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The 25 Best Books for Real Estate Agents in 2025

Housing Wire

To help, we reached out to real estate agents nationwide to compile our list of the best books for real estate agents. Paperback Audiobook The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor I heard Shawn Achor give a keynote speech at a real estate conference several years ago, and his ideas have stuck with me.

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How to write a lead-winning, memorable real estate agent bio (+ examples)

Housing Wire

As a real estate agent, you may think clients should care more about their next home than your life story. And while that may be true, well-crafted real estate agent bios can build trust and credibility and serve as a powerful tool in an agent’s marketing arsenal — giving prospective clients.

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Who Is the Typical U.S. Homebuyer?

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Agents, Lenders Assist Purchasers During Complex Homebuying Process With 86% of all purchasers using their services—the most of any information source—real estate agents were vital to the homebuying process. The most helpful source of information during the house hunt was the agents themselves.

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57 crucial real estate statistics that explain the 2025 market

Housing Wire

These rental real estate statistics will help you understand the market and hone your expertise. Vacancy rates from 2003 to 2024 (Source: Census Bureau ) As of February 2025, the national median rent price is $1,375. 75% of sellers agents were paid by the seller; 52% of buyers agents were paid by the seller.

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Nations Lending, Carpenter Realtors launch Commitment Mortgage

Housing Wire

Ohio-headquartered Commitment Mortgage aims to leverage more than 600 Indiana real estate agents at Carpenter’s. With refis drying up due to the surge in mortgage rates , relationships between loan officers and real estate agents have become increasingly more important, as agents bring in business for lenders.

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Compass CEO Reffkin believes agents will still be valued in a post-settlement world

Housing Wire

First, more buyers are using agents in 2023 than in 2003. Third, Compass agents have doubled down on training to help them better communicate their value proposition. Second, buyer agreements are not new. Additionally, data from RealTrends shows that the average commission actually rose in 2023 to 5.5%, up from 5.1%

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Australia, New Zealand-based reverse pros share insights

Housing Wire

In New Zealand, the products are bound by the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act 2003 (CCCFA), which the pair says protects the interests of consumers in connection with credit contracts, consumer leases, and buy-back transactions of land despite not having a specific reverse mortgage provision. counterpart.

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