Appraisal Buzz

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

“It’s gratifying to see many of the trends that we identified in January holding true and new ones taking shape halfway through the year,” Michael Althea, VP of Coldwell Banker Luxury , said. Despite challenges in the market, luxury agents can leverage these insights [from the mid-year report] to finish the year strong.”

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Appraisal Buzz

JANUARY 10, 2025

According to a recent Redfin research, more people are beginning their home search as the new year gets underway. Some homes are getting multiple offers within 24 hours of hitting the market, said Emily Lam, a Redfin Premier agent in the Seattle area. New listings are down 2.5% The post New Year New Home?

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Housing Wire

APRIL 3, 2025

Redfin agents report that buyers who can afford to purchase are acting now before costs rise further. New listings rose 12.7% Matt Ferris, a Redfin Premier agent in northern Virginia , said many sellers believe the market has peaked and want to cash in. year-over-year in March, the largest increase in 11 months.

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Real Estate News

MARCH 14, 2024

A national survey of 1,900 real estate agents found that most are anticipating a good market in the coming six months.

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Appraisal Buzz

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Active listings of homes for sale rose to the highest level since early in the pandemic. New listings hit the highest level since July 2022, increasing 1.9% Im seeing a lot more inventory hit the market than I have in past years, but its not nearly enough, said Charles Wheeler, a Redfin Premier Real Estate Agent in San Diego.

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Appraisal Buzz

MARCH 14, 2025

Some homes are attracting bidding wars like its 2020 again, while others are sitting on the market for weeks with no action, said Desiree Bourgeois, a Redfin Premier Real Estate Agent in Detroit. New listings: New listings rose most in Oakland, California (24.8%); San Jose, California (22.9%); and Sacramento, California (17%).

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 10, 2020

Rather than a typically busy spring home-buying season , the COVID-19 pandemic pushed the bulk of home-buying this year into the summer months, and real estate agents are busier than ever. Since homebuying season was pushed back from this spring, realtor.com ’s Housing Market Recovery Index reported that August is the new May.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 25, 2024

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Housing Wire

MARCH 11, 2025

After the National Association of Realtors settlement changed how commission is paid, there was some fear among agents that buyers and sellers might forgo their services in favor of handling the transaction themselves. Polish your pitch Being a real estate agent is also a sales job, and the first thing you sell your clients is yourself.

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Housing Wire

MAY 8, 2024

Robert Reffkin is confident that Compass and its agents have what it takes to continue growing and succeeding in the changing real estate environment. “In We are a company of top agents.” annual increase in the number of transactions closed by Compass agents, which came in at 38,449 sides for a volume of $40.1 in 2003. “We

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Housing Wire

MARCH 8, 2024

Real estate agents in the leafy suburbs of Bergen County, New Jersey say the current housing market — with historically low inventory and record-high prices — is actually more challenging than the multiple offer chaos they sweated through during the pandemic. “At Even if we get more listings, it is not going to be enough for people.

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Appraisal Buzz

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

New Redfin data reported the largest gain since the end of last year occurred in the four weeks ending February 2, when new listings of homes for sale in the U.S.increased 7.9% Listings are picking up as we inch toward spring, said Joe Paolazzi, a Redfin Premier agent in Pittsburgh. from a year earlier.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Agents and LOs are grappling with heavily damaged housing markets in the Southeast. New listings and pending home sales data from Altos Research captured the housing markets around Asheville coming to a screeching halt. There were 775 new listings in Tampa on Sept. 27, a number that has since shrunk to 555.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 24, 2025

The new platform will be available in all markets that Final Offer operates in. Final Offer’s new feature gives agents a new avenue of communication with clients looking for unique listings. Matching listings appear on the client’s saved search channels, alongside MLS listings.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 14, 2025

Why are real estate statistics important for agents? The median list price of homes in the US is $435,000; the median price of new listings is $435,900. Is there a better way to make yourself the go-to agent in your area? Homebuyers found photos to be the most valuable feature found on a listing website (66%).

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 20, 2023

And with millennials emerging as the largest generation of homebuyers in today’s market, comprising 28% of all homebuyers, real estate agents need to master social media or they might miss out. We’ve compiled this list of savvy real estate social media post ideas to inspire your social strategy and keep your Instagram feed fresh and fun.

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Appraisal Buzz

JANUARY 17, 2025

Homebuyers pumped the brakes when mortgage rates ticked back up and are now in wait-and-see mode, said Jesse Landin, a Redfin Premier Real Estate Agent in San Antonio. New listings fell 1.6% Meanwhile, active listings, a measure of all homes on the market, fell a slight 0.3% home sale price increased 6.3% year-over-year.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2025

Even though the best new inventory hits the market each week, these are being priced fractionally cheaper than last year. Home sellers and listing agents know where demand is for homes. New listings are up from last week On the supply side, there were 51,000 unsold new listings this week.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2024

Make sure you’re ready to share new listings and that potential clients can easily contact you through your platforms. I recently got a text from an agent who said that as he was driving, he realized that he was already on track for his annual goal, even though it’s only February.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Inventory is almost nonexistent,” said Melissa Kingsbury , a Redfin agent who works in the southwest suburbs of Chicago. “If The downtown area’s slower housing market conditions have caused many agents and firms to open offices in the hotter suburban markets, or leave the state altogether, according to Laricy.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Instead, the Michigan-based eXp agent created her Facebook business page shortly after passing her licensing exam in 2011 and named it “Gogo’s Real Estate.”. “I I told everyone ‘Hey, I’m a brand new agent and I’m learning this as I go and I’m going to take you guys on the ride to see what it takes to be a Realtor.’

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Housing Wire

MARCH 8, 2024

If you sold a home and paid a commission to a real estate agent, you may be part of class action settlements,” the postcards read. We’ve signed 47 new listings year to date, and we’ve had plenty of conversations with other sellers that we didn’t sign, but there are a lot more conversations surrounding transparency,” Posnick said. “It

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Appraisal Buzz

JANUARY 7, 2025

Despite a small spike in recent months, new listings of homes for sale are still below pre-pandemic levels in parts of the country because the majority of homeowners say they will never sell. Additionally, a lot of people are taking their time to learn more about the new regulations regarding real estate agent fees.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Total home sales are outpacing new listings by a wide margin every month, and real estate tech company Homesnap foresees the shortage continuing in 2021 unless more sellers enter the market. The divide between supply and demand is striking: compared to last year, total new listings increased.22%,

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 23, 2025

Even though most agents focus their marketing efforts online, people start thinking about finding a real estate agent well before they hit ENTER on their first Google search. Knowing this, real estate agents should always find friendly, conversational ways to stay on their potential clients minds year-round.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

There were nine new pending contracts for every 10 new listings, a slower rate than the 9.9 The post No seasonal slowdown this year as real estate agents report a busier-than-usual fall appeared first on HousingWire. Over the last four weeks ending on Sept.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 29, 2024

What ensued next was a rapid cooldown, which saw the median list price fall by more than $100,000 by mid-February 2023 to $533,000. April and May of 2022 is when we felt the first slowdown ,” said Scott Michaels, an Austin-based Compass agent.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 4, 2025

While they previously accounted for only 2% to 4% of listings, that share surged to nearly 8% of new listings by February 2025. Office exclusives, also known as private or pocket listings , refer to residential properties that are marketed privately rather than being broadly shared through the Multiple Listing Service (MLS).

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Data from Altos Research shows that new listings and pending home sales have fallen off a cliff since the storm’s formation. New listings in Tampa were at 775 on Sept. Tampa-area agent Jeff Borham of eXp Realty said that protocols for insurance are having an impact. 27, but they’ve since dropped to 555.

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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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Appraisal Buzz

MARCH 26, 2024

There were roughly 88,902 new listings added during that same four weeks – and increase of 15% and the biggest increase since June 2021. The surge in listings is bringing some buyers back to the market, the firm says.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

That’s where text messaging for real estate agents comes in — it’s quick, personal, and gets straight to the point. Script 8: New listing on the market Hi [Name], I just found a listing that fits your criteria perfectly! Use my well-worn, proven scripts below to build connection and close more deals.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 25, 2024

When the meeting concluded, DeRoussel quickly reached out to the seller’s agent to see if her client could get in for a tour, but it was too late. “I I called the listing agent and it was listed three hours ago, but it was sold,” the Cincinnati, Ohio -based eXp Realty agent said. “We We couldn’t even see it.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

In Jacksonville, the median condo price declined roughly 7% year over year in January, sales declined 27% and new listings increased 32%. A similar phenomenon occurred in Miami where condo prices fell 3%, sales dropped 9% and new listings rose 27%.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 19, 2025

Implemented in May 2020, under CCP, listing agents have 24 hours from when they begin marketing a property to list it on their local MLS. At the time of issuing its second CID, the DOJ stated that it believed that the policy restricts home-seller choices and precludes competition from new listing services.

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Housing Wire

JULY 29, 2024

New home sales contracts are coming in pretty consistently fewer than last year — 4.9% Our Immediate sales measure of homes that get listed, take offers and go into contract in a few days is also notably lower than last year. On the supply side, new listings are slightly more than a year ago, but pulling back.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

As concerns about flooding, extreme temperatures and wildfires grow — and what that might mean for future insurance costs — this tool also helps agents inform their clients in discussing climate risk, insurance and long-term affordability.” New listings in the Midwest hold the least amount of climate risk, according to Zillow.

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