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5 activities real estate agents should do every morning

Housing Wire

Make sure you’re ready to share new listings and that potential clients can easily contact you through your platforms. Here are five things I’d encourage you to do early and often this year: Refine your online presence: Audit your website and social media profiles to make them more engaging and user-friendly.

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Agent optimism up as new listings surge

Real Estate News

A national survey of 1,900 real estate agents found that most are anticipating a good market in the coming six months.

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Real estate agents: it’s time to prospect expired listings

Housing Wire

Instead, follow a systematic approach, asking logical questions which will lead you to a prequalified appointment and then your next new listing. Tim and Julie Harris host a podcast for real estate professionals. Remember that you’re there to solve a problem, speaking to (almost always) a very motivated seller!

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No seasonal slowdown this year as real estate agents report a busier-than-usual fall

Housing Wire

There were nine new pending contracts for every 10 new listings, a slower rate than the 9.9 The post No seasonal slowdown this year as real estate agents report a busier-than-usual fall appeared first on HousingWire. Over the last four weeks ending on Sept.

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CrossCountry Mortgage unveils cash-offer loan product

Housing Wire

As demand for homes continues to outpace new listings, CrossCountry Mortgage (CCM) is introducing a new cash-offer product, the company announced Thursday. The product is limited to conventional loans, primary residences and buyers who are represented by a real estate agent. “In

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‘Fraudsters gotta eat too:’ The title industry navigates an uptick in fraud

Housing Wire

Berg told ALTA One attendees that they should be particularly wary of escrow account “shenanigans” and that they need to keep tabs on how builders and real estate agents are shifting funds around through escrow accounts. They need new listings and they are so desperate that they might take a fraudulent listing.”

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Buyers are getting cold feet as mortgage rates exceed 7%: Redfin

Housing Wire

“I’ve seen more homebuyers cancel deals in the last six months than I’ve seen at any point during my 24 years of working in real estate. They’re getting cold feet,” said Jaime Moore, a Redfin Premier real estate agent in Reno, Nevada. Year-over-year new listings were down 14.4%.

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