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Typical homebuyers made $107,000 annually, used a real estate agent in 2023: NAR survey

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Homebuyers’ median household income increased by $19,000 this year from 2022, reaching $107,000, according to the National Association of Realtors ’ 2023 Profile of Homebuyers and Sellers. The report is an annual survey of homebuyers and sellers who closed transactions between July 2022 and June 2023.

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Amy Stockberger explores her brokerage’s quest for ’lifetime home support’

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In the latest episode of the RealTrending podcast , Amy Stockberger — broker-owner of Amy Stockberger Real Estate — joins Tracey Velt for a tantalizing conversation that covers her teamerage’s unique “Lifetime Home Support” model and other ways that agents can provide value to home buyers and sellers.

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NextHome CEO James Dwiggins on NAR settlement aftermath: ‘We’re in the first inning’

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To start the conversation, Dwiggins explains what sets NextHome apart from other real estate franchises. Dwiggins: Since we started the company back in 2014, we were always looking to try and be a little bit different from the rest of the industry, in the sense of it wasn’t about having tons of agents.

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Washington-based indy firm joins RE/MAX

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Larson started her career in real estate as an agent at a large national franchise in 2014. RE/MAX The Collective will serve buyers and sellers throughout Yakima, Ellensburg and Cle Elum and it will specialize in rural and residential properties as well as large agricultural farms.

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The ‘double-edged sword’ of dual licensing

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The company recently launched a mortgage brokerage firm that offers a plug-and-play program for real estate agents to become mortgage loan officers, a practice called dual licensing. of the loan amount, with a $5,000 cap, which adds to the typical buyer-side agent commission of up to 3%. according to the company.

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Hispanic homeownership held back by FHA borrower discrimination, survey says

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The rate of Hispanic homeownership has been inching up each year since 2014, according to U.S. One real estate agent interviewed by the NAHREP surveyors said the biggest challenge in 2021 was discrimination against FHA borrowers. “A Census Bureau statistics.

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What 5% mortgage rates mean for the housing market?

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Inventory falling again in 2022 created more forced bidding wars, which frustrates buyers, keeps potential sellers from wanting to list, and creates stress for real estate agents doing a lot of work with nothing to show for it. The last time this data line was fragile was back in 2013-2014.