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The mortgage rate lock-in didn’t start in 2022

Housing Wire

After an initial rush to get to market in Q2 2022, new listings volume fell precipitously. In July 2022, new listings volume per week dropped from 90,000 at the end of June to approximately 74,000 just after the July 4th holiday. That’s a swing of 17% fewer sellers in just a matter of days.

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‘Fraudsters gotta eat too:’ The title industry navigates an uptick in fraud

Housing Wire

Berg and ALTA One attendees also highlight the recent uptick in seller impersonation fraud , which occurs when a fraudster poses as the owner of a vacant lot or vacation home who is looking to sell the property. Our realtor partners are hurting,” Berg said.

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Agents harness the power of social media to generate leads

Housing Wire

I told everyone ‘Hey, I’m a brand new agent and I’m learning this as I go and I’m going to take you guys on the ride to see what it takes to be a Realtor.’ They have been really effective in the luxury market and new construction segments.”. “I just started with the good, bad and ugly and I just owned it.

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Finding a "Buyer's Agent"

Eppraisal

Working with buyers requires a different skill-set than working with sellers. A sellers agent's job is to market and sell a client's home. In fact, the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) offers a designation real estate agents can earn for working specifically with buyers. A buyers agent's job requires many more key skills.

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Home inventory is climbing even faster than this time a year ago

Housing Wire

This is a demand-driven slowdown, because new listings supply is still running 9% to 10% fewer homes for sale each week than this time last year. We’re seeing fewer new sellers each week, but inventory is building as homebuyers wait to see if mortgage rates will come down to make purchases more affordable. from last week.

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12 Questions to Ask Your Real Estate Agent

PennyMac

This does not mean that you should avoid new agents at all costs — just ask them a few more questions about their journey. Many of them have had great training and even specialized experience working for seasoned Realtors®. New agents can also often deliver high quality, personalized service as a result of having fewer clients.

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Agents, Are You Pricing For Today’s Market or Yesterday’s?

Birmingham Appraisal

If financing were not an issue, and the buyer couldn’t care less about how their contract price compared to other similar properties, it would just be a matter of connecting the buyer with the seller and signing on the dotted line, but life isn’t always so easy. Of course, we may start to see less of this as interest rates rise.

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