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“Greetings from Missouri!” Millions are finding commission lawsuit postcards in the mail. Agents say it’s an opportunity

Housing Wire

Thanks to Lisa Chinatti, the broker-owner at Chinatti Realty Group , he was not completely caught off guard. She talks with a lot of people, and she announced to our company that this was coming and went through what exactly we should expect,” said Posnick, the sales manager at Chinatti Realty Group. Lisa is super on the pulse.

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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.

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Median home prices, new listings move higher in Florida

Housing Wire

“Mortgage interest rates above 6% continued to impact potential homebuyers’ purchase power, while also contributing to a lock-in effect among would-be home sellers who bought their homes years ago with a mortgage rate of 3% to 4.5%,” the association explained in an announcement. “New listings of single-family homes were up 16.7%

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

Housing Wire

There’s a lot of homeschooling going on in this hybrid world, and it’s difficult,” Realtor Vesna Kanacki with Century 21 Full Service Realty in New City, New York, told HousingWire. There were nine new pending contracts for every 10 new listings, a slower rate than the 9.9

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Rising insurance costs, ample inventory create a unique market in Southwest Florida

Housing Wire

In the nearby metro area of Cape Coral-Fort Myers , active single-family inventory over the previous 90 days averaged 6,500 listings as of March 15, above its March 2020 level of 5,044 listings and approaching its March 2019 level of 7,243 listings. Smith attributes the uptick in inventory to a bump in new listings.

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2022 Connecticut Year in Review

Lamacchia Realty

The 2022 Connecticut Year in Review Housing Report breaks down sales, new listings, new pending sales, active inventory, and average price compared to the 2021 market and analyzes what the data means for the current housing market and beyond. sellers and buyers) began to restore itself. Sales Down 18.8%

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Agents harness the power of social media to generate leads

Housing Wire

When I started, my number one goal was to build a brand and Instagram was honestly the number one choice for me,” Vancouver, Canada-based Oakwyn Realty agent Kim Lee said. “I I started three years ago when I started in real estate and my goal was to build a brand to help connect with new clients and to make sure past clients remember me.

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