Housing Wire

JULY 20, 2023

Set the appointment To make a strong first impression with potential sellers, avoid overwhelming them with too many questions upfront. Join a reputable brokerage, engage in neighborhood prospect calls, host open houses and proactively interact with everyone you meet. Instead, focus on scheduling an appointment.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 18, 2020

Opendoor has resumed operations in all 21 of its markets as of Tuesday. Now, the company has added back the rest of its operational markets, including Las Vegas, Orlando, Minneapolis-St. The post Opendoor resumes iBuying in all of its markets appeared first on HousingWire.

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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. Meanwhile, trade groups representing lenders believe that more details on the settlement are needed to understand its coming impact on the housing market.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 24, 2024

By definition, a lowball offer is an offer that is significantly below market value. Asking price and market value are not always the same thing. Determine if the listing is priced correctly Determine the actual market value of the subject property. Has it been on and off the market several times over months or years?

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Housing Wire

MARCH 25, 2024

During a virtual open house hosted by Keller Williams to answer agent and broker questions about the settlements in the commission lawsuits , the overwhelming message was for real estate professionals to focus on what they can control. Seller concessions is money that is being given by the seller directly to the buyer,” Papasan said.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Event marketing can be key to success in building relationships and meeting new potential buyers and sellers. February: Use Red Hot candies for a pop-by gift with the message, ‘It might be cold outside but the market is red hot!’ You can use these for door-knocking, lead follow-up, open house giveaways, and at the closing table.

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Housing Wire

JULY 25, 2023

There is no greater problem for a motivated seller than figuring out why their home didn’t sell! The most logical prospect for listings in any real estate market is the homeowner of an expired listing. Expired listings have been market tested. They’re now open to listing with someone they don’t already know.

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Appraisal Buzz

MAY 3, 2024

The Home Report provides automatically generated, unique property data details from a scan of a property to help give home buyers and sellers a comprehensive understanding of the home’s layout. The feature also simplifies MLS data entry with easy-to-copy room measurements and important property details.

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Eppraisal

APRIL 5, 2022

Historically, open houses have been a marketing staple for listing agents. Open houses can be an effective tool in a buyer's real estate market. However, we are in a sizzling hot seller's market right now. " The Covid-19 pandemic also changed the concept of open houses.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 29, 2024

Simply put, cutting corners on staging is a risky move that risks prolonged market presence. Additionally, an open house and the majority of showings will be in the first 30 days. Overall, in 2024, cutting corners on staging is a risk that sellers cannot afford to take.

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BiggerPockets

APRIL 28, 2024

When housing inventory is low, where do you go? Foreclosure rates are down, short sales are a hassle, and the open housing market has barely any sellers—is there a better […]

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Housing Wire

MARCH 2, 2023

And just like the bears who are starting to wake up from their long winter naps, homebuyers and sellers are coming out of hibernation… or at least they normally do. The pandemic definitely changed the real estate market ,” Todd Alperin, a Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate The Masiello Group agent based in Southern New Hampshire, said.

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Housing Wire

JULY 20, 2023

According to the National Association of Realtors , 67% of sellers were referred to their agent by a friend, neighbor or relative; or used their agent previously to buy or sell a home. 74% of sellers say they would use that same agent again, or recommend them to others. Most importantly, you must be available and responsive.

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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. It dishes out everything from email and SMS marketing to effective lead capture forms and an integrated CRM system. One of the most efficient ways to acquire leads is to buy them through lead generation providers.

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Eppraisal

JULY 22, 2022

Even in today's age of fast selling homes and rising values, agents are hosting open houses. Real estate open houses can be a prime opportunity for criminals. It is important to keep your home safe during an open house. This is especially true if you are going to have an open house.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Are they out there knocking on doors, sending letters and going to new builds, FSBOs and open houses? Finding the right house for your buyers in today’s market is a bit like a safari. Search for homes that have 30-plus days on the market, even 60- or 90-plus days as well.

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Lamacchia Realty

JULY 6, 2021

EASY FIXES SELLERS CAN MAKE. Selling a home can take some time and while most home sellers are focused on making updates that will give them the most return, it is imperative that the small fixes aren’t overlooked. If the seller hasn’t tackled a small project, such as replacing the cover pates, what other big issues can’t be seen?

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Eppraisal

JANUARY 13, 2023

Finding a seller's agent who will work hard for you and put your interests above their own is important. Here are five key questions to ask prospective seller's agents while you are conducting interviews. Will You Prepare a Comparative Market Analysis and a Detailed Net Sheet for Selling My Home?

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Lamacchia Realty

MARCH 17, 2022

ARE YOU A "WANT-TO-BE" SELLER IN 2022? There are questions about housing market health and what the market is actually doing. Take Action to Sell and Action to Buy- Many times “Want-to-Be” sellers and buyers don’t take one step without the other and all that does is hold you back.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

In the ever-competitive real estate market, creating a consistent flow of real estate buyer leads is strategy for success. But beyond first-timers, we’ll show you how to attract real estate buyers of all kinds through a multi-tiered marketing approach that boosts both your visibility and credibility with potential buyers.

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Lamacchia Realty

OCTOBER 25, 2023

PRICE ADJUSTMENTS AND THE 2023 MARKET In March 2022, it was clear that the market was changing from a frenzied post-pandemic scene to one where it was assumed that rising mortgage rates would slow it down and help inventory finally rise back up. Fewer sellers need to adjust their price because, again, it’s a seller’s market.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 9, 2023

Scaling lead generation with AI In the fast-paced and competitive market we’re experiencing today, effective lead generation can be the make or break of a brokerage. In a fast-paced industry like real estate, time is of the essence and the vast majority of unrepresented buyers and sellers will work with the first agent that reaches out.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agents Clients 368

Housing Wire

AUGUST 17, 2021

For better or worse, trends in the mortgage industry tend to mirror corresponding trends in the overall real estate market. Emerging out of the pandemic, the first half of 2021 showed that there is a historically low housing inventory across multiple markets in the U.S. Inventory issues. All about the rates.

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Lamacchia Realty

JUNE 21, 2022

In early March it was becoming clear that the market was changing from a frenzied post-pandemic scene to one where rising mortgage rates would slow it down and help inventory finally rise back up. For the past few years, with inventory at historically low levels , sellers were coming pretty close to naming their price and buyers were paying.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 28, 2020

The first is listing tools – the products designed for you to convert potential sellers into listing contracts. And the last area is seller tools or companies that help to convert lookers to buyers (I could probably have thought of a better name here). Seller tools / Buyer conversion tools. Listing tools.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 21, 2022

These rookies were thrust into the most extreme seller’s markets in history, where they had to learn on the fly how to write an offer, pitch a potential seller, and generate leads. Then the second thing is with the prices of the market so high, there is this idea that you can be really successful in real estate.

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Agents Real Estate Agent Real Estate Clients 380

McKissock

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Social media marketing for real estate has become a bonafide way to market your business and build your personal brand. Your biggest market at this moment (and likely for years to come) are Millennials. Free Guide : Become a social media marketing master with this free Social Media Toolkit for Real Estate Agents.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

If you’re struggling to market your business on social media, or worse, haven’t even started yet, you might be in for a rude awakening in 2024. Prioritize reputation over reach The key to successful social media marketing is to build meaningful connections with people in your farm area who want to buy or sell real estate.

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Inman

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Follow these simple steps on listing appointments to answer the question and turn seller leads into signed listings, writes author and trainer Bernice Ross. How long have you been an agent?

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McKissock

JUNE 26, 2022

Schedule Multiple Open House Appointments and Follow-Up Meetings. If you’re not frequently getting your clients into open houses, how do you expect them to purchase one anytime soon? If your client is interested in any property, schedule an open house appointment for them at the earliest convenience.

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Miller Samuel

MARCH 18, 2020

With falling mortgage rates of the past year or so, many in the real estate community thought: "oh my goodness, refi's and housing sales are going to boom with these low rates, and any Fed rate cuts will offset the damage of a plunging stock market and the economic damage of a pandemic.". The outbreak is clearly expanding.

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

AUGUST 11, 2022

However, sometimes properties may have specific problems that are too serious and can’t go unnoticed at an open house. The type and range of information you have to provide in the seller’s property disclosure will, of course, depend on the legal regulations of the state where you have the property.

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Houston Properties

APRIL 15, 2020

Houston Home Sellers Guide Series #4: Preventive Home Maintenance Guide For Your Houston Home. Expert tips on simple preventive home maintenance to ensure the best buyer & open house experiences. This article is part of a Houston Home Sellers Guide Series outlining how we achieve these results. more and for 4.3%

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Listing Spark

APRIL 17, 2024

Selling a house traditionally has always been an arduous process, and right now, it’s even more turbulent. With the current NAR settlement shaking up commission processes and costs for buyers and sellers, investors have even more reason to operate without an agent holding up their processes.

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Listing Spark

MARCH 18, 2024

The conventional pathway to selling your home is hiring a listing agent who represents you in the transaction and manages the marketing that requires a real estate license—namely, listing your property on the MLS. High-quality photographs—and lots of them—lead to higher offer prices, more offers, and less time on the market.

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Raleigh Realty

MARCH 23, 2021

How to Sell a House By Owner (FSBO) Before selling your home for sale by owner, it's important to understand the pros and cons, what's involved, and what to expect throughout the process. We would imagine it's the same in most real estate markets around the country as we have found the same to be true of homes for sale in Charlotte as well.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Realtors Contracts 133

McKissock

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Showcase Comfort and Versatility at Your Next Open House. Typically, open house staging implies stark, neutral furnishings and decor that are often moved from one open house to the next. Free Guide : Learn how to become a social media marketing master with this free guide just for real estate agents.

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