Housing Wire

MARCH 11, 2025

After the National Association of Realtors settlement changed how commission is paid, there was some fear among agents that buyers and sellers might forgo their services in favor of handling the transaction themselves. Address them by name, and refer to their real estate goals in your communication.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

In a new episode of the “Real Estate Insiders Unfiltered” podcast, John Campbell — managing director at Stephens Inc. and an equity research analyst — joins hosts James Dwiggins and Keith Robinson to chat about last month’s major changes for the real estate industry.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Realtors can usually count on their biggest season being spring, followed by summer, but nothing about 2020 has been normal, including home-buying patterns. With shut-down orders in the spring, summer became the new home-buying season, but homebuyers were still incredibly active in August. Over the last four weeks ending on Sept.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

To help, I put together my best strategies for real estate social media marketing that still work in 2024, common mistakes to avoid, how to choose which platforms to focus on, and my favorite free and paid social media tools that can cut your work in half. Social media gives you the perfect opportunity to build a brand that resonates.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 20, 2023

And with millennials emerging as the largest generation of homebuyers in today’s market, comprising 28% of all homebuyers, real estate agents need to master social media or they might miss out. 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

APRIL 4, 2025

While they previously accounted for only 2% to 4% of listings, that share surged to nearly 8% of new listings by February 2025. This shift is prompting real estate professionals and consumers alike to reevaluate implications of this marketing approach.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Texas residents interested in becoming a real estate agent must first complete 180 hours of approved coursework to be eligible to sit the state licensure exam. We estimate that it’ll take three to six months to get up and running as a licensed real estate agent in the Lone Star State.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 24, 2025

Pre-market and off-market listings have caused some controversy in the real estate industry. Some agents call any non-MLS listings “ pocket listings.” Sellers must provide explicit consent for an agent to privately share their property. Final Offer currently operates in 11 U.S.

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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. For real estate professionals, the changing landscape is a call to action.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Our comprehensive guide to the best real estate marketing tools provides you with a helpful assortment of easy-to-use, effective marketing products to turn your business into a revenue engine in 2024. We know — you didn’t get into real estate for the love of marketing or tech.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 22, 2025

Georgia MLS the Peach State’s largest real estate marketplace announced on Wednesday that it will partner with 12 local MLSs to enhance data access for all parties under one listing platform. But home sales in December outnumbered new listings, following a two-month trend driven by the so-called lock-in effect.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Data from Altos Research shows that new listings and pending home sales have fallen off a cliff since the storm’s formation. New listings in Tampa were at 775 on Sept. The strength of the storm has prompted officials to call for an evacuation, one that has already had a stark impact on the city’s housing market.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 27, 2020

year over year, largely on the back of pent-up demand from buyers who were unable to strike deals during the spring, said Lawrence Yun, chief economist of the National Association of Realtors. “We Home sellers are seeing their homes go under contract in record time, with nine new contracts for every 10 new listings.”.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 22, 2024

According to Zillow ’s annual predictions, Indianapolis will be the fourth-hottest real estate market of 2024, thanks to its solid economy, housing inventory, affordability and pent-up demand. The top three spots in the ranking were Buffalo, New York, and Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio. The real estate market As of Jan.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 10, 2020

Rather than a typically busy spring home-buying season , the COVID-19 pandemic pushed the bulk of home-buying this year into the summer months, and real estate agents are busier than ever. Since homebuying season was pushed back from this spring, realtor.com ’s Housing Market Recovery Index reported that August is the new May.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

But the virus has had anything but a negative impact on real estate in El Paso. According to multiple real estate agents and mortgage brokers, low interest rates and a high percentage of “essential” jobs in their town has kept the housing market and local economy strong. Thank goodness Realtors were deemed essential.”.

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Housing Wire

MAY 15, 2024

After an initial rush to get to market in Q2 2022, new listings volume fell precipitously. In July 2022, new listings volume per week dropped from 90,000 at the end of June to approximately 74,000 just after the July 4th holiday. It’s simple: When money is very cheap, we want to own real estate.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 10, 2024

“Whether you’re a loan officer like me, or a Realtor, we’re all pretty worried about income,” he said. New listings and pending home sales data from Altos Research captured the housing markets around Asheville coming to a screeching halt. There were 775 new listings in Tampa on Sept.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 6, 2024

Moderation in mortgage rates led to a pickup in demand for residential real estate, but limited inventories across the country hindered actual home sales , the Federal Reserve reported in its Beige Book survey of regional business contacts that was published Wednesday.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Berg told ALTA One attendees that they should be particularly wary of escrow account “shenanigans” and that they need to keep tabs on how builders and real estate agents are shifting funds around through escrow accounts. Our realtor partners are hurting,” Berg said.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 17, 2023

Real estate focused artificial intelligence firm Restb.ai Through this new partnership, all Black Knight Paragon MLS platform users will have access to the Restb.ai into Black Knight’s MLS platform will radically transform how MLS subscribers interact with MLS Listing data. Building Restb.ai

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Housing Wire

MAY 8, 2024

Robert Reffkin is confident that Compass and its agents have what it takes to continue growing and succeeding in the changing real estate environment. “In We found that more than 99% of new listings in March included offers to pay the buyer’s agent.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 25, 2024

“I called the listing agent and it was listed three hours ago, but it was sold,” the Cincinnati, Ohio -based eXp Realty agent said. “We There is no way you can stay on top of things unless you hire someone to watch new listings pop up every 10 minutes. We couldn’t even see it. It is so hard to compete with that.”

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Housing Wire

JULY 31, 2024

The brokerage claimed on its second-quarter 2024 earnings call that it’s experiencing virtually no changes in commissions despite the $418 million settlement agreed to by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) following a string of lawsuits related to buyer commission rules. “It or more.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 8, 2024

If you sold a home and paid a commission to a real estate agent, you may be part of class action settlements,” the postcards read. We’ve signed 47 new listings year to date, and we’ve had plenty of conversations with other sellers that we didn’t sign, but there are a lot more conversations surrounding transparency,” Posnick said.

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Housing Wire

JULY 24, 2024

Indianapolis-area Realtor Annie Caruso, a founding member of Circle Real Estate, had a buyer coming from the Chicago area for just these reasons. Markets in Indiana could see a burst of new activity because of mortgage rates. So, now is really a good time because you don’t have as much competition,” he added. ”I’ve

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Housing Wire

JUNE 21, 2021

Currently on Realtor.com , more than 2,000 homes are currently on the market in Knoxville with an average listing price of $270,000. According to the Knoxville Area Association of Realtors , the number of houses for sale in 2020 was down 47.5% The KAAR also said housing inventory dropped for six straight months to start the new year.

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Housing Wire

MAY 24, 2021

The National Association of Realtors Confidence Index Survey for April reveals how hot the housing market is. Per the report, homes that sold had five offers on average , and nearly 50% of homes sold for more than their list price during the four weeks ending May 16. The pandemic continues to impact how people live and work.”

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 29, 2024

million existing homes were sold, according to the National Association of Realtors. On the bright side, new listings rose 2.2% economy looking more encouraging in 2024, 57% of the respondents to the Bloomberg MLIV Pulse survey perceive real estate as a more attractive investment than it was last year.

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Housing Wire

JULY 13, 2021

bidding-war rate Redfin saw in June 2020, when the housing market was starting to rebound from a temporary standstill triggered by pandemic shutdowns, said Laura Sechrist Molenda, a Redfin real estate agent based in Southern California. million homes, according to the National Association of Realtors. million and 1.92

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Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2024

“I think one of the major trends we are seeing is that our overall inventory is up 60% year over year compared to 2023,” said PJ Smith, president of the Naples Area Board of Realtors and the broker-owner of Naples Golf to Gulf Real Estate. “We Smith attributes the uptick in inventory to a bump in new listings.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 28, 2022

according to data released Friday by the National Association of Realtors. Yun noted that new listings are down compared to a year ago, as many existing homeowners do not want to give up the 3.0% The new normal for mortgage rates could be around 7% for a while,” Yun added. in September.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 10, 2022

One of the most important housing market stories in recent weeks has been the decline in new listings , which has slowed the growth rate of total inventory. Redfin : Realtor.com : Altos Research : Clearly, we are seeing a slowdown in new listings as the data has been negative now for months. What does this mean?

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

This is a demand-driven slowdown, because new listings supply is still running 9% to 10% fewer homes for sale each week than this time last year. We’re seeing fewer new sellers each week, but inventory is building as homebuyers wait to see if mortgage rates will come down to make purchases more affordable. from last week.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 8, 2025

During the delayed marketing period, the seller and their agent can market the property however they would like so long as the listing does not appear on IDX feed or is syndicated from the MLS.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 20, 2023

million, according to a report from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) released Friday. In a typical spring market, sellers lead buyers, with new listings coming on the market in the early part of the year before buyers start thinking about shopping,” Sturtevant said. from November to a pace of 4.02

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

To get a sense for what the mood is among real estate agents right now, look no further than Portland , Oregon. On a 90-day rolling basis, new listings have dropped from 630 in early July to 530 in mid-September as sellers have decided to hold off on marketing their homes. 25 statewide in 2023 transaction volume.

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