agents work in so many ways, and that includes how we generate seller leads. Data analysis allows real estate agents to focus their marketing efforts (and budget!) Let’s be honest, spending money on lead generation can get expensive.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Learn more Use this tool: Lab Coat Agents Lab Coat Agents (LCA) is a big deal in the real estate world, starting from a Facebook group and now boasting over 162,000 members. It’s perfect for agents, with helpful design and marketing tools tailored for real estate. ProspectsPLUS!

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 25, 2024

To help, we put together this guide to walk you through our nine-step system to recruit, nurture, and retain producing agents in 2024. Just remember that even though agent mobility and the market are improving, competition for the best agents will still be fierce in 2024. Smart recruiters don’t sell on the first call.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agents Brokerage 421

McKissock

APRIL 25, 2021

Bringing a new real estate agent into your brokerage or onto your team requires a commitment of time, resources, and energy. It’s important to know that the agent you choose is up for the challenges ahead and ready to hit the ground running without a lot of handholding and babysitting. How successful have they been?

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agents Brokerage 91

McKissock

APRIL 28, 2021

As of 2020, a whopping 88% of home buyers relied on the help of a real estate agent to get them through the process. This trend has been on the rise since 2001 when only 69% of buyers used a real estate agent. . As the real estate agent, it’s your job to assuage these fears.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 29, 2023

If a professional suspects fraud, Fannie Mae recommends following established policies and procedures from both their company and the Fannie Mae Selling Guide, as well as reporting instances of fraud through the GSE’s dedicated webpage designed for fraud reporting. The GSE highlighted four hallmarks of such a scheme.

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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

Inman

MARCH 7, 2023

Gerard Splendore's series on kitchen and bath design concludes with a look at smart home solutions and the future of residential spaces.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Design Agents 117

Housing Wire

JUNE 10, 2022

Chime’s all-in-one CRM and sales acceleration platform is designed to help real estate agents, teams, and brokerages close more deals faster. The platform combines IDX websites, lead generation, marketing automation, advanced lead management, and powerful AI to cost-effectively capture and convert leads into new business.

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Technology Real Estate Agent Real Estate Brokerage 305

McKissock

OCTOBER 6, 2021

In a recent article from Realtor.com , Houzz‘s 2021 Emerging Home Design Trends Report highlighted six trends that are taking this new world of real estate by storm, including: Separate rooms for different activities. Here’s how real estate agents can use these trends to their advantage in the field.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Tiny homes, co-living spaces and shared housing arrangements are ways to reduce the cost of homeownership, as well as negotiating real estate agent commission. Flexible design matters Flexible design goes beyond rooms with multiple functions or a layout that can be easily changed.

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Inman

MARCH 22, 2023

To cut through the noise, Laura Viñalet put together this list of time-saving social media tools for agents. There are so many social media tools that it’s tough to figure out what works and what’s a waste.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Consumers have flipped the script on lenders and real estate agents when it comes to the home-buying process. Ninety percent of consumers start their home search online and many get prequalified for financing before they even reach out to a real estate agent. A great partner has the control.

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Real Estate Real Estate Agent Agents Clients 421

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

In reality, the LOS is not the problem; the technology is doing exactly what it was designed to do. Adjust your expectations At its core, an LOS is designed to serve a very specific purpose: ensuring that lenders can originate compliant and sellable loans. It would forever feel like a failure due to its inherent limitations.

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