Housing Wire

MAY 27, 2021

A real estate agent at Compass Florida in Coconut Grove, Schechter has 12 years of experience in the real estate industry, so he’s familiar with its cyclical ups and downs. There’s plenty of advice available to help buyers and sellers navigate the current housing market. But what about real estate agents?

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Housing Wire

JULY 17, 2023

With real estate inventory at a near-record low, buyers seeking a place to call home are facing stiff competition as bidding wars continue to be commonplace. Secret Service reported a steep rise in seller impersonation in an advisory it issued this year. We can reverse this trend.

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Housing Wire

MAY 10, 2021

The severe lack of inventory in today’s housing market has been a source of stress for home buyers and real estate agents alike. HousingWire sat down with Realtor.com CEO David Doctorow to learn how agents and brokers can alleviate some of the frustrations their clients are facing.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 7, 2021

Home sellers are chomping at the bit. As the economy reopens, vaccinations continue to roll out and stimulus checks reach bank accounts across America, home sellers are increasingly optimistic. Real estate agents and LOs: the great collaboration.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

” Kanacki’s market, like many others, remains competitive as buyers continue to experience bidding wars amid historically low housing inventory and an uptick in home prices. “I Hamblen said that there’s about a month-and-a-half worth of inventory in the Long Island market and she is expecting a strong end to 2020.

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Inman

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Interest rates, insurance premiums, tax concerns and more are keeping sellers from putting their homes on the market and forcing them to defer their dreams. Team leader Carl Medford believes it's up to real estate agents to communicate effectively and help sellers move forward.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2024

Loan officers and mortgage executives expect home sellers and homebuyers to negotiate more aggressively on commission paid to buyer agents, potentially bringing costs down. You should be finding buyers before real estate agents anyway.”

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Empire Appraisal Group

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Lusky, DigitalVision, Getty Images Source: [link] FSBO Sellers Regret Not Having an Agent By Melissa Dittmann Tracey Survey: Sellers who go-it alone are twice as likely to be unsatisfied with the experience – and more likely to say their earlier opinion, “agents are overpaid,” was wrong.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 27, 2024

Earlier this month, the NAR announced the settlement of various lawsuits filed by home sellers, which allege that the real estate industry colluded to keep agent commissions artificially high at 5% to 6% of a home’s sale price. The VA didn’t immediately respond to HousingWire’s request for comment.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 31, 2023

Lack of inventory is an issue builders and mortgage loan originators alike are dealing with across the nation. The inventory put a cap on how much business Marquis’ team can do, which is one of the reasons why Marquis is now licensed in 22 states. In our market here in Boston, we have incredibly low inventory.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 12, 2024

The lock-in effect is still real but listings are starting to tick up Declining mortgage rates appear to have helped the inventory situation somewhat. But a lot of sellers are worried about finding their next house because even though listings are rising, there’s still a housing shortage.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2024

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. While some agents choose to handwrite these, it can be time-consuming.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 5, 2024

As a real estate agent , it’s essential to stay aware of significant changes in interest rates and how they may affect market conditions so you’re better equipped to advise your buyers and sellers on everything from housing affordability to availability.

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Housing Wire

MAY 3, 2023

On Friday afternoon, my real estate agent called with good news. The agent wished me well and said that she would appreciate a review on her website. It wasn’t so long ago that experts said the internet would drastically bring down agent commissions. I briefly considered a “listing only” agent , but chickened out.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2022

The success of iBuyers is the failure of real estate agents. After all, iBuying companies Opendoor , Redfin and formerly Zillow are predicated on home sellers eschewing a listing agent and selling their home to the company. So far, Offerpad’s agents have played a bit role in the company’s growth.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

There’s no doubt we’re in a seller’s housing market. With inventory at record lows, demand surging and prices on the rise, buying — even just finding — a home in today’s market is quite the challenge. More for Real Estate Enthusiasts. Need a real estate agent? Work with an experienced agent.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

The bidding wars that put smiles on the faces of sellers and simultaneously drove buyers to rip their hair out weren’t as frequent in August, according to the latest report from brokerage Redfin. The report attributes this decrease to the normal seasonal slowdown, causing the shortage of inventory to slow as well. million and 1.92

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Though this seems like a whole new stress-inducing worry for many real estate agents , the fact is that commissions have never been a set amount, just an expectation or a tradition in many markets. One of the top concerns for homebuyers as well as agents right now is the historic lack of inventory.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 29, 2023

While lower cost of capital will likely bring buyers back in a meaningful way, the latest market instability and the Federal Reserve ’s federal funds rate hike will stress a lot of real estate agents, mortgage advisors and lenders to the core, said Daniel Arias, loan officer at We Fund LA , a division of New American Funding.

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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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Birmingham Appraisal

JUNE 13, 2023

Appraisal Tips For Real Estate Agents As a real estate appraiser with over 30 years of experience, I have seen many changes and challenges in the appraisal profession and the real estate market. I believe that appraisers and agents have a common goal: to help their clients buy or sell a home.

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Housing Wire

JULY 20, 2023

With record-low inventory nationwide, real estate agents seem to be hearing the same thing day in and day out: “I’d list my home, but where would I move?” For most agents, that’s the end of the conversation, ending the possibility of taking a new listing as well as facilitating the buyer side. range currently!

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

A housing market marked by relatively high interest rates and tight inventory — and punctuated by the practice of home inspection waivers to sweeten offers — are taking a bite out of business for home inspectors, who play a key role in the sales process by ensuring that buyers are not being sold a lemon of a house.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Housing affordability and limited inventory impacted the buying power of all buyers, however, the greatest impact was felt by Black and Asian Americans, as both groups saw a shrinking share of home buyers,” Jessica Lautz, NAR’s vice president of demographics and behavioral insights, said in a statement.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

They’re getting cold feet,” said Jaime Moore, a Redfin Premier real estate agent in Reno, Nevada. A lot of sellers are also willing to let buyers slip away because they don’t want to concede to repair requests,” Morre said. Many of them would rather back out, even if it means losing their earnest money. The median U.S.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2023

Roberts and thousands of other loan officers across the country continue to be hampered by a serious inventory shortage , which results in heavy competition for fewer deals. It’s a small amount but it’s nice to have products where you can get a real estate agent’s attention with a product that another lender doesn’t have.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

To lure more buyers, sellers are coming to terms with the market conditions and are agreeing to apply price cuts to their homes. “Buyers should prep their credit scores and sellers should prep their properties now, attractive listings are going pending in less than a month, and time on market will shrink in the weeks ahead.”

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Housing Wire

JULY 13, 2021

bidding-war rate Redfin saw in June 2020, when the housing market was starting to rebound from a temporary standstill triggered by pandemic shutdowns, said Laura Sechrist Molenda, a Redfin real estate agent based in Southern California. In 2018-2019, total housing inventory was in the range between 1.52 million and 1.92

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Housing Wire

MAY 20, 2022

Today, homes are selling faster than usual because of the shortage of inventory and high buyer demand. COVID changed the real estate industry in a big way since it provided many people with an opportunity to work remotely and live almost anywhere. Hire a Real Estate Agent. Commissions are often negotiable.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Find them the right home Inventory is scarce, and will likely stay that way for a while. There are other ways to find inventory rather than just using your MLS. There are other ways to find inventory rather than just using your MLS. Help them write a winning offer Understand what the seller is desiring beyond the asking price.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Local real estate agents, loan officers and appraisers share what characteristics are currently defining their housing markets. This is sick, and I want it to end,” said Sharon Aubuchon, a RE/MAX Premier Realty agent in Prairie Village, Kansas a suburb of Kansas City. Kansas City, Missouri.

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Lamacchia Realty

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

ARE YOU A "WANT-TO-BE" SELLER IN 2024? From low inventory levels to increasing mortgage rates , the real estate landscape has experienced a multitude of changes and challenges over the last several years, leaving many sellers wondering when the “right” time to list would be given current market conditions.

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Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2021

That kind of drawn-out timetable is typical for the majority of western nations that use the auctioneer system where a seller works with one, perhaps two, auctioneers. fee to the seller. If a showing is to happen, buyers must make appointments with each seller auctioneer to view those homes. It’s a trusted, predictable process.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Real estate agents and brokers , are you relying solely on that buyer drip you set up for your motivated and qualified clients? If your buyers can’t or won’t compete for scarce inventory, change your strategy. Has the drip run dry? Ask good questions, get the answers and deliver.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Zillow will keep trying to sell existing home inventory, plus renovate and try to resell homes it has purchased under contract, according to a company press release. Pausing new contracts will enable us to focus on sellers already under contract with us and our current home inventory.”. billion in unsold home inventory.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 27, 2020

As a seller, it means opening your personal home to strangers, including ones who may be infected with the virus. Competition: Are you up against a lot of other sellers? This will vary by market, but nationally, housing inventory is way down. The pandemic: How safe is it to sell your home? Consult an expert if you’re not sure.

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Housing Wire

JULY 9, 2021

Mimi Foster, a real estate agent, told MarketWatch the home was like “walking into a crime scene.”. Low-inventory is partly to blame. Due to low inventory, buyers don’t have a lot of options when it comes to purchasing a home. “The In today’s market, sellers are juggling multiple offers at once.

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