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

OCTOBER 20, 2023

In this article, we’ll share ideas and tips, including the best way to present new listings and how to engage your followers with valuable educational content. 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

MARCH 19, 2023

New listing data collapsed, but we are putting an asterisk on that data line for this week. Now the bad news: new listing data fell so much this week that I am putting an asterisk on this week’s data until we see if this is a trend or just a one-off in the weekly data that can occur from time to time.

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Housing Wire

JULY 8, 2024

Then we’ll decide together which list price makes the most sense to best position your home on the market. We want to attract the most qualified buyers and create a sense of urgency to encourage them to make strong offers quickly. Buyer objection script: “We’re just going to work directly with the listing agent.

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Housing Wire

JULY 24, 2023

I included condos here so you can see the total sales pace I’m referring to. With 80,000 to 90,000 new contracts starting each week, that translates right into 4.2 The trends in this chart show how quickly home buyers reacted to the big mortgage rate jumps in 2022. The median price of the new listings is $400,000 this week.

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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. Advertising on Zillow can put your brand in front of millions of potential buyers and sellers.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 3, 2022

So we can’t reference this period of time with rates falling as we did the previous expansion due to the massive increase in home prices and the bigger mortgage rate move. They have to move as well, so a traditional seller is a buyer most of the time when it’s a primary resident owner. In 2018, sales trends fell from 5.72

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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. Real estate prospecting refers to a series of strategic activities done by real estate agents or brokers to identify and attract potential clients who are interested in buying, selling, or leasing properties.

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Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 11, 2024

But buyers have been reluctant to respond. Higher home prices mean buyers have to come up with larger down payments. Cendejas is seeing renewed buyer interest now that it’s September, but said a lot of house hunters still want to see rates in the 5% range before they jump into the market. New listings rose 1.6%

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 10, 2024

Once a lead is input into its CRM, Zurple sparks conversations via text or email with your leads from all sources, and alerts them to new listings in their area of interest. It’s highly effective for connecting agents and brokers with local buyer leads.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Lead Gen While experienced agents may be able to generate business through referrals or past clients, new agents tend to need help with lead generation to get going, especially if you plan to use your license to represent buyers or listings. You’ll want to ask how the brokerage promotes agents’ listings too.

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Will Springer Realtor

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Now that the Federal Reserve has cut interest rates, home buyers should swarm the market with low-interest mortgages …. Buyers who enter the market now will enjoy some of the best selection of homes since before the pandemic as supply grows, competition wanes and home prices slip. The number of Active listings is another eye-opener.

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Lamacchia Realty

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The number of new listings has decreased but so has the number of pending sales, which means that inventory is lingering longer than it has been which is a positive sign for buyers. Therefore, buyers need to capitalize on the higher inventory while the iron is hot, as it’s going to be the best time to buy in two years.

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Raleigh Realty

JULY 12, 2022

The category “supernova” refers to the speed at which this growth occurs. Raleigh Real Estate Supply Raleigh is currently in a buyer’s market, which means there are more homes for sale than available buyers. This means buyers have more power to negotiate for lower pricing. Is Raleigh a Buyer’s or Seller’s Market?

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Lamacchia Realty

JULY 28, 2022

This is likely because single family sales last year were through the roof due to the mad rush for buyers to secure their own space after the pandemic. Despite mortgage rate increases, the prevalence of cash buyers as well as lingering competition have helped keep prices rising. Condo/townhome sales decreased by 6.2%

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Appraisal Today

MARCH 1, 2024

Both inventory levels and new listings increased significantly in recent months, leading to an 18 percent increase in sales and a 1.6 Even more telling, contract signings for homes priced at $1 million or more have increased by 11 percent over last year, and demand remains high among affluent buyers. Lots of buyers?

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CA Realty Training

MARCH 8, 2021

Agency in real estate refers to who an agent represents in a transaction. That means the agent is either representing the buyer or the seller. You then get an opening to represent the buyer. You may be wondering how this even works because most buyers already have an agent…but that’s not always the case.

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Lamacchia Realty

JANUARY 28, 2022

The post shut down race for buyers to secure homes in the later part of 2020 made it tough for 2021 to keep up and ultimately it didn’t happen. Homes Listed – All of NH. New listings in 2021 followed a less treacherous trendline in 2021 than 2020 but still couldn’t quite keep up with pre-pandemic markets. The slight 3.5%

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CA Realty Training

MARCH 29, 2021

Buyers may not always know how to communicate what they want, especially if you are working with a first-time home buyer. Buyers – Available listings, Sellers – Market Information in their area). Whether you have first time buyers, sellers or investors keep the topics relevant. Get Personal .

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Appraisal Today

MARCH 8, 2024

The present bill also refers to requirements for data collectors established by the Appraiser Qualifications Board, which do not exist. This outlook implies that 30-year mortgage rates will climb further to around 6.8% – exacerbating affordability headwinds for the housing market, especially for prospective first-time home buyers.

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Appraisal Today

JUNE 21, 2024

We are seeing more new listings across the country, and it’s something we’re also seeing locally. Listings have increased much more in portions of Texas and Florida especially, so it’s important to recognize the trend isn’t the same in everywhere. ” (Leviticus 27:14-15, New King James Version of the Bible).

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Housing Wire

JUNE 5, 2024

One for first-time buyers, one for standard move-up and move-down buyers, one for higher-end executive types, and one with portfolio loans for the self-employed. Practice pricing property This is a key skill to practice regularly, not just when you have a new listing opportunity. Lather, rinse, repeat!

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Will Springer Realtor

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Now you may think I am referring only to homeowners, as in did they miss the peak of the market to sell their home at top dollar. I also heard the same question from buyers this year. To be sure, the market is still leaning heavily in the sellers’ favor and listings are slimmer than a strand of spaghetti. Who needs a car?!

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The only question is whether you will be the one to list (or sell) the next homes in your market. When you list two homes per month, you will automatically attract buyer business as well, so focus on listings. Don’t get mad when another agent lists your past client if you’re not making the effort.

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Will Springer Realtor

JULY 8, 2022

Even stock investments, the source of many down payments for buyers, have taken a heavy blow. Any prospective home buyer working outside the tech sector may be watching from the sidelines until the economy becomes less volatile. FOR FIRST-TIME BUYERS, NOW WHAT? The portion of first-time buyers among the pool of U.S.

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Will Springer Realtor

MAY 12, 2021

Amid the challengers for buyers, there is an expectation for housing activity to continue puffing its Thomas the Tank Engine without a misfire – at least through early summer – before possibly lowering a gear. One of the reasons for the continued home-sales intensity – in any season – is a key group of “new” buyers.

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Housing Wire

JULY 20, 2023

With record-low inventory nationwide, real estate agents seem to be hearing the same thing day in and day out: “I’d list my home, but where would I move?” For most agents, that’s the end of the conversation, ending the possibility of taking a new listing as well as facilitating the buyer side. You have to ask!

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Will Springer Realtor

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Portland was right behind us, with New York City at No. The so-called ‘death of the city’ has been overstated … despite impacts from the pandemic,” said Christopher Leinberger, managing director at Places Platform, referring to the report. Only buyers and sellers who must move are doing so. While there were 5.8%

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 18, 2023

Or, are sellers in the subject neighborhood typically settling at about 95% of the list price? How would it compare in the eyes of the buyer? If you’re showing your new listing versus its competition, do you look priced right , overpriced or priced so well you’d be dying to write an offer and snap it up?

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Will Springer Realtor

JULY 13, 2023

I refer to these challenges as the 5 L’s. JULY HOUSING UPDATE The Seattle/King County housing market inched forward – and a little sideways – as the number of new and unsold listings continued to expand in June while fresh signs of a slowdown approached. New single-family-home listings rose 3.8%

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Will Springer Realtor

JUNE 9, 2021

Prices have soared in most areas – including a 30% jump in the past year for single-family homes in King County – amid a shortage of inventory and a sharp rise in the number of buyers. Flood of buyers – As I noted last month , Millennials will fuel this housing market for at least a decade to come as about 4.5 range won’t last forever.

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