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Opinion: The hidden opportunities of high mortgage rates

Housing Wire

Yet higher mortgage rates aren’t all bad news for savvy real estate agents. Many real estate agents may shy away from working with landlords and renters. Helping a landlord or renter can create loyalty and a lifelong client. from a year ago. Currently about 44 million U.S.

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New Western’s marketplace and other solutions to inventory crisis

Inman

Retail investors and local landlords offer real estate agents a wide array of options for staying active in a market bereft of traditional inventory, you simply need to know how to connect with them.

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Need to sell your house fast? Here are 7 great options

Housing Wire

A professional appraiser or real estate agent can help you figure out how much to list your home for. There are many moving pieces to the economic part of the real estate industry that are unpredictable and uncontrollable. Hire a Real Estate Agent. This often happens with investment properties.

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12 Questions to Ask Your Real Estate Agent

PennyMac

Whether you are buying or selling a home, your real estate agent will be your partner through one of the most significant transactions of your life. Finding the right agent should involve careful planning and research, but many of us just don’t know where to start. How long have you been working as a real estate agent?

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Divvy Homes reportedly makes another round of layoffs

Housing Wire

Nearly 25,000 real estate agents worked with Divvy as of August 2021, according to company estimates. In October, Fast Company reported that Divvy charges higher rents than other landlords in some of its 19 markets.

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Top Realtor Xio Sandoval to speak at Spring Summit

Housing Wire

Sandoval will be on a panel titled Lessons from Local Markets where real estate agents from three of the nation’s hottest housing markets will discuss how they’re working with lenders to get borrowers into homes. In addition, she has been named one of NAHREP ’S Top 250 Latino Agents since 2013.

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How the Commercial Real Estate Market Is Adapting to Post-Pandemic Needs

McKissock

In a recent Forbes article, The Impact Of A Hybrid Work Environment On Real Estate , Co-Founder & CEO of Replay Listings Rodolfo Delgado predicts a “downsizing” trend within the commercial real estate space, potentially opening up opportunities for commercial real estate agents to help newly-hybrid companies navigate the relocation process.