Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

While new social media platforms seem to pop up all the time, Facebook remains a tried-and-true platform for real estate agents to grow their business in a variety of ways. Joining and engaging with groups of fellow Realtors on Facebook should be a key tool in every agent’s toolbox. Join Lab Coat Agents 2.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2025

Real estate agents can use this data to identify motivated sellers and people who are likely to buy a home. Agents can now spend time converting high-quality leads that are sure to turn into more closed deals instead of spending hours trying to identify potential sellers through expired MLS listings or door knocking.

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Appraisal Buzz

APRIL 2, 2025

Redfin has conducted a survey of its agents across the industry to gauge key insights into the challenges and opportunities facing todays real estate professionals. In its 2025 Industry Survey , Redfin dug deeper into how real estate agents view their careers, the housing market, and other hot-button industry issues. Only 21.2%

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2024

To help, we reached out to real estate agents nationwide to compile our list of the best books for real estate agents. Best books for mindset Failing Forward by John Maxwell Rebecca Del Pozo , an agent and trainer out of Washington State, recommended this book, saying, I read this book in 2003 when I was a brand new real estate agent.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Real estate thank you notes are an easy, underutilized tool in the real estate world. It adds a personal touch and makes me stand out from all the other agents out there. Ill share my strategies and templates so youll be ready to write amazing thank you notes to your clients and stand out among the real estate agents in your area.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 21, 2025

But for real estate agents who have engaged with the H4P program, there is a true opportunity to cultivate strong business, according to two agents who spoke with HousingWire s Reverse Mortgage Daily (RMD). When an opportunity presents itself, she offers these clients educational materials from Mangus. I like puzzles.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Youve likely heard about real estate teams and how they can impact your career but what exactly are they, and why are so many agents joining or building teams? Our goal is to help educate you on what a real estate team is, how they work and the types of agents who thrive on teams. If youre reading this article, youre not alone.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2024

To help you decide, weve put together a list of the best real estate broker transaction management software tools out there. Whether youre looking for streamlined team collaboration, powerful back-office solutions for your growing brokerage or tools that keep things simple, weve got you covered.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 29, 2024

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. Those are profit centers for us as well.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 2, 2025

Growing dissatisfaction among real estate agents , concerns over declining commissions , and shifting views on the National Association of Realtors (NAR) are among findings in Redfin’s 2025 Industry Survey. Declining satisfaction, economic worries Agent morale has dropped 5% since last year, with just 21.2% saw a positive impact.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Own our worth Almost as soon as the commission verdict was announced, most major industry voices came out with marketing campaigns and webinars about how agents can demonstrate their worth. I often tell my agents we are the Swiss army knife of real estate since we have so many different skills. We need to own it, too.

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Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2024

Secure payment provider Payload is launching a new payment and billing tool specifically geared to buyer agents , according to an announcement on Thursday. Payload has designed a tool to help agents bill their buyer clients.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 27, 2025

As affordability challenges push more people into renting the average age of first-time homebuyers has moved up to an all-time high of 38 years real estate professionals must stay ahead of market trends and equip themselves with the right knowledge and tools to navigate and command this evolving landscape. have continued to surge.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

A majority of agents believe 2025 is going to be a great year for the housing market. Although agents are split on whether its going to be a buyers or a sellers market, 87% predict that demand will remain very strong over the next year. That will likely make it a busy year for real estate agents.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 8, 2025

HomeServices of America and Zillow are teaming up to bring HomeServices agents Zillows AI-powered Showcase tools. In an announcement on Tuesday, the companies said that agents at all of HomeServices of Americas companies will have access to Zillow Showcase. The listings also have special search markers and tags.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 22, 2024

Artificial intelligence is inching into the real estate space, and CoreLogic has a new tool to help home shoppers find exactly what they want. The OneHome AI Image Search tool lets clients upload photos of any parts of a house and then matches preferences to a listing with similar images. This is the first for OneHome.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 13, 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) tools equip real estate agents with unprecedented capabilities. While ChatGPT has become a go-to tool for many of us, predictive analytics tools offer a more efficient, data-driven approach to generating new client leads. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 28, 2024

The title firm has launched val-ID by Westcor, a tool designed to help title agents validate the identities of home buyers and sellers, according to an announcement on Wednesday. The tool is powered by the technology of Intellicheck and is engineered by GridBase.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2025

She went from a brand new agent in 2020 to running her wildly successful boutique brokerage with Side in less than four years. Luckily, she had the time to (patiently) walk us through the exact strategies she used to build a Zoomer real estate brand on TikTok and gave us her advice for new agents. Most agents dont bother.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 30, 2024

They discuss the utility of artificial intelligence (AI) for the real estate industry, as well as JPARs solutions designed to enhance agent and brokerage performance. Another thing that we’ve also done which also helps our agents, not just our affiliates is that weve taken a personality profile and turned it into a quiz with AI.

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Housing Wire

MAY 22, 2024

Real Luxury , as the division will be known, will focus on helping luxury agents and teams, as well as their exclusive clients. The firm said that the launch of Real Luxury is in response to the growing number of luxury real estate agents and teams joining Real. “We

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 10, 2024

The platform is intended for housing professionals in various sectors, including 5 million loan officers, appraisers , servicers , underwriters , developers, agents, brokers, attorneys and regulators. Precision marketing tools add another layer of predictive control to CoreLogic’s arsenal. properties on one platform.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 8, 2025

Mortgage and title clients are undergoing a significant transformation with the shift from Encompass Software Development Kit (SDK) to Encompass Partner Connect (EPC). However, for many lenders and title agents, the path to compliance can be a bit too much to handle while running a business and dodging compliance risks.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 6, 2025

Most real estate agents I coach do not have a lead problem they have a lead nurturing and conversion problem. Understand why nurturing is essential, and check out my top seven lead nurturing strategies and best practices to help you convert more leads into clients this year. Events are not just for past clients!

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 24, 2024

This is evident when you ask any highly successful agent where they find their clients. Inevitably, their answer will be “my past clients and sphere.” That’s wonderful and something to be admired, yet I’ve had many agents who are earlier in their careers ask me HOW these agents built this referral machine.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Platinum brings a 2,500-agent team with a presence in markets across Kansas, Oklahoma, Iowa and Missouri. We are excited to be able to deliver more tools, services and supports to the entire SunWest Team,” Haase said. ” United Real Estate operates in 30 states with more than 110 offices and 16,000 agents.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Rather than chasing every lead that comes in, focus on attracting clients who are genuinely ready to make a move. It also provides your agents with consistent closings, creating a more predictable and growth-focused pipeline. First, you free up your agents to focus on what they do best: closing deals. Ready to accelerate?

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Housing Wire

APRIL 3, 2025

If all of the subservicing clients negotiated their servicing agreements efficiently, they would have protections for instances like this,” Jennifer McGuinness , CEO of Pivot Financial , said of the Rocket deal. But if the subservicing clients are small, the math might not add up, she said. Cooper’s $1.6 ” (Mr.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 3, 2025

eXp Realty and real estate technology company Movoto have announced a collaboration to introduce a new support platform for individual agents. agents by streamlining business operations and minimizing administrative tasks. Movoto executives said eXp Realtys agent network made it a natural partner for Lever.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2025

For example, changing agent commission guidelines and emerging lead contact regulations are keeping professionals up at night. Together, these obstacles are forcing agents and brokerages to hit the sidelines and plan against seemingly insurmountable odds like facing Brady and the Patriots in the Superbowl. What does this look like?

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Real estate agents often make the mistake of believing their clients will remember them forever but they dont. Its up to us as agents to stay engaged and stay in contact with our clients. Content: Agents can include any combination of data and information. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Action plan: Position your team as a growth engine, providing agents with consistent leads and opportunities to succeed. The right tools can save time, eliminate errors, and let you focus on revenue-generating activities. Implement marketing automation tools to ensure consistent outreach to prospects and clients.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

A month after launching its new Private Exclusive Listings (PX) feature, agent-driven offer, negotiation and collaboration platform Final Offer has acquired Private Collection , a source of listing information for off-market properties. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Real ended 2023 with 13,650 agents and as of Wednesday the company reports that it has now reached 23,000 agents. “We A year or two ago, a large opportunity for us would be someone coming with 100 agents or maybe 150 agents. I think 2025 is going to be another major growth year for us,” Poleg said.

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Housing Wire

JULY 22, 2024

Watch any of the glamorous pseudo-reality real estate shows on TV, and you might be tempted to become a part-time real estate agent. Most of the agents you see on TV wearing $1500 outfits work 80+ hours per week. Most of the agents in my office worked equally long hours. Most of the agents in my office worked equally long hours.

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Housing Wire

JULY 11, 2024

Not many people in any profession enjoy making cold calls to potential clients, but a venture capital-backed technology startup hopes to make it a little easier for real estate agents. The tool can initiate calls and engage with people using AI-generated, personalized scripts that adjust to the client as the call unfolds.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2024

The family-run brokerage firm recorded some legal w ins and losses , developed new tools for agents and clients , and navigated one of the slowest years for home sales in nearly three decades. Hanna said this led the company to revamp some of its agent education. It created a buyer representation certificate for agents.

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