Appraisal Buzz

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

First-time buyers face high home prices, high mortgage interest rates and limited inventory, making them a decade older with significantly higher incomes than previous generations of buyers. The most helpful source of information during the house hunt was the agents themselves.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 14, 2025

There is currently an inventory of 642,359 properties. Sources: Commercial Real Estate Market Insights Report, NAR Real estate agent statistics While these real estate statistics encompass information about buyers and sellers, they center on how the agent is directly impacted.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 31, 2023

Lack of inventory is an issue builders and mortgage loan originators alike are dealing with across the nation. The inventory put a cap on how much business Marquis’ team can do, which is one of the reasons why Marquis is now licensed in 22 states. In our market here in Boston, we have incredibly low inventory.

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Housing Wire

MAY 21, 2024

Work with a real estate professional with MLS access In non-disclosure states, the role of real estate agents becomes even more crucial. Experienced agents have access to databases, networks, and resources that can help buyers gather information about recent sales in the area.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Real estate agents across the country have made it clear – low inventory and low mortgage rates have kept them busy throughout the pandemic, especially in typical vacation destinations. As the Hawaii housing market continues to soar, housing inventory remains low. year over year on the big island, Hawaii.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2020

And while real estate agents repping luxury homes aren’t seeing as many bidding wars as they did this summer , their respective housing markets are still crazy right now. In the third quarter, luxury home sales jumped 41.5% , the biggest year-over-year shift since 2013, according to Redfin. 1, and runs through May 1.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 20, 2024

Interest rates are a major headache for real estate agents across Illinois. On the sell side, agents say that low mortgage rates from a purchase or refinance transaction in late 2020 or early 2021 are keeping many potential sellers in their home. “A They don’t want to give up their 3% rate for a 7% rate.”

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Housing Wire

JULY 29, 2024

The market right now just feels like it’s a bit lukewarm,” said Brian Huskey , a Billings, Montana-based ERA American Real Estate agent. Especially in the $2 million to $5 million range, there is quite a bit of inventory now sitting on the market and it is great property,” Durham said. “So, from 44.75 million in mid-July.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 28, 2024

According to local real estate agents, the region’s housing market seems to have read the same memo, as June did not bring the same market boost as many have grown accustomed to. For many, summertime in northern New Hampshire is the perfect opportunity to get back to nature, relax lakeside and generally slow down a little.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2023

Roberts and thousands of other loan officers across the country continue to be hampered by a serious inventory shortage , which results in heavy competition for fewer deals. It’s a small amount but it’s nice to have products where you can get a real estate agent’s attention with a product that another lender doesn’t have.

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Housing Wire

MAY 30, 2024

Ironically, the technology he’s developed can be a benefit to real estate agents as well. When I originated loans, there were a certain number of people that just didn’t need an agent — because the buyers and sellers knew each other in some fashion. SW: Why did you want to develop this platform?

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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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Housing Wire

JUNE 21, 2021

But like the rest of the country, low housing inventory has hit the city hard. The KAAR also said housing inventory dropped for six straight months to start the new year. Knoxville-based builders, however, seem optimistic, according to local real estate agents. year-over-year.

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Housing Wire

JULY 21, 2021

Selling and buying in The Villages tends to be a highly emotional process, according to local real estate agents. which has seen real controversy in recent years. 16, 2019, the two top real estate agents for Properties of the Villages Inc. Our inventory situation is unique.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 13, 2023

While a lack of inventory still remains an issue, Cohen expects first time buyers to come back to the market now that they’ve become more realistic with mortgage rates and rents soaring. “I Ben Cohen: I’ve definitely seen an increase in inbound calls from people wanting to get pre-approved to buy a home. After originating $1.66

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Local real estate agents, loan officers and appraisers share what characteristics are currently defining their housing markets. The heightened demand has put a strain on Annapolis’ already tight housing inventory, causing properties that would have previously held narrow appeal to go faster than expected. “I

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 8, 2024

Now they will have to come up with payment for real estate agent services, but that may be challenging for some who are already challenged in terms of coming up with enough down payment,” Hepp said of first-time buyers. “So, So, say it gets rolled into their mortgage or they have to get another loan to pay it off.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Real estate agents are always looking for vetted, high-quality leads — and especially so during 2023 market conditions. These providers offer a rapid and cost-effective means for real estate agents to gather a list of potential clients and ultimately boost sales.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2023

As the real estate market continues to grapple with high interest rates and low inventory, agents entering the market are looking for affordable client relationship management (CRM) tools that offer a cost-effective means to automate and manage client interactions. Agile CRM supports up to 10 users and 50,000 contacts.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2024

Many of us are in sellers’ markets with very low inventory. Buyer’s agents who can find their clients a home that’s not even on the market are instant heroes. While some agents choose to handwrite these, it can be time-consuming. Dear (first name), I’m (your name), a local real estate professional with (brokerage).

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

My life is now definitely ‘before and after’ Netflix. We have hundreds of inbound, good real estate agents every day. JA: Let’s say I decide to quit being a journalist and become a real estate agent, and my goal is to get to SERHANT. It enabled me to open up any door I wanted to.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2025

In this article, well cover the definition of a pocket listing, the pros and cons for both agents and sellers, and how to transact off-market legally and ethically. Other agents are your most likely source for finding a buyer for your off-market listing. Plus, well give you marketing ideas for promoting your pocket listings.

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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. The lack of inventory led to rising home prices, creating multiple-offer situations in some parts of the country.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

months’ worth of inventory, down 53.5% Because inventory is so low, Bond said she’s been encouraging her clients to sell sooner rather than later. “My I think people are definitely upsizing for that reason, so that they can spread out when everybody’s at home working and doing school remotely,” Vreeland-Abell said.

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Housing Wire

JULY 25, 2022

Local real estate agents, loan officers and appraisers from each city share what characteristics are currently defining their housing markets. But, while home prices in the area are still on the rise, the number of homes sold in Bend was down 24% year over year in April, according to Bend Premier Real Estate.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 10, 2024

To generate real estate leads, SmartZip employs predictive analytics that sifts through consumer data from sources like credit card companies, market data from MLS and other demographic data. Real estate agents using SmartZip gain immediate access to its CRM populated with the data. housing industry.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 7, 2024

As overall home sales decline on a national level, signing listings is more difficult than ever for agents of all experience levels. To help, I’ve compiled the 11 most effective strategies that my coaching clients and I have personally used to find more listings and create inventory. Or look into starting your own! Who’s it for?

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 21, 2024

In other countries, our consumers and agents have to go to eight or 10 sites to get a clear picture of what the inventory is,” Pareja said. “As Statistically, if any one group of people control something unique, by definition it is going to exclude another group,” Pareja added. “So, Discrimination is not logical.

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Portland Appraisal Blog

MARCH 15, 2025

Condominiums often have distinct mortgage underwriting guidelines and it is important for real estate agents and appraisers to classify them properly. Finally, RMLS has a listing category, SNL (Sold Not Listed), that allows agents to put properties that were sold off market into the database.

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Raleigh Realty

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

and in order to answer that question, you need to understand how Real Estate Agents make money. If you could go back to your first year as a Real Estate Agent, what advice would you give yourself? One of the first questions new Realtors have for me is always 'how much money will I make in my first year?'

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Movoto

OCTOBER 25, 2024

First-time homebuyers have a slightly better chance with more inventory on the market compared to a year ago. We’re definitely keeping a close watch on how this group fares. 9:03 Jenna: Definitely. 9:10 James: I’m mostly interested in mortgage rates and housing inventory. 2:55 Sophie: Right.

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Appraisal Today

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

In my opinion, this definitely increases risk for consumers, GSEs, the economy and the real estate market. Many people confuse us with real estate agents. To read more plus appraiser comments, Click Here My comments: Links to the original FHFA document plus other useful links are in this blog post.

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Eppraisal

MAY 3, 2022

In today's market, where home values are rising and there is a lack of inventory of homes available for sale, you may find many agents' businesses are tightening due to lack of inventory. If you are a buyer, ask your real estate agent to purchase a home warranty for you.

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Chicagoland Appraisal Blog

JULY 13, 2017

The title is definitely eye-catching especially to an appraiser in Chicago. Mr. Gregory and all real estate agents that have had similar experiences have a legitimate problem that they must deal with. How are property values trending, what are current inventory levels, etc? What can you do in that situation?

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Rowe Appraisal Group

MAY 6, 2020

The upper end of the market* appears to be oversupplied while the lower end** is in balance and getting close to being undersupplied or having a shortage of inventory. In this first chart, you can see the lower end of the market has supply of inventory of around 3-4 months. The following charts illustrate this point.

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Rowe Appraisal Group

MAY 6, 2020

The upper end of the market* appears to be oversupplied while the lower end** is in balance and getting close to being undersupplied or having a shortage of inventory. In this first chart, you can see the lower end of the market has supply of inventory of around 3-4 months. The following charts illustrate this point. Key Takeaway.

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Appraisal Today

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

They included appraisers, real estate agents, and someone with a week, a month, or online video training. They should definitely not be paid the same. Using MLS photos is a joke, as real estate agents don’t take photos of defects. What they were doing about inspectors had a wide range.

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