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NAR adds home improvement contractor’s app to Realtor benefits

Housing Wire

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) announced on Wednesday the addition of a home repair estimate app to its package of NAR Realtor Benefits for members. We are thrilled to provide NAR members and their clients with access to our reliable pre-listing home improvements with pay-at-closing terms.”

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Lamacchia Realty Announces Top Producing REALTORS® for January 2022

Lamacchia Realty

has released their “Top Producing REALTORS®,” for January 2022! This program recognizes the Top 10 REALTORS® by company and the Top 3 or 5 REALTORS® by office with the highest transaction numbers or sales for the month! Lamacchia Realty, Inc. Liz has lived her entire life in Central Massachusetts, currently residing in Hudson.

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Study: Real estate firms thrive on repeat and referral business

Housing Wire

On the flip side, interest generated from traditional open houses declined from 2018, according to the National Association of Realtors ’ 2021 Profile of Real Estate Firms. In 2018, 1% of surveyed brokerages said their business came from open houses. In 2020, less than 1% did, likely because the pandemic put a damper on in-person open houses.

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Home Improvement Ideas Before Selling in a Competitive Market

Will Springer Realtor

In one study from the National Association of Realtors®, new wood flooring yields a 118% increase in value recovered when added to a home. The potential to make bespoke improvements to the home is vast. The post Home Improvement Ideas Before Selling in a Competitive Market appeared first on Will Springer.

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Tax Implications of Selling your Home

Lamacchia Realty

You can figure out your capital gains by using this formula: subtract what you originally paid for the property from the selling price (but also make sure you’re considering any home improvements or extra expenses from the sale). Ready to take the leap and begin your home selling journey? is not a licensed tax professional.

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Some lenders won’t survive the purchase mortgage market of 2022

Housing Wire

I hadn’t developed a network for mortgage lending with Realtors,” Woodward said about his work at Interfirst in Indiana. In a purchase market, he emphasizes strong communication with clients and referral partners, such as Realtors and financial planners. But Woodward struggled to originate purchase loans. “I Purchases were 38.5%

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With low inventory, house hunters are in full safari mode

Housing Wire

The Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity, or LIRA, a measure developed by Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University , seems to support Mohan’s assessment, showing that year over year “expenditures for home improvements and maintenance will post a modest decline of 2.8% through the first quarter of 2024.”

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