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Nearly half of home sellers are offering concessions

Housing Wire

home sellers offered concessions to buyers in near-record numbers during the first quarter of 2025 as rising housing costs , high mortgage rates and growing economic uncertainty continued to reshape the real estate landscape. Seller are turning to concessions more frequently as buyers grow more cautious. Thats up from 39.3%

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eXp Luxury announces seller financing partnership

Housing Wire

eXp Luxury , the upscale division of real estate brokerage eXp Realty , is teaming with MORE Seller Financing to give luxury home sellers new tools to attract buyers and improve listing performance in a high interest rate environment.

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More home sellers but fewer home sales

Housing Wire

That’s 12% more sellers than a year ago. It seems more sellers are coming out every week and that will keep inventory pushing upward. Sellers are up, but sales are down. New listings jump The supply story in real estate must take into account the new sellers each week. Mortgage rates pushed this week close to 7.25%.

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MORE Seller Financing wants to debunk ‘the bad rap for wraps’

Housing Wire

Ryan Leahy, the founder of MORE Seller Financing , said his company has created the first nationwide platform to bring consistency, compliance and clarity to seller financing a practice that has been relatively diminished in the mainstream market. Its totally dependent upon the buyer and seller, Leahy said. on its own.

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Summertime Sales Fare Better for Homebuyers & Sellers 

Appraisal Buzz

Last year, spring home sellers who put their house up for sale in the second half of May were able to get the most money for it. Sellers can list their house when the most buyers are seeking by focusing on late spring. Sellers might demand a greater price when there is competition among buyers for property.

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Here’s what buyers and sellers want from their real estate agent

Housing Wire

The role of the real estate agent has been under the microscope of late as a result of class-action litigation over agent commissions, but the feedback agents want most about their practices comes from two sources — home buyers and sellers. It might be surprising to learn that only 11% said that help with price negotiations is the No.

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Home sellers who didn’t list on the MLS lost $1B in sale proceeds: Zillow

Housing Wire

Home sellers who did not list their properties on the MLS lost out on more than $1 billion in sale proceeds over the past two years, according to a study published Monday by Zillow. In 2023 and 2024, Zillow found that sellers who chose not to list on the MLS typically lost out on nearly $5,000, selling their property for 1.5%

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