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Sell more homes: 17 home staging tips for real estate agents

Housing Wire

From enhancing curb appeal to modernizing accents, these simple yet effective tips will elevate your listing and help you sell it faster. Its important to communicate to your sellers the value of home staging for real estate by taking out the personalization of the home while keeping the home’s personality and what makes it unique.

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Clear cooperation sparks debate, but dual agency deserves the spotlight

Housing Wire

The essence of our industrys defense of modern MLS infrastructure rests upon a fragile foundation that says, “Its not perfect, but its the best we can do.” One such example includes agents struggling in a tough market while their dues fund personal pet sitting services for the National Association of Realtors (NAR) CEO.

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Are AI real estate agents the future for homebuyers? These firms think so

Housing Wire

While some in the real estate industry are expecting to see a decline in the number of buyer’s agents as a result of the National Association of Realtors ‘ (NAR) nationwide commission lawsuit settlement agreement , others have taken it a step further and are betting their companies on it. Meet the AI real estate agent.

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

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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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How non-QM loans boost mortgage originator for success in 2025

Housing Wire

Describing the modern-day mortgage market as challenging would be an understatement, to say the least. Beyond that, Deephaven allows up to 3% seller concessions at closing. But not all Realtors understand or offer non-QM loans to their clients. The top 5% Realtors control over 90% of the market. These loans go up to $2.5

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Real estate coaching expert teaches new-school negotiation tactics for commission agreements

Housing Wire

The duo explore strategic negotiation skills in the modern real estate market and best practices for agents in adapting to the new rules mandated by the industry-changing settlement from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Following that, Velt and De Grote explore negotiation tactics regarding buyer-seller agreement forms.

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Consumer advocate says policy changes are needed to help FHA buyers compete

Housing Wire

The FHA should critically evaluate and simplify inspection criteria, review the inspection requirements for FHA appraisals, and modernize criteria wherever possible “to help reduce homebuying hurdles over non-essential, smaller home repair issues,” the authors wrote.

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