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Florida’s housing affordability crisis is reaching a breaking point

Housing Wire

Cash buyers dominate the market, accounting for 42% of home purchases. .” Migration wave reshapes Florida economy Florida gained nearly 2.76 million new residents between 2021 and 2023, but the demographic shift tells a troubling story. New York remains the top feeder state for Florida at 18% of all incoming residents. ”

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How to write creative real estate listing descriptions + examples

Housing Wire

While the key statistics about a property will be available to buyers in the real estate listing description, residential buyers tend to shop with their emotions. Your listing description allows you, as the listing agent, to showcase the property’s best features in a way that reaches potential buyers on a deeper level.

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11 Tips for hosting real estate workshops for buyers and sellers 

Housing Wire

Find your audience Not every real estate transaction is the same because not all buyers and sellers are the same. Do you specialize in helping first-time buyers and sellers, or are you leaning towards working with real estate investors ? Here are 11 tips to make these workshops more effective. They cross-promote the event.

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Home prices accelerating in areas without mass transit

Housing Wire

With remote work, buyers can prioritize the actual home above its proximity to transportation.” ” The report is based on data that rates locations based on how convenient they are to public transportation.

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Real estate newsletters: The ultimate playbook (+ 49 topic ideas & subject lines)

Housing Wire

Building on existing relationships is the quickest and easiest way to keep your pipeline filled with active buyers and sellers, so you dont have to worry about dry spells. Your newsletter content should be a mix market updates, buyer and seller advice, community news and events, and storytelling.

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Mortgage rates are falling as the labor market falters

Housing Wire

Job gains in July were most notable in industries like health care (55,000 jobs), transportation and warehousing (14,000 jobs), and construction (25,000 jobs), a positive for the housing industry. In addition to the slowing job growth, the cooling labor market conditions were also evident in a 0.2 million unemployed people.

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Mobile Home Prices on the Rise

Appraisal Buzz

Census Bureaus definition of a mobile home (aka manufactured home) as a movable dwelling, eight-feet or more wide and 40-feet or more long, designed to be towed on its own chassis, with transportation gear integral to the unit when it leaves the factory, and without need of a permanent foundation.