article thumbnail

5 activities real estate agents should do every morning

Housing Wire

The past year and a half, with its rising mortgage rates , low inventory, and economic uncertainty, has been a challenge for real estate pros, not to mention the buyers and sellers they serve. Make sure you’re ready to share new listings and that potential clients can easily contact you through your platforms.

article thumbnail

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

Housing Wire

Your job in real estate is to be a problem solver. There is no greater problem for a motivated seller than figuring out why their home didn’t sell! You are a real estate professional , they have a home to sell. At least one will list with you. Don’t wing it.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

‘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. Our realtor partners are hurting,” Berg said. That is about $2 million in lost funds.”

article thumbnail

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

Housing Wire

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. Year-over-year new listings were down 14.4%. million in August, falling 1.1%

Buyers 421
article thumbnail

Shoppers are gearing up for the spring homebuying season: Zillow

Housing Wire

Meanwhile, other homes are lingering on the market for months and driving up the typical age of listings on Zillow to 72 days. To lure more buyers, sellers are coming to terms with the market conditions and are agreeing to apply price cuts to their homes. In January, one in five houses listed on Zillow included a price cut.

article thumbnail

Download these 9 real estate prospecting letter templates that actually work

Housing Wire

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. The goal in prospecting FSBO sellers is to be that agent.