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9 innovative strategies to get more real estate seller leads in 2024

Housing Wire

With low housing inventory nationwide, agents are using innovative ways to find real estate seller leads and convert them into listings. To help you snag more listings, we updated our list of proven strategies to win more real estate seller leads in 2024. If you want a shot at generating seller leads online, you need one, too.

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Brokers prepare for changes after Sitzer/Burnett commission lawsuit verdict

Housing Wire

Pearson also has concerns about what this will now mean for how she and her agents handle client meetings or how to word things on open house fliers. “I I am working with an attorney to figure out how we are going to talk to people that come into open houses and what language we use on open house fliers,” Pearson said.

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2024 is not the year to cut corners on staging — here’s why

Housing Wire

While most Realtors will die on the hill that staging should never be cut out of the home selling strategy, this year it’s even more important. 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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‘Find buyers before agents!’ Mortgage industry reacts to the NAR settlement

Housing Wire

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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‘Don’t panic:’ KW executives address agent questions on NAR commission settlement

Housing Wire

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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LendingPulse Q2 2023 survey: Mortgage pros share their biggest concerns, market outlook

Housing Wire

expected sales to go down more than 5% In the latest report from the National Association of Realtors (NAR), existing home sales rose 14.5% Incentives in the Market In a higher-rate environment, temporary rate buydowns funded by sellers, lenders or builders were widely offered as an incentive for buyers.

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Why there are so few real estate agents of color

Housing Wire

Amy Kong of Trust Real Estate hosts open houses where people ask, “Where is the agent?”. But they point to something more specific – homebuyers and sellers surprised to interact with a non-white real estate agent. Just 6% of all of the National Association of Realtors’ 1.4