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Recruiters turn to AI in their quest to lure top agents

Housing Wire

While real estate brokerages have no control over interest rates, transaction levels or home sales prices, they realize that proactive recruiting of agents is a key to success in a slow market. Launched in 2006, the Zillow Zestimate leverages public documents to provide estimates of value for every house in a given neighborhood.

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Mortgage rates creep up slightly to 2.80%

Housing Wire

According to Sam Khater, chief economist at Freddie Mac, while there is some uncertainty about the Covid-19 Delta variant, the housing market is still enjoying record low rates. “As Mortgage rates have rarely exceeded 3% this year, despite predictions that 2021 would bring a return to higher levels. Presented by: Black Knight.

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How to Become a Real Estate Agent in Illinois (IL) in 5 Steps

Housing Wire

This option combines self-guided online learning with live instruction from a teacher. 10] With so many prelicensing course formats to choose from, there’s bound to be one that suits your learning style and schedule. 21] [22] Illinois housing prices: By the numbers $252,134 is the value of the average Illinois home, which is a 2.5%

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The best real estate coaching programs for 2024

Housing Wire

As a way to deal with this, many agents and brokers seek out professional mentorship as a means to gain insight and level up their performance. Pricing There are different membership tiers, depending on the level of guidance you need. Focused on Ferry’s “8 Levels of Performance,” the programs are a staple of real estate coaching.

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How to get a real estate license in Ohio (OH) in 5 steps

Housing Wire

From completing your required coursework to taking the licensing exam, keep reading to learn how to become a real estate agent in Ohio. Ohio does not publish an average pass rating for the real estate examination, but you can expect the level of difficulty to be dependent on how prepared you are! This is the equivalent of $35.80

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Real Estate Agents Divulge Their Goals For 2021

McKissock

“To sell more houses.” Would it be to sell 5 more houses than you did last year? Would it be to ask your broker for a higher commission split? If you want to sell 5 more houses than you did last year, how are you going to do that? Knock on 20 houses per week? Here’s what they had to say.

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The Ups and Downs of Stairs

Cleveland Appraisal Blog

There are straight stairs, L-shaped stairs, U-shaped stairs, spiral stairs, winder stairs, curved stairs, cantilever stairs, split staircases also known as bifurcated stairs (many appraisers dislike the term bifurcated… don’t ask), ladder stairs, and drop stairs. Some may find stairs to be a source of recreation.

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