Housing Wire

MARCH 4, 2024

At HousingWire , we have a debate about whether home sellers will freeze up again this year as mortgage rates stay stubbornly high. We’ve had seller growth for 18 weeks in a row. More sellers means more sales. Will sellers retreat entirely, like they did last year? But will rates deter sellers also?

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

It looks like this is evidence that housing markets are returning to normal rather than a case of sellers panicking, but it’s worth keeping an eye on. After all, more sellers means more sales in 2024. That’s more new sellers this year than the same week a year ago, signaling a tiny improvement in our supply-starved housing market.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 11, 2024

The suspicion was that there were a bunch of sellers who were waiting to sell: Once rates fell these sellers would come rushing back to this real estate market and we’d finally see inventory grow. Second, because people think of home sellers as being locked-in by high interest rates. That’s 15% growth over the pace of 2023.

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Housing Wire

MAY 15, 2024

That’s a swing of 17% fewer sellers in just a matter of days. What’s not measured in the FHFA paper is how by 2023, seller volume had already been declining for nearly a decade. In that period, we can see seller volume decreasing as more and more Americans had mortgages under 5%. Download the entire report here.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 8, 2024

Sellers are coming back There are 499,000 single-family homes unsold on the market now. There are slightly more sellers each week. Last year, was marked by how few sellers there were. We can expect to have more sellers all year. Sales were held back for lack of sellers. Home price signals are increasing too.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 16, 2024

Home sellers are starting to ease back into the market, new listings are finally exceeding the levels of a year ago. Slightly more sellers Inventory is building now because we have slightly more sellers each week. It sure looks now like we’ll have more sellers each week all year long than we did in 2023.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Last year at this time, sellers and homebuyers hit the brakes hard. Watch the weekly housing market recap video above to get the latest housing market data download from Altos Research. As 2023 draws to a close soon, housing inventory has been rising very late in the year. Don’t have time to watch the full video?

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 4, 2023

More sellers equals more home sales in 2024. Download the free Altos eBook: “How to Use Market Data to Build Your Real Estate Business” New listings still coming on housing market There were only 33,000 new listings after the Thanksgiving holiday, but that’s normal and in line with annual seasonality in the real estate housing market.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

There are more buyers than sellers. We have slightly more sellers now than we did a year ago and inventory is now 8.8% More sellers this week than last week Each week, just a few more home sellers are testing this market. There were 7% more new sellers this week than the same week a year ago. But it’s not a lot.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Even as money is more expensive and there are more sellers than a year ago, we can also see slight home sales growth over 2023. New listings rise New listings continue to show us that more sellers are interested in this market this year. Each week we have more sellers and each week that inventory spread over last year keeps growing.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2024

Second, the settlement agreements envision claims made through a hand-filled claim form, a needless and time-consuming complication for a homebuilder that will be downloading this information from computer databases.” million — other parties could also be disadvantaged. “If

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

In addition, digital records make it easier for the agent to provide sellers with a record of interest in the property, which can be valuable when discussing pricing or negotiating. This allows the agent to tailor their follow-up strategies for better results.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 2, 2024

Each week sellers are easing back into the market a little more than last year. The defining characteristic of 2023 was how few sellers we had. Download the free Altos eBook: “How to Use Market Data to Build Your Real Estate Business” None of the indicators are pointing down for home prices.

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Inman

JULY 5, 2024

Buyers and sellers who feel like the commission settlements didn't go far enough are fighting back in court, and the cases are bunching up.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 17, 2024

The listing portal argues that since sellers have an agent looking out for their best interests, buyers also deserve the same level of support. Since launching its buyer’s agency campaign in mid-April, Realtor.com said it has drawn nearly 40 million impressions and 18,000 agent toolkit downloads.

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Inman

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

With this week's half-percent rate cut from the Federal Reserve, agents are hoping sellers will finally get off the fence and loosen up some inventory to get the market moving.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 11, 2023

We can see that while inventory rises with rates and falls with rates, that there is no signal of any flood of sellers. If we had a flood of sellers, that would be bearish for home prices. Download the free Altos eBook: “How to Use Market Data to Build Your Real Estate Business” Because these will close in the future.

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Inman

MAY 17, 2024

In the face of so much rapid change and an often-frustrating lack of clarity from The Powers That Be, what the heck are you supposed to tell your buyers and sellers now?

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 21, 2022

As consumers stopped actively looking for new mortgage products, “lenders may find success capturing purchase opportunities by leveraging a seller buy-down strategy to combat high interest rates that might prevent buyers from committing to a purchase,” the report said. Download this white paper for a roadmap to deploying new technologies.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 17, 2024

It will help you identify sellers very early, giving you access to them before they’re talking to other agents. After you choose your neighborhood or zip code, Offrs activates your area, enabling you to get contact info for leads, sorted by category (FSBO, predictive sellers, expired listings, and exclusive leads).

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Housing Wire

JUNE 7, 2024

When a potential buyer or seller lead searches for homes or a home valuation on Google, they are driven to your site by ads created and managed by Zurple’s advertising experts. How Zurple generates and automatically nurtures leads Here’s the four-step process Zurple uses to generate and nurture leads: 1.

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Housing Wire

MAY 1, 2024

When HomeServices of America reached a nationwide settlement agreement last week in the commission lawsuits filed by home sellers, it became the final defendant in the two original commission cases, Sitzer/Burnett and Moehrl, to do so. It is not about our own needs.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Like you, as a real estate agent, I have prepared many reports analyzing pricing trends to help provide guidance to buyers, sellers and investors alike. Sellers would be able to carefully review comparable properties on the market as well as those that have successfully closed. Download to multiple formats. Premium stock images.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 29, 2024

Most years, inventory levels bounce around the year’s low in the winter months before starting to climb with fresh sellers in February and March. It can be hard to communicate this with buyers and sellers. Download the free Altos eBook: “How to Use Market Data to Build Your Real Estate Business”

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 29, 2023

HousingWire interviewed a dozen loan officers and mortgage executives about their strategies for 2024, which mortgage products they expect to be in demand, and the magic rate needed to get sellers and buyers back in the market. The question people should be asking is at what rate threshold will sellers come back into the market.

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Appraisal Buzz

MAY 2, 2022

Neighborhoods away from major cities will become more appealing to potential buyers who don’t want to lose great upload and download speeds just to find affordable housing. Sellers will also have an easier time finding buyers because people can spend more freely. Business owners can also move anywhere.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Includes multiple hotline-style Q&A and a download of the materials. Also includes access to a 42-pg Exam Prep Study Tool workbook Post-Licensing CE $50 Live Webinar via Zoom: Required 6 hrs of renewal coursework, including legal. Includes multiple hotline-style Q&A and a booklet.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 17, 2023

You can also offer downloadable lead magnets like your list of preferred appraisers, lenders, handymen or home stagers. Buyer and seller-specific landing pages: You’ll want a site that offers visitor-specific content pages. The goal: to stay in touch with any and all visitors to your website. iNCOM Visit Website Starting price: $49.95/month

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Housing Wire

JUNE 7, 2024

I know It sounds counterintuitive, but think about it: if we met at a real estate conference, and I told you I work with buyers and sellers in the Boston area, you may or may not remember that in a few months. You’ll also want to keep in mind how much you enjoy each strategy! Finally, write down the results from each one.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The MA & NH package includes required Core Course, Buyer Agency, Financing, Disclosures / Seller Due Diligence, 1031 Exchanges, Code of Ethics, and Conducting Open Houses and Developing a Safety Plan. Textbook, downloadable e-Book, PDF presentation, Exam tip worksheet & 12 months of access to online education video library.

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Appraisal Buzz

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Follow this link to download a copy to your computer ( [link] ). Active listings also provide insight into current seller and buyer motivations. Conversely, months with noticeably lower transaction counts may point to slower market periods, such as the winter season when buyers and sellers are less active.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 2, 2024

Includes Business Ebooks, Career Resources, Downloadable Resources, Digital Flashcards, Real Estate Glossary, Study Schedule Pros + Cons Pros: Five-day trial with free unlimited access to all course content. Cons: You must have Zoom downloaded and installed on your computer/ laptop for Live Online portions of certain courses.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 5, 2020

Let’s look at this in a key discipline every mortgage, and real estate professional would want to practice as much as possible, to be as great as possible, to execute as consistently as possible – an initial conversation with a potential borrower (buyer/seller) who wants to buy a home and is inquiring about financing.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 25, 2024

Whether you’re trying to research new listing marketing ideas, find FSBO deals, or get up-to-the-minute market analysis from economists like ZIllow’s Chief Economist Dr Skylar Olsen , the Zillow app is a must–download for agents in 2024.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 2, 2024

Includes business eBooks, career resources, downloadable resources, digital flashcards, real estate glossary, study schedule. You’ll get 20+ “how to” videos to help you understand the fundamentals of the job, buyer and seller checklists, action plans and other helpful resources.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Includes business eBooks, career resources, downloadable resources, digital flashcards, real estate glossary, study schedule. Audio learners can listen to classes on the go, while more visual learners can review and study key sections using downloadable documents and infographics. Livestream Course Package $549 Required 75 hrs.

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McKissock

JUNE 1, 2021

Pricing isn’t always a simple, straightforward process, and can often waste time and money and lead to frustration for both you and the seller. I find that when the seller prices at $599,000, you lose all the homebuyers who started their search at $600K.”. Click here to download. Mistake #2: Sizing up your neighbors.

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