Housing Wire

AUGUST 24, 2024

While they may not be as trendy as they once were, a well-crafted real estate agent Facebook page is still the best way to generate leads on social media. Your Facebook page can help you build your personal brand, network with other agents across the country (hello, referral partners!) It will give you a dropdown menu.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agents Advertising 377

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. As a real estate coach, I hear this question all the time.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Clients Agents 382

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.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agents Buyers 446

Housing Wire

MARCH 13, 2024

As recently as five years ago, homeowners insurance was certainly not top of mind for most homebuyers and their real estate agents , but the rapidly rising cost of insurance premiums is changing that. Now we are looking at a two- to three- business-day process and the buyer may not like the numbers they get back.”

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Real Estate Agent Insurance Real Estate Agents 450

Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

Hispanic-owned employer businesses are growing at 10x the rate of overall employer businesses. Hispanic consumers and homebuyers represent an opportunity for real estate and mortgage professionals who are prepared to serve them. “We’ve seen the value proposition [of buyer agents] for many, many years.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agents Buyers 396

Housing Wire

AUGUST 28, 2024

While some in the real estate industry are expecting to see a decline in the number of buyer’s agents as a result of the National Association of Realtors ‘ (NAR) nationwide commission lawsuit settlement agreement , others have taken it a step further and are betting their companies on it. Meet the AI real estate agent.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agents Modernization 453

Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2024

It is fitting that the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris are the backdrop for the final two weeks leading up to when the real estate industry will undergo its largest structural change in decades — a feat of near-Olympic proportions. have been busy training and preparing to be ready for Aug. I feel really well supported.”

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agents Business 405

Housing Wire

APRIL 16, 2024

In the wake of the recent NAR settlement , coupled with persistently sluggish home sales and high interest rates , real estate agents find themselves at a crossroads marked by uncertainty and unease. Amidst this backdrop, brokerages face a critical task; keeping their agent counts from diminishing.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agents Brokerage 457

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2023

In the nearly two months since a Missouri jury found the real estate industry liable for colluding to artificially inflate real estate agent commissions, Jason Posnick has fielded a lot of questions about commissions and cooperative compensation from clients. It has been cool to hear that.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agents Clients 452

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

You might have heard about AI in sci-fi movies or tech conferences, but do you know that it’s a game-changer for real estate agents too? Artificial Intelligence (AI) is your secret sauce to becoming the ultimate authority in the real estate world. That’s right!

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agents Clients 482

Housing Wire

MAY 17, 2024

As a real estate agent , you’re in the business of helping people plan for their future — whether it’s helping prospective buyers find their forever home, starter house , or next investment property. But it can be even more difficult for real estate agents since many are self-employed.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agents Investing 374

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. As AI continues to overtake traditional real estate business models, AgentCoach.AI

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Real Estate Agent Training Real Estate Agents 279

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Despite rising housing unaffordability , we in the real estate business know that homeownership is still a fantastic way to build generational wealth. Improve your personal business dealings based on the various fair housing and lending news alerts. ” Prefer TikTok, Instagram or YouTube videos?

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agents Lending 441

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

I am a big believer in developing a brand for your real estate business from Day One. I recently spoke with a colleague who, after spending years establishing their brand , received a cease-and-desist letter from an existing business with the same name. It could apply to the real estate industry, mortgage, or design.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agents Brokerage 451

Housing Wire

MAY 13, 2024

Expireds and for sale by owners – You don’t need a lot to make a huge difference in your business. Most of your business could be sitting in your database right now. Maybe they didn’t want to give you the real timeframe to keep you at a distance or something has changed in their life. They just couldn’t make it happen.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agents Sellers 390

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

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? What does a real estate agent do? Let’s dive in!

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Real Estate Real Estate Agent Agents Brokerage 445

Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Want a killer real estate website? Today’s real estate website builder offers a turnkey, easy-to-use solution to help build your brand, market your business and generate more (and better) leads. Their entry level plan is affordable for most agents and easy to upgrade. This is why we love AgentFire.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Brokerage Agents 368

Housing Wire

AUGUST 22, 2024

The classes that are available to all agents in the industry include: Scaling Your Boutique Team Breaking into the Luxury Market SCALE: Mindset, Vision, Strategy & Culture for Building Your Ultimate Company Stress-Less Sales: Mastering Communication & Tactical Empathy Buyer Broker Agreement?

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Real Estate Real Estate Agent Agents Brokerage 371

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Rocket Companies will soon shut down Rocket Pro Originate , a mortgage origination platform for real estate agents, insurance agents, tax professionals and other financial professionals who are also licensed to originate mortgages. In fourth-quarter 2023, Rocket reported $10.3

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Real Estate Insurance Agents Real Estate Agent 516

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 16, 2024

The RealTrends Verified City Rankings are based on the agent’s and team’s physical location, as submitted to RealTrends in the submission application. RealTrends excludes transactions such as commercial, rentals, lease, land, empty lots, and outside referred business from published totals.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agents Brokerage 355

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

When it comes to marketing your real estate business, video is king. Here are 13 video marketing best practices for your real estate business. Videos for your real estate business are no different. Many homebuyers want to see how a real estate agent handles conflict and roadblocks.

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Real Estate Business Marketing Real Estate Agent 479

Housing Wire

APRIL 16, 2024

Take, for example, Miami-based proptech firm Realfinity , which aims to challenge the status quo with a new business venture. 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.

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Real Estate Agent Loan Officers Real Estate Agents 432

Housing Wire

MARCH 7, 2024

Harney began his real estate career in 1983 in Suffolk County, New York. He became a top-producing real estate agent in the area and in 1991 became the manager of the largest office for Prudential Long Island Realty , training agents throughout the East Coast markets. He sold the brokerage in 2005. .”

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agents Brokerage 105

Housing Wire

AUGUST 14, 2024

As you talk to more people across all aspects of our business, from the loan officers to the consumer to real estate agents, everybody is eagerly excited for what’s coming,” Sheinin said. August is generally a slower time for business in the mortgage industry and this year is no different, LOs told HousingWire.

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Business Mortgage Loan Officers Clients 415

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The removal of offers of buyer broker compensation from most MLSs across the country — as mandated by the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) commission lawsuit settlement agreement — was a massive change for real estate agents and brokers. But they aren’t the only housing professionals impacted by these changes.

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Appraisal Business Real Estate Agent Real Estate 324

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 4, 2024

The HousingWire Pulse Survey for Q4 2024 provides valuable insights into the current state of the real estate market from various perspectives: brokerage leaders, mortgage professionals, and real estate agents. Brokerage Leaders Increasing per-agent production : 26% highlighted this as a significant challenge.

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Real Estate Housing Market Real Estate Agent Marketing 434

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Keller Williams Realty has partnered exclusively with the online learning platform Coursera to offer a comprehensive introduction to the business of real estate. Dubbed the KW Real Estate Agent Professional certificate, the program will give participants a head start in the real estate industry.

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Real Estate Real Estate Agent Realty Clients 443

Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Agent-to-agent referrals aren’t as commonly mentioned in most real estate lead generation training courses as cold calling or door knocking. Yet referrals are one of the best ways new agents can close more deals and earn more money. How much are real estate referral fees?

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Real Estate Real Estate Agent Agents Brokerage 419

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 24, 2024

On Thursday, his office announced a settlement with Universal Title over allegedly engaging in kickbacks with real estate agents through joint ventures in the Washington, D.C., It makes no exceptions for joint ventures of affiliated businesses and the AG’s office found these companies to be in violation of local law.

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Real Estate Agent Insurance Real Estate Law 396

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Coming off of the pandemic banner years, thinning origination volume, low inventory and soaring home prices made business much harder to come by for LOs in 2023. The inventory puts a cap on how much business we can do. They are staying busy relative to the market,” said Michael Ullmann, producing branch leader at Movement Mortgage.

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Business Mortgage Loan Officers Inventory 437

Housing Wire

AUGUST 9, 2024

It’s a phrase we often hear, but its importance cannot be overstated in the real estate business. The ability to hold firm to your values, worth, and business practices is not just a strategy; it’s a necessity. Standing your ground is not merely a business strategy; it’s a way of life.

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Real Estate Business Brokerage Clients 418

Housing Wire

JULY 8, 2024

Knowing what you’ll say in advance on a call, at an open house, or just chatting with your sphere makes you more confident — and confidence is the key that opens the door to opportunity in real estate. Below, you’ll find proven real estate scripts for 12 common situations to help you earn more business in 2024.

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Real Estate Business Agents Sellers 376

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 27, 2023

the National Association of Realtors (NAR), et al kicked off this week in a Kansas City, Missouri, federal courtroom, there is a lot at stake for consumers and business competition. Class action attorneys allege real estate commission rates are too high and buyer brokers are being paid too much due to NAR rules.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Realtors Buyers 485

Housing Wire

JULY 24, 2024

Alisande Heriyanto , vice president of product and tech support at The Corcoran Group , which focuses on the luxury home market, said on stage during HousingWire ‘s AI Summit in Dallas on Tuesday that the company is adopting AI in its product ecosystem to bring more efficiency to real estate agents.

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Agents Brokerage Real Estate Agent Real Estate 401

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 5, 2024

RE photos by Andy: @rephotosbyandy Content style: Stunning real estate photography Talk about stunning photographs! This account features real estate photography that shows off the style and beauty of every property. If youre looking to grow your business in 2025, give her a follow. Visit Coffee & Contracts 15.

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Real Estate Agents Real Estate Agent Luxury Properties 397

Housing Wire

JULY 24, 2024

The real estate market has witnessed significant fluctuations over the years, and the accompanying challenges for real estate agents can offer valuable insights and opportunities. The aftermath of the 2008 crisis led to significant attrition among real estate agents. Focusing on relationships.

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Real Estate Real Estate Agent Agents Client Relationships 411

Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2024

You should be finding buyers before real estate agents anyway.” NEXA has always been focused on purchase loans , which means some of its LOs do significant business with buyers’ agents. Kortas believes that good buy-side agents will remain highly relevant and garner more business as competitors wash out.

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Buyers Agents Mortgage Real Estate Agent 514