Housing Wire

OCTOBER 30, 2024

AgentCoach.AI , an AI-powered real estate coaching company, is launching a new training platform for real estate agents. The new platform will leverage specialized training bots to help agents prepare for business. Productivity tools are also available to keep agents on track. said in a statement.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 3, 2025

As an agent, you know a beautifully staged home turns into a sold one. Its important to communicate to your sellers the value of home staging for real estate by taking out the personalization of the home while keeping the home’s personality and what makes it unique. As the agent, you know the market.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Understanding that real estate housing markets are hyperlocal, the RealTrends Verified City Rankings represent the newest evolution of RealTrends agent and team rankings. This year’s inaugural rankings feature agents and teams from 50 cities across the U.S., However, Leading RE agents and team bested the sales volume.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

So, let’s start with the basics: What is a real estate broker vs. an agent? To answer that, we’ll take a deep dive into the differences between the many types of real estate professionals, including a real estate agent and a real estate broker. Summary What is a real estate agent?

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

While many agents are all-in on Instagram, TikTok, or YouTube, theres another social media platform thats incredibly powerful: LinkedIn. Using LinkedIn for real estate is a hidden gem for connecting with local business professionals. Related article How to write a lead-winning, memorable real estate agent bio (+ examples) 2.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 11, 2025

We discussed the current market conditions and revisited the propertys previous listing history including that the last agent had failed to sell it, eventually pulling it off the market 60 days later. Unfortunately, the prior agents never reported the incident, allowing the scammer to attempt it again this time, through me.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 5, 2024

From luxury property tours to laugh-out-loud real estate memes, these 21 agents and influencers bring the best of the industry right to your phone. Whether you’re an agent, a real estate investor or just love stunning homes, these real estate Instagram accounts are a must-follow.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 25, 2025

The CPC points to commission structures that discourage price negotiations and cause consumers to underestimate the true cost of agent fees. Buyer agents , who are supposed to advocate for their clients, may actually have a financial motivation to keep home prices high. The issue is backed by academic research.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 19, 2025

Disaster-stricken areas can place undue hardship on real estate agents looking to sell houses and sales volumes often take a hit. And a report published this week said that agents in Florida, California and South Carolina are being forced to change tactics to survive in their markets. “Its a full-court press for us.”

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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. Around 85% have an optimistic outlook , and 70% believe the market will be more stable, according to a new survey from Clever Real Estate. That will likely make it a busy year for real estate agents.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Chicago-based Maverick Systems is rapidly expanding its real estate data analytics platform nationwide, offering brokerages a new tool in the competitive landscape for experienced agents. The company is currently profiling about 200,000 real estate agents across the U.S.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Real estate agents have white-knuckled their way through more than two years of suffocatingly high mortgage rates that have stymied sales, choked off inventory and pushed home prices to new all-time highs. I always think demand comes before supply in this situation,” said Redfin agent Justin Vold, who is based in Los Angeles. “If

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Housing Wire

MARCH 27, 2025

What this means for real estate professionals With rental demand only expected to increase this year and beyond, real estate agents and property manager s must adapt quickly to stay competitive.

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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). Sometimes, agents feel like we just have to sell a house, he said. Hale said this piece cannot be overlooked.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 23, 2024

RE/MAX frequently touts the experience and productivity of its agents, 135 of which made the 2024 RealTrends Verified + Tom Ferry The Thousand more than any other brokerage. In 2025, however, the real estate franchisor is looking to welcome in and foster the next generation of top agents.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

The real estate market is constantly shifting, and today’s market calls for agents to return to the more tried-and-true marketing strategies. In this article, we’ll take a look at why digital sign-in sheets matter and how savvy agents are using them to maximize their lead-generation strategies.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 24, 2025

Real estate agents who rely heavily on cold calling may need to rethink some of their marketing tactics. For real estate agents with a penchant for cold calling, this does not mean that they can no longer cold call. district court in Northern California in 2019.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Real estate referrals are the lifeblood of most top producers’ businesses. This is evident when you ask any highly successful agent where they find their clients. 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

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

In the six months since news of the National Association of Realtors ‘ (NAR) nationwide commission lawsuit settlement broke, agent attitudes toward the settlement’s required business practice changes have only slightly improved. This is according to a study published earlier this week by real estate technology firm Clever Real Estate.

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Appraisal Buzz

MARCH 10, 2025

Rocket Companies has announced that it has entered into an agreement to purchase digital real estate brokerage Redfin in an all-stock transaction for a value $1.75 Founded in 2004, Redfin operates a home search platform with more than one million for-sale and rental listings and a tech-powered brokerage of more than 2,200 agents.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

According to HomeLight ‘s Top Agent Insights report released this week, real estate agents are feeling this and are being forced to switch up tactics to attract buyers. HomeLight is an Arizona -based real estate platform designed to connect agents with clients. 30 and Nov. 30 and Nov.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 11, 2025

He walked us through how (and why) he went from cutting his teeth as an agent in the rough-and-tumble South Bronx to leasing the most expensive residential property of 2022 at an eye-watering $70,000 a month. Agents were doing deals there. Hes 26 years old. We recently sat down with Abraham to learn how he did it. And lots of them.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2025

Can you build a thriving real estate business on TikTok? She went from a brand new agent in 2020 to running her wildly successful boutique brokerage with Side in less than four years. When we caught Kina on a recent episode of the Real Estate Rockstars podcast, we had questions lots of them. Kina Desantis did.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2025

A startup that wants to help independent real estate agents and brokers manage the logistics of their business is getting a big boost. The funding gives agents and brokers access to all of RLTYcos services effective immediately. ” RLTYco provides four primary services. RLTY Tax provides a network of CPAs.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 14, 2025

The on-again-off-again legal battle between Top Agent Network (TAN) and the National Association of Realtors (NAR) is now off. This choice is allegedly removed due to NARs Clear Cooperation Policy , which requires agents to list the property on the MLS within 24 hours of marketing it.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 6, 2025

The stagnant housing market has brokerages across the country on their knees, but The Real Brokerage isnt waiting for market conditions to improve to grow its business. Instead, its continuing to add agents at an explosive rate. Real credited its technology offerings and business model for the explosive growth in agents.

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Inman

JANUARY 24, 2025

At Inman Connect New York, Redfin's Joe Rath broke down the views of active agents in the industry, who make up less than a third of all Realtors.

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Appraisal Buzz

APRIL 1, 2025

Nearly nine out of 10 buyers (88%) purchased their homes with the help of a real estate agent. Younger millennials (90%) were the most likely to use an agent. Referrals remain the primary method most buyers use to find their agent.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 30, 2024

According to the announcement, the guest access agreement benefits both consumers and real estate agents who are frequently finding themselves moving across state lines. CRMLS currently has more than 127,000 active listings and Bright MLS hosts more than 115,000 active listings.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2025

Role of agents Eighty-eight percent of buyers used a real estate agent to purchase their home, with younger millennials the most likely to do so (90%). Ninety percent of sellers used a real estate agent, and homes generally sold for 100% of the final list price.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Danielle Wilkie: As you know, women make up over two-thirds of real estate agents in the country. Secondly, you’re going to see a rise of the creator economy in real estate. Over the next five years, I think any and all real estate agents will be coaches.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

I would even write out fake checks to pay the bills, though thinking back, I probably ruined quite a few real ones. Ive done it all, from being a new agent with boots on the ground to running multi-state operations for large real estate firms. ” Unknown “Why dont real estate agents read novels?

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Appraisal Buzz

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

According to a recent Redfin analysis, the average buyers agent commission for properties sold in Q4 was 2.37%. When the regulations come into effect on August 17, the average buyers agent commission dropped from 2.38% in July to 2.35% in August. A Redfin-commissioned survey of 500 U.S.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 13, 2025

During the conversation, the duo discuss traditional real estate team structures, offer unique resources for new team members and cover future trends in the real estate industry. To start the episode, Dowell dives into her early career as a new real estate agent in Chicago.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The company said that Stebbins has been instrumental in connecting reverse loan originators with key industry partners, including real estate agents, financial planners and builders. Josh Kilty (left), senior vice president of reverse lending at Fairway, presents a lifetime achievement award to Pistol Pete Stebbins.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 10, 2025

As real estate agents, we have an obligation to help [people] find a place even when its going to be difficult. An announcement from the company on Thursday also offered any agent, owner or landlord working with displaced residents that it would refund any application fees.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 22, 2025

The Housing Rights Initiative (HRI) is taking aim at 165 real estate agents, brokerage firms and landlords in its latest series of lawsuits filed in Chicago. The suit alleges that real estate professionals discriminated against low-income families who were looking to use Housing Choice Vouchers.

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