Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

There are obviously fewer buyers who can afford these prices. In 2024, we saw a notable increase in buyer demand when mortgage rates got close to 6%. The more rates fall the more we want to own real estate. Rates dropped to ultra-low levels, so we wanted to own every bit of real estate possible.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 22, 2024

Those metrics, specifically the pace of new listings and new sales contracts, slowed this week. Our immediate sales metric of homes that get offers within a couple days of listing also slowed. New listings and new contracts both still show a bit of improvement over 2023, but the growth rates have slid back down.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 6, 2023

All 12 Federal Reserve districts have seen issues with a lack of housing inventory , which is largely due to existing homeowners holding back on listing their homes after previously locking in low mortgage rates. New York – The residential sales market has been strong across the District.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 10, 2024

The turbulence in rates has trickled down to individual markets like Cincinnati, where real estate agents say they dont know what to expect from sale to sale. A substantial drop in new listings is a contributing factor. Its unpredictable, said Teena Jackson, a Redfin agent in Cincinnati.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2021

Real Estate Exchange (REX) filed an antitrust lawsuit Tuesday in federal court against Zillow , accusing the company of anticompetitive behavior related to showing certain homes on its platform. Real Estate Tech Demo Hour. Tune in March 16th to experience demos from the most innovative real estate technology solutions.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 25, 2024

If you want to thrive this year, choosing the right real estate apps is crucial. To help, we reviewed hundreds of options to put together this list of the best real estate apps for 2024. Think of it as another concierge service to offer your buyers to help you stand out.

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Appraisal Buzz

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

As we near the fourth quarter of 2024, the traditional peak of the home-buying season has passed, and the real estate market is entering a period of transition. This growing inventory is expected to persist until October, driven by elevated mortgage rates that are keeping many potential buyers on the sidelines.

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Appraisal Buzz

MARCH 25, 2025

Home listings fell in neighborhoods hit by the wildfires, too. Listings slowed a bit in Februarybut not nearly as much as sales. There were 23 new listings in the Palisades, down 12% year-over-year, and 46 new listings in Altadena, down 6%. million in February, down 8% year-over-year. Home sales rose 6.2%

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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. I recently saw one house get 10 offers and sell for $50,000 over the asking price, and the buyer waived their appraisal contingency.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 10, 2025

New listings volume is trying to grow with its biggest week since September. List prices inched up for the week, though sales prices did not advance. These active market listing prices lead the sales prices so theyre very valuable to track. NEW LISTINGS There was a nice jump in the new listings volume this week.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 8, 2024

Small spike in new listings After the first of the year we always see early price signals with the price of the cohort of new listings each week. Sellers have waited over the holidays and they start hitting the market right after new years. If they have buyers, the price of the new listings spikes up quickly.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2024

Check out these nine downloadable real estate prospecting letter templates to help you make an impression in your neighborhood or zip code. My name is (your name), and I’m a licensed real estate professional with (your brokerage). Please think of me as your go-to resource for all things real estate.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

In a new episode of the “Real Estate Insiders Unfiltered” podcast, John Campbell — managing director at Stephens Inc. and an equity research analyst — joins hosts James Dwiggins and Keith Robinson to chat about last month’s major changes for the real estate industry.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

Real estate prospecting is a necessary activity for agents aiming to build a robust pipeline of buyer and seller leads. The objective is to build relationships, understand the needs of potential clients, and position yourself as a go-to resource when they are ready to buy or sell real estate.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 7, 2025

More than half of the hottest markets had median home prices below the national median, suggesting that buyers are prioritizing cost-effective options. Kenosha has always been kind of the engine in terms of real estate sales in southeast Wisconsin, she said. She said a high ranking for the Kenosha market isnt surprising.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

New listings each week, which were record few last year, are growing now. New listings volume climbing I want to start today with the new listings volume, which is notably finally climbing over last year’s anemic levels. There were 66,000 new listings this week, of which 14,000 are already in contract.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 24, 2025

While sales tanked and prices shifted, new listings slowed. In the Palisades, there were 23 new listings in February 2025, down 12% year over year. Altadena, meanwhile, posted a 6% decline in new listings. New listings rose by 13.6% and the median sales price grew 5.1%

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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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Housing Wire

MARCH 3, 2025

But we didnt really see any change in the buyer demand metrics until rates got closer to 6%. New listings New listings also dipped for the second week in a row. Theres probably some weather effects in there, and I expect to see a jump in the new listings volume in next weeks data.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Buyers facing high mortgage rates are pulling out of their home-purchase agreements at the highest rate in nearly a year. of homes that went under contract that month, according to a new report from Redfin. They’re getting cold feet,” said Jaime Moore, a Redfin Premier real estate agent in Reno, Nevada. The median U.S.

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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. Address them by name, and refer to their real estate goals in your communication.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

New findings from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) show a fresh picture of who’s buying and selling homes, with more first-time buyers entering the market and families looking for homes that fit multiple generations. For real estate professionals, the changing landscape is a call to action.

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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. Be sure to label on the photo or video that your post is a new listing, as people may miss the caption while scrolling.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

To help, I put together my best strategies for real estate social media marketing that still work in 2024, common mistakes to avoid, how to choose which platforms to focus on, and my favorite free and paid social media tools that can cut your work in half. Social media gives you the perfect opportunity to build a brand that resonates.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2025

This is measurable in both the total unsold inventory and the number of new listings each week. Thats, I think, because mortgage rates are off their peak and buyers are tiptoeing back into the market. Well, new listings are climbing. We counted 14,000 new listings that are already in contract.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Our comprehensive guide to the best real estate marketing tools provides you with a helpful assortment of easy-to-use, effective marketing products to turn your business into a revenue engine in 2024. We know — you didn’t get into real estate for the love of marketing or tech.

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Housing Wire

JULY 8, 2024

As a broker and real estate coach, I’m always surprised when new agents tell me they don’t want to use real estate scripts. Below, you’ll find proven real estate scripts for 12 common situations to help you earn more business in 2024. This is [name] with [brokerage].

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2024

The past year and a half, with its rising mortgage rates , low inventory, and economic uncertainty, has been a challenge for real estate pros, not to mention the buyers and sellers they serve. Make sure you’re ready to share new listings and that potential clients can easily contact you through your platforms.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 10, 2024

Between leveraging your personal network, filming YouTube videos and even the unpleasant task of cold prospecting, real estate professionals today wear all the hats. Yet, in a competitive real estate market, agents don’t always have the luxury of investing months into long-term brand-building.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

” Kanacki’s market, like many others, remains competitive as buyers continue to experience bidding wars amid historically low housing inventory and an uptick in home prices. “I There were nine new pending contracts for every 10 new listings, a slower rate than the 9.9 Over the last four weeks ending on Sept.

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Housing Wire

JULY 22, 2024

real estate market as we’re now in the second half of 2024. will be significant enough move in rates to move the needle for buyers. New listings rise This week saw 69,000 new single family listings unsold. So that’s a total of 84,000 total new sellers for single-family homes this week.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 25, 2024

“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 There is no way you can stay on top of things unless you hire someone to watch new listings pop up every 10 minutes. Buyers are really struggling.” We couldn’t even see it.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 9, 2024

In the 2010s, interest rates were very low for basically the whole decade and that encouraged Americans to buy and hoard real estate. New listings on trend Nationally, there were just 31,000 new listings for single-family homes from the last week which included Thanksgiving weekend.

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Housing Wire

JULY 16, 2021

“In June we entered a new phase of the housing market,” Fairweather said. “Home sales are starting to stall because prices have increased beyond what many buyers can afford. ” Fifty-six percent of homes sold above their list price — another record high, up from 27% a year ago. from a year ago.

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Housing Wire

MAY 28, 2021

“We are seeing a typical late-spring slowdown in new listings and pending sales, but prices don’t typically peak until late August, and their growth remains completely unhinged,” said Daryl Fairweather, Redfin’s chief economist. ” How real estate agents can alleviate consumer pain points in a tight market.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Texas residents interested in becoming a real estate agent must first complete 180 hours of approved coursework to be eligible to sit the state licensure exam. We estimate that it’ll take three to six months to get up and running as a licensed real estate agent in the Lone Star State.

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